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
Hahaha, I’ll be pleasantly surprised if 10% of them actually quit.
A 2x price increase (or more for people who are on discounted or grandfathered plans) will likely get people to reevaluate if they really need the service. Based on the comments so far, it looks like a lot of people already have dropped it
Plus it’s not what I would call a critical service, it’s a nice-to-have service which makes it easier to stop using.
This.
It’d be one thing if they increased prices nominally, but a doubling prices, especially at this moment in time when everyone everywhere is feeling drained financially, is just absolutely moronic.
Well that’s just not how anything works, also it’s worth mentioning that people upset about this are more likely to respond to the poll thus skewing data