From Disney+ to Netflix: Germans are tightening their streaming belts
Prime Video from Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+, Apple TV+, WOW – customers really are spoiled for choice when it comes to streaming services. So it’s no surprise that some people use multiple subscriptions. But those times could soon be over. The reason is clear.
Less money for Prime and Netflix: streaming customers are taking a close look
Streaming has been a mass phenomenon for years. With just under 60 million streaming customers in Germany it has long since become part of everyday life for the vast majority of people to be able to watch films, series, documentaries and shows from one or more providers whenever they feel like it.
If you prefer to subscribe to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Co. at the same time, you have to dig deeper into their pockets – and this is gradually taking revenge on the providers. Because the German streaming customers keep their money together: By 14 percent are the expenditure of Germans over the age of 16 within a year on average declinedas a survey commissioned by the digital association Bitkom has now shown.
For video streaming, that equates to one Less than 2.20 euros per month. The average cost is 17.90 euros dropped to EUR 15.70. With audio offers, it looks almost identical: Within the past year, it went down from 13.10 euros to currently 11 euros.
The question becomes more and more important: Which streaming service suits you best?
No more money for streaming: that’s the reason
During the pandemic, the streaming market has large increases in demand experienced. However, spending has currently fallen below the level of 2019, i.e. before the corona pandemic. With Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and Netflix, the world’s most important providers have all raised prices in recent months. At the same time sits money is no longer so easy for many customers.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be fired immediately. Customers can proliferate into the new ones, often advertising-financed subscription levels switch which are cheaper. With Netflix, for example, you can be satisfied with a cheaper subscription that offers fewer parallel streams and poorer picture quality. On the other hand, the streaming service has that Account sharing as a savings measure massively restricted.
Nevertheless, she should Termination for most customers the means of choice be – especially if you already use several services at the same time. Instead of having to pay the subscription fees all the time, many streaming services can also be used on a monthly basis.
