cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44005969
I modified the title to make it more descriptive
I also think it’s time for the open source and/or fediverse Trakt alternatives to get some love.
The price change is listed as going from $30 a year to $60 a year, and they’re also changing everyone to that price:
Starting May 20, 2025, all VIP renewals will move to a standardized price. This means that any legacy, promotional, or grandfathered pricing will no longer apply to renewals processed on or after that date. Instead, all VIP memberships will renew at the new standard rate going forward.
People are not happy on their forum:
https://forums.trakt.tv/t/upcoming-vip-renewal-pricing-changes/56676
This user poll suggests that around 97% of respondents (at the time of making this post) will not renew
https://forums.trakt.tv/t/poll-will-you-keep-your-vip-membership-at-60/56923
Man, I get the need to increase prices as a business, but doubling your price is a bad idea on its own, let alone forcing long term customers into new plans at the same time.
What a monumentally stupid move.
I guess between them and Plex they’re on a competition to see who can drive users to Jellyfin the fastest
I think when Plex inevitably decides to fuck anyone who bought a lifetime plan, that’ll be my time to go from 50% piracy to 100% piracy. But for now, shit still works.
I’ve switched to Simkl after Trakt gimped the lists feature to the point that if you do not have VIP, you can only add up to 100 entries to your lists (including your watchlist and favorites list), and make up to seven lists.
I created an account there too but the issue is from the get go the website gives me bad vibes like it’s only a matter of time before they pull the rug too. I’d rather wait for a federated alternative and wing it with multiple watchlists of 100 for now :/ it’s all automated with arr stuff anyway so it’s not too bad
