In the event you’re already subscribed to the fundamental plan, you may hold the subscription so long as you don’t cancel it or change plans. However for those who had been trying to downgrade your Netflix subscription to a less expensive ad-free plan, you’re out of luck. With this variation, Netflix now solely affords a $6.99 (£4.99) / month ad-supported tier, the $15.49 (£10.99) / month commonplace plan, and the $19.99 (£15.99) / month premium plan.
The $9.99 / month fundamental tier served as a center floor between Netflix’s dearer ad-free tiers and its ad-supported plan, letting you stream in HD on just one machine at a time. Netflix spokesperson Kumiko Hidaka confirmed the elimination of the plan in an announcement to The Verge, including that the service’s “beginning costs of $6.99 within the US and £4.99 within the UK are decrease than the competitors.”
Sadly, the writing was on the wall for Netflix’s fundamental plan when it silently eliminated it in Canada. Within the US and UK, Netflix additionally began hiding the fundamental plan when new customers signed as much as the platform, requiring them to click on a “see all plans” button for it to seem as an possibility alongside its different plans. The essential plan additionally didn’t allow you to add an additional member to your account as part of its paid sharing policy.
Netflix is about to report its earnings this afternoon, so we in all probability received’t have to attend lengthy to listen to extra about this resolution.
Replace July nineteenth, 9:28AM ET: Up to date so as to add an announcement from a Netflix spokesperson.