Forget netflix! Hulu drops pricing on paid tiers with commercials for new and returning customers

[AlTech]

Hulu has dropped the pricing of their paid tier which includes Commercials.

 

it used to cost $7.99 per month but now only costs $5.99 per month for 1 year. After 1 year of paying $5.99 per month, users will go back to paying $7.99 per month.

 

 

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After the first year at $5.99 per month, Hulu subscribers will be bumped up to $7.99. As Variety points out, Hulu offered a similar deal for new subscribers last fall.

Last month, Hulu announced that it had budgeted around $2.5 billion for original programming in 2017. Hulu’s biggest breakout original so far is The Handmaid’s Tale, which won the streaming service its first Emmy (and several Emmys) last month. But the company has more originals on the way, including a Stephen King anthology series with J.J. Abrams attached to executive produce. As for non-original content, Hulu recently added a slew of hugely popular sitcoms, like How I Met Your Mother, M*A*S*H, and Glee.

 

So yeah, thanks Hulu but no thanks cos it's not really gonna cost a whole lot less in the long term. I'm not really sure why they're doing this to be honest.

 

Source:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/9/16448960/hulu-price-drop-netflix-commercials

 

[The Benjamins]

The commercial time got ridiculous that my dad canceled. It use to be a 30-60 sec ad per TV show. it got to 2 90 sec ad spots per TV show. and he is paying $8 a month. Hulu is also owned by a cable company to I do not want to support them.

 

I find Netflix and Amazon Prime to be better.

[michaelocarroll007]

Yeah but if this is to be cheaper then netflix as they raised there prices, Umm maybe Give a deal on the no commercial one... $5.99 isnt bad if someone who doesnt have cable can use it for a while then cancel.  but as someone who can afford the extra few dollars its a complete no go. I also dont use hulu anyhow 

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, The Benjamins said:

The commercial time got ridiculous that my dad canceled. It use to be a 30-60 sec ad per TV show. it got to 2 90 sec ad spots per TV show. and he is paying $8 a month. Hulu is also owned by a cable company to I do not want to support them.

Some airlines recently started adding ADs before movies in airplanes.

 

Does that mean people should stop flying?

[The Benjamins]

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

Some airlines recently started adding ADs before movies in airplanes.

 

Does that mean people should stop flying?

I don't buy a plane Ticket to watch a movie.

 

The issue is that when he started pay he got no ADs, then they added ADs, and they kept increasing AD time, it makes it feel like you are paying for nothing. and due to all the ADs he barley used it, would rather find it on Netflix or Amazon or buy it on apple TV.

[michaelocarroll007]

9 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Some airlines recently started adding ADs before movies in airplanes.

 

Does that mean people should stop flying?

He is saying they Tripled the Commercials during his time of using it. It being a huge part of the Hulu subscription i could see that being a reason to cancel. Seeing as there's only two parts of hulu is Show and the commercial this is NO where near your comparison. the tv on a plane is a small tiny add on convince to flying and in 2017 with tablets smartphones and ultrabooks theres very little need for the tv anyhow on the plane. 

 

A more proper comparison would be if they scheduled 3-4 Layovers while your use to 1 yeah maybe then youd stop flying that airline

[handymanshandle]

5 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Some airlines recently started adding ADs before movies in airplanes.

 

Does that mean people should stop flying?

yes

No it just means they have less reason to pay for that gimmick. As in flight wifi gets better it'll be harder to sell that kind of stuff. Oh well. Especially for domestic flights, there's alternative ways of travelling. Like driving.

[ravenshrike]

40 minutes ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

He is saying they Tripled the Commercials during his time of using it. It being a huge part of the Hulu subscription i could see that being a reason to cancel. Seeing as there's only two parts of hulu is Show and the commercial this is NO where near your comparison. the tv on a plane is a small tiny add on convince to flying and in 2017 with tablets smartphones and ultrabooks theres very little need for the tv anyhow on the plane. 

 

A more proper comparison would be if they scheduled 3-4 Layovers while your use to 1 yeah maybe then youd stop flying that airline

Or if you fly United, they used to only violently roust and concuss one passenger every 10 flights off the plane. Then it went to once per flight, and then it went to 3 times per flight.

[Kobathor]

Good for me - I downloaded the Hulu app, got the one-month commercial-free free trial, so I could watch Rick and Morty. Cancelling as soon as I'm done with the 21 episodes. No other reason for me to have Hulu, it's a total rip-off anyways.

[GooDBoY920]

Unfortunately the service still not accessible in my region (outside USA). I tried registering and paying for the subscription but it asked for a US zip code :(. I could ented a fake code but i'm not sure if i can bypass their geoblock.

[AGrider]

I had Hulu up till about two weeks ago when their billing system tried to bill us 11 times in a row. Their response for trying to overbill me horrendously? "We have refunded the erroneous charges. Sorry, it wont happen again!" Which it did 3 more times in a row. Id be very wary about using their services until that is sorted. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Maybe I'm too naive to see why anyone would pay a subscription fee that still gives you commercials.

 

50 minutes ago, GooDBoY920 said:

Unfortunately the service still not accessible in my region (outside USA). I tried registering and paying for the subscription but it asked for a US zip code :(. I could ented a fake code but i'm not sure if i can bypass their geoblock.

You can probably get around this with a VPN.

[Alariel]

Why would I pay for something that's full of ads? I'm legit puzzled. I thought the entire point of these kinds of services was that you pay to be rid of all that...

[Mooshi]

Sorry Hulu, but if you can't provide a commercial-free experience on subscription and the ability to download content to view later off data, you're the Sprint of streaming.

[Drak3]

45 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Maybe I'm too naive to see why anyone would pay a subscription fee that still gives you commercials

 

30 minutes ago, Alariel said:

Why would I pay for something that's full of ads? I'm legit puzzled. I thought the entire point of these kinds of services was that you pay to be rid of all that...

Pay wall. Somewhere around 75% of my watch list requires the subscription.

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, Drak3 said:

Pay wall. Somewhere around 75% of my watch list requires the subscription.

Oh right. Like how I heard they're (whoever that TV station is) is handling the new Star Trek.

[rawrdaysgoby]

Wow you have to watch commercials and pay?!?!

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, rawrdaysgoby said:

Wow you have to watch commercials and pay?!?!

Yes......$6-$10/month is perfectly reasonable to pay for access to a ton of currently airing shows. 

[rawrdaysgoby]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Yes......$6-$10/month is perfectly reasonable to pay for access to a ton of currently airing shows. 

I wouldn't know I stopped watching TV for a LONG time now

[JoostinOnline]

15 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Some airlines recently started adding ADs before movies in airplanes.

 

Does that mean people should stop flying?

The in-flight movies were literally the only reason I flew anywhere.  I spend $3000 a month on round trips.