Netflix ends 30 day free trial
New subscribers now have to start paying for streaming from day 1.
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Netflix has removed its free 30 day trial offer in Australia.
Until recently, new users who signed up for the service were able to test the platform free of cost for 30 days. While they still needed to provide payment information upfront, their accounts weren’t charged until their free month was up.
That’s no longer the case.
New users, who previously supplied payment info but were not charged for 30 days, are now being charged from day 1.
New users who subscribe to the Basic plan are upgraded to Standard at no extra cost, while new Standard subscribers are upgraded to Premium.
Netflix has also removed its free trial offer in the UK, Canada and Mexico, to name a few.
The reason for the change is not clear but some users could sign up with a different email every month, without payment.
Stan and Amazon Prime Video come with 30-day free trials, while Disney+ & Apple TV+ offer 7 day free trials.
A Netflix spokesperson told TV Tonight, “We’re looking at different marketing promotions in Australia to attract new members and give them a great Netflix experience.”
Source: Finder
6 Responses
Some curious users will be attracted by the Netflix free trial period, it is a promotion after all, but as mentioned here some Netflix users do get a bit too clever getting things for free.
I’m sure that Netflix have benefited over the years by having this trial period and also their label on millions of remotes, however the primary rort used by most Netflix users is sharing their account with others, if Netflix changed their system to stop that, it would become interesting as I believe it is the deal maker to use Netflix for many subscribers.
For Netflix the competition is out there, it wouldn’t be taken kindly if they start looking too greedy, it’s not good PR, though I imagine they do need the money.
Pretty soon Netflix is going to be too expensive and overrated like Foxtel.
Amazon Prime Video is just as good and only costs me $3.99 a month via my ipad. I just get Amazon Prime Video, not Amazon Prime. Its cheaper.
Well this sucks. Hope the others aren’t going to follow suit. Damn you Netflix.
They only upgrade you for the first 30 days then it drops back.
I guess most people have trialed it now and it works pretty well so makes sense to remove the trial and the loopholes that it had.
Kayo seem to use mobile number as well as email to identify you to reduce the number of people who take advantage of free trials as it’s a bit harder to create multiple dummy phone numbers.
Putting an end to free Netflix and Ill for anyone in self isolation.
Would definitely be due to the ability to sign up with different email addresses, and these days every bank savings account has a credit card number associated with it, so you could easily not pay for 6 months. You can do the same with various other subscribers services. I assume most will cease free trials soon.