Fri. 10/30 – Netflix Raises Prices

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🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Netflix raises prices. Because they can—and maybe because they should. Google wants to give you a free VPN. Samsung helps you find your galaxy of Galaxy things. A rundown of yesterday’s big day of tech earnings. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Monday.com/ride Mailmanhq.com Links: Netflix is raising the price of its most popular plan to $14 today, premium tier increasing to $18 (The Verge) Google One’s 2TB+ plans adding Android VPN, coming to iOS & Mac/Windows soon (9to5Google) SmartThings Find app can track down lost Samsung Galaxy devices (Engadget) Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results (Apple Newsroom) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The 100X Club: Software Startup Valuations Skyrocket Despite Small Revenue (The Information) How Discord (somewhat accidentally) invented the future of the internet (Protocol) The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About (Wired) Streaming was part of the future — now it’s the only future (The Verge) The Elysium effect: The coming backlash to the billionaire 'NewSpace' revolution (Space.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Friday, October 30th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:10.0	Netflix raises prices because they can and maybe because they should.
0:14.5	Google wants to give you a free v. P.
0:16.5	Samsung helps you find your Galaxy of Galaxy Things,
0:20.5	a rundown of yesterday's big day of tech earnings, and of course, the weekend long read suggestions.
0:25.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:30.0	We knew this was coming, but it still feels gutsy.
0:36.2	Netflix has announced it is increasing pricing for its standard plan by a dollar a month.
0:42.2	The standard plan is now $14 a month. If you're on the premium tier, it's going up by
0:47.8	$2 to $18 a month. But the basic plan is staying at $9 a month, quoting the verge.
0:55.0	Industry insiders have long anticipated another round of price hikes at Netflix,
1:00.0	which last increased subscription fees in the United States in January 2019.
1:04.8	Recently, Netflix increased the cost of some plans in Canada.
1:08.2	Netflix rolls out price changes on a country-by-country basis and the change, quote,
1:12.7	in the US does not influence or indicate
1:14.8	a global price change, a Netflix spokesperson
1:17.1	told The Verge.
1:18.3	The Price hikes also arrive at a time
1:20.7	when people have more options for entertainment than ever before,
1:24.0	especially in the United States.
1:25.7	A few years ago, Netflix's biggest competition in the streaming space was Hulu,
1:29.5	and the company vied for people's attention being split playing video games watching YouTube and
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