It just got more expensive to Netflix and Chill
Say it ain’t so…
Netflix has recently announced a price increase of $1 to new customers, and while the price spike has all sorts of ramifications for Netflix stock options and long-term revenue flows, it has also exacerbated the already complex concept of “Netflix and chill.”
The price increase raises new questions over whether to invest in the new American pastime of kind-of watching a movie, but mostly trying to hook-up with someone in a very non-committal environment.
“Netflix and chill” is our millennial’s answer to the baby-boomer’s “dinner and a movie:” cheap, non-committal, and with a vague promise of sex.
All one requires to engage in a cheap “Netflix and chill” date is: a Netflix account, a laptop, a bed, and bland inner-character.
Netflix’s price increase from $7.99 per month to $8.99 further confuses this ritual because now college students must face the only thing more unnerving than catching feelings: having to pay for things.
The ramifications could be deep. Some economists predict that Netflix customers will have to substitute their consumption of goods that complement “Netflix and chill,” such as condoms and wine, in order to pay for the price increase, which would have a devastating effect on both industries.
Consumers may also be priced out completely, and be forced to ask each other out on dates to public parks, coffee shops, and other venues that prove to a girl that you’re worthlessly unemployed.
The price increase will also effect those who would like to purchase Netflix as more than just a program to have on while you creepily try to make a move on “friend from class.” Unfortunately, those individuals that would like to pay $8.99 per month to watch a select menu of television shows and movies will be forced to use Google to access every television show and movie for free.