The video-on-demand company,which has recently experienced a period of crisis, has decided to renew itself by offering a previously unique service. Indeed, you are not dreaming: the cheapest Netflix subscription,Essential with advertising, will be available in Francefrom November 3 at 5 p.m.. The latter will cost the modest sum of €5.99 per month, a reduction of more than 30% compared to the initial price of €8.99 per month. However, the service offered by the American giant will include certain changes.
Concretely, what will change
The serviceEssential with advertising, which will be available in twelve countries around the globe,works with ad financing. Therefore, there will be approximately four or five minutes of advertising every hour. However, they should not exceed fifteen seconds and would be broadcast before and during your favorite films and series. It is true that these repeated interruptions when watching programs can be disturbing, even if this is still less compared to television, which broadcasts an average of nine minutes of advertising each hour.
Another major changealready considered by Netflixis the fact of no longer being able to view your content offline. In addition, the maximum quality of the videos will not exceed the720p, which is also the case for subscribers to the serviceEssential. Finally, you will have access to the entire catalog offered by Netflix, or almost! Indeed, some films and series will not be available due to specific copyrights.
Stay or leave with the competition?
Now that you are aware of all the changes brought by this new subscription, you are free to weigh the pros and cons. That said, if we compare Netflix's offering to that ofAmazon Prime Videofor example, we notice that the competitor offers a more or less similar service for only €1 more, namely €6.99 per month. On the other hand, video resolution of up to 1080p and the ability to watch content offline are available from Amazon's video on demand service. Of course, the catalog offered on the two platforms is not the same. But the differences between the two services are still food for thought.
Are you thinking of subscribing to this new Netflix offer with advertisements?
