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Netflix is starting to phase out its cheapest ad-free plan


You’ll have to pay more to go ad-free.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Judging by the posts on Reddit, it looks like most users receiving the prompt are located in Canada or the UK, which tracks with Netflix’s plan to phase out the basic tier: in January, Netflix announced that it’s taking away the tier for existing subscribers in the second quarter of this year, starting with Canada and the UK. Last year, Netflix discontinued its basic plan for new or returning members in the US, Canada, and the UK.

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