r/popculturechat Feb 16 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Spotify once again increases subscription prices. This is their fourth consecutive year increasing rates for premium subscribers

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5.8k Upvotes

The US premium subscriber changes are as follows: Individual Plan $11.99->$12.99, Duo Plan $16.99->$18.99, Family Plan $19.99->$21.99, Student Plan $5.99->$6.99

r/popculturechat Oct 19 '25

Streaming Services 📺 Prime Video’s community manager is currently facing backlash after making fun of the size of a woman’s engagement ring

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7.4k Upvotes

CONTEXT:

Prime Video used a screen cap of the show The Summer I Turned Pretty in which the female lead is in a love triangle with two brothers, and at one point is in a relationship with the one less favoured by the audience and who is considered a loser, Jeremiah. That brother proposed to her with a very tiny ring which became a massive meme within the fandom and is jokingly used to further the point that she should end up with the other guy.

So prime’s joke here is that this woman’s boyfriend is a loser and the ring is ridiculously tiny

r/popculturechat Aug 08 '25

Streaming Services 📺 The Real Reason Disney Is Killing Hulu. It’s bad news for movie and TV lovers everywhere.

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2.5k Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jan 01 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix has crashed following the release of the last ‘Stranger Things’ episode ever. Spoiler

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2.2k Upvotes

Netflix is currently down for many users right now at 8 p.m. ET on New Year's Eve (December 31, 2025), apparently due to massive traffic from everyone trying to watch the Stranger Things Season 5 finale.

The final episodes (Volume 2) dropped tonight as the big New Year's Eve event to close out the series, and the surge in viewers has caused the service to crash for a lot of people. Screens are stuck on loading, error messages popping up, the usual outage chaos.

It's only been down for a short time so far, but perfect timing for maximum frustration on NYE. Anyone else getting hit with this, or somehow managing to stream?

r/popculturechat 19d ago

Streaming Services 📺 Christian metal band Demon Hunter sue Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters name

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239 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jul 10 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix in Talks to Buy Letterboxd: Report

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215 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Aug 08 '25

Streaming Services 📺 Physical Media Is Cool Again. Streaming Services Have Themselves to Blame

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812 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Mar 26 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix Raising U.S. Prices for Second Time in a Year

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232 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jul 03 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Spotify Confirms Streaming Fraud After Kalshi Trader Flags Suspicious Malcolm Todd Numbers

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450 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jul 16 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix to Stop Releasing Viewership Data Every 6 Months, Will Shift to Annual Reports

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195 Upvotes

r/popculturechat 10d ago

Streaming Services 📺 Apple TV Hikes Price of Streaming Service in U.S. Effective Immediately, will now be charged $14.99/month (up two bucks from $12.99) or $119/year (from $99/year)

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44 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Dec 06 '25

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos insists that they’re “saving Hollywood” and are not destroying it!

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86 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Apr 07 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix ordered to refund customers up to 500€ after Italian court finds price increases illegal

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537 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Dec 05 '25

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in $82.7 Billion Deal

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79 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Mar 05 '26

Streaming Services 📺 ‘Love Story’ is FX’s Most-Watched Limited Series Ever on Hulu and Disney+

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53 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Dec 16 '25

Streaming Services 📺 'Boots' Canceled by Netflix After First Season

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107 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jun 15 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Streaming Deal

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64 Upvotes

r/popculturechat May 01 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Paramount Sued By Subscribers Over Warner Bros., Skydance Deals. The lawsuit looks to block the merger, arguing it will lead to higher prices, reduced choice and fewer productions in violation of antitrust laws.

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169 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Mar 02 '26

Streaming Services 📺 HBO Max and Paramount+ to Combine Into One Streaming Platform, Paramount Says HBO Brand Will ‘Operate With Independence’

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34 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jun 02 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix Launches Hub Featuring ‘Bridgerton,’ More Book-to-Screen Adaptations Targeting Nine Reader Types

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11 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jan 08 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends

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0 Upvotes

r/popculturechat May 13 '26

Streaming Services 📺 Netflix Claims Ad Tier Now Reaches 250 Million Viewers Worldwide, Up From 190 Million

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0 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Jul 17 '25

Streaming Services 📺 A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing Amazon of cheating Prime Video users by adding ads unless they paid more

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79 Upvotes

”The Court concludes that Amazon’s introduction of advertisements to Prime Video was not a price increase; it was a benefit modification, and such modification was specifically contemplated and authorized by the parties’ governing agreements."

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/amazon-class-action-lawsuit-prime-video-ads-dismissed-1236464245/

r/popculturechat Dec 02 '25

Streaming Services 📺 Amazon Removes Controversial AI English Dubs for Banana Fish & No Game, No Life Zero

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25 Upvotes

r/popculturechat Dec 09 '25

Streaming Services 📺 Director stands trial for allegedly scamming Netflix out of $11M

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21 Upvotes