Welcome to 9 to 9.5 Mac Daily for Monday, March 30th, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller. We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. First up today, Netflix is getting more expensive yet again. For the second time in a year, Netflix has announced a new price increase across all of its streaming plans.

The company says that the standard plan with advertising is going to $9 a month, up from $8 per month.

The standard plan without advertising is going from $18 to $20 per month,

and the premium plan is going from $25 to $20 per month, and the premium plan is going from $25 to $27 per month.

So if you don't want to see any ads on Netflix, the cheapest plan is now $20 per month,

and if you want 4K, you have to spend $27 per month.

These aren't necessarily, quote-unquote, significant increases, but with how

regularly Netflix and other streaming services are raising prices, these new price tags still feel

a bit jarring. As a refresher, the cheapest ad-supported plan lets you watch on two supported devices

at a time and up to 1080p, the standard ad-supported plan lets you watch on two supported devices at a time and up to

1080P. The standard plan without ads also lets you watch on two devices at a time in up to

180p, while the top-of-the-line premium plan lets you watch on four supported devices at a time in up to

4K and HDR. You can hit the link in the show notes for a full breakdown of Netflix's current pricing and

plans.

We are sponsored this week by Backblaze.

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