Netflix will stop offering its Basic plan in Canada, where it often implements new policies that are later expanded to other countries.<\/p>\n
The Winnipeg Free Press<\/strong><\/a> was the first to report about the change, which has seen the CAD$9.99 (R141) plan scrapped.<\/p>\n New subscribers will have to choose between the more expensive CAD$16.49 (R232) Standard plan or Basic with Ads<\/em> at CAD$6.99 (R98).<\/p>\n For now, existing Basic subscribers won’t be forced to upgrade to a higher-end tier or Basic with Ads<\/em> and can continue using their plan as-is.<\/p>\n However, if they switch to another plan, it will not be possible to go back to Basic without ads.<\/p>\n Citing a Netflix spokesperson, the publication reported that the Basic plan for existing customers would be scrapped in the “near future”.<\/p>\n Canada was one of the first countries where Netflix tested its add-on option for Standard or Premium account password sharers.<\/p>\n Netflix likely reckons the availability of its new add-on plan \u2014 which allows for adding an extra member slot for CAD$7.99 (R112) per month \u2014 renders the need for a separate Basic tier moot.<\/p>\n The add-on account comes with many of the benefits of Standard and Premium at about half the price.<\/p>\n It remains to be seen if it plans to scrap Basic in other countries where the add-on feature is available.<\/p>\n The Basic tier is Netflix’s entry-level option in most countries, except for the handful where it also offers an even cheaper Mobile subscription.<\/p>\n In South Africa, Basic has been R99 per month since Netflix introduced rand-denominated pricing.<\/p>\n It is substantially cheaper than the R159 that Standard subscribers currently pay.<\/p>\n The mobile-only plan, which was first introduced locally in June 2021, is priced at R49 per month.<\/p>\n Unlike Mobile, however, Basic is not limited to smartphones.<\/p>\n Netflix Basic is still better suited to smaller screen devices like laptops and tablets, as its streaming resolution maxes out at 720p HD.<\/p>\n Basic subscriptions are also limited to one simultaneous stream at a time and one device for offline viewing.<\/p>\n Netflix is yet to confirm password-sharing add-on options or cheaper ad-supported subscriptions for South Africa.<\/p>\n While the former is believed to be in the pipeline for a local rollout before the end of the year, Netflix’s ad-supported subscriptions have targeted more affluent countries without Mobile plans.<\/p>\n Canada was one of the first locations where Netflix tested out its add-on option for Standard and Premium account password sharers, which has been expanded to several other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":495033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[35,2054,87443,81961,70585,62312],"class_list":["post-497771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-headline","tag-netflix","tag-netflix-basic","tag-netflix-basic-with-ads","tag-netflix-mobile","tag-video-streaming-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497835,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497771\/revisions\/497835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Basic in South Africa<\/h2>\n
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