The 59-year-old communications professional in the St. Louis area is sticking with Netflix and two other streaming services but said he’s tired of constant price increases and haggling with his cable and internet provider over escalating bills.

Learn more Streaming subscription price increases continue to roll out across several top services, and Netflix is the latest to announce a change. The streaming giant just announced a price hike, bringing the cost of its Standard ad-free plan up to $18/month in the US.

In Q4 2024, Netflix gained more subscribers than it ever has in a single quarter, buoyed by live sporting events and a new season of one of its most popular series, Squid Game. The streaming platform added 18.91 million subscribers for a total of 301.63 million. Netflix has said it will not report quarterly subscriber numbers in future reports.

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