True, true. If I could pay for the service in maple syrup or surplus firewood I would not be so outraged.
Maybe Netflix could extend an olive branch and film some originals up here. A 4K reboot of the Beachcombers? Or Justin Bieber as the King of Kensington? After all, the higher fees are supposed to support new programming...
In Canada the increase this year for the standard plan (ie the bare minimum needed to get high definition content) jumped 27%.
True, our dollar is at a deep discount but so is the content Netflix makes available up here. Good luck finding an episode of (the original) Magnum PI or a reasonably new movie release.
By my math a Canadian subscription is worth about $5. In Canadian currency.
That might sound harsh considering governments put regional restrictions and licensing on some content, but Netflix also deliberately hampers the efforts of people using VPN services and DNS-based redirects.
Years ago the Rhinoceros party had a campaign promise of simply selling Canada to the US and giving every Canadian a million dollars. If it meant we got American content for music and streaming services I'd say go for it.
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True, true. If I could pay for the service in maple syrup or surplus firewood I would not be so outraged. Maybe Netflix could extend an olive branch and film some originals up here. A 4K reboot of the Beachcombers? Or Justin Bieber as the King of Kensington? After all, the higher fees are supposed to support new programming...
In Canada the increase this year for the standard plan (ie the bare minimum needed to get high definition content) jumped 27%. True, our dollar is at a deep discount but so is the content Netflix makes available up here. Good luck finding an episode of (the original) Magnum PI or a reasonably new movie release. By my math a Canadian subscription is worth about $5. In Canadian currency. That might sound harsh considering governments put regional restrictions and licensing on some content, but Netflix also deliberately hampers the efforts of people using VPN services and DNS-based redirects. Years ago the Rhinoceros party had a campaign promise of simply selling Canada to the US and giving every Canadian a million dollars. If it meant we got American content for music and streaming services I'd say go for it.