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Stranger Things, Black Mirror, Sex Education... We all love Netflix, but we don't love paying premium prices. Here's how to get a cheaper subscription and still enjoy your TV favourites.

But with the prices of Netflix accounts for UK subscribers rising all the time (or, at least, what feels like all the time), it's always worth double-checking that you're not paying more than you need to.

Granted, it is a shame to have to watch any adverts when paying for the streaming service. It depends on how keen you are to watch Netflix shows and films, and whether you think it's worth it to watch them with ads.

Luckily, everything we have wanted to watch on Netflix since getting this plan has been available, so I also don't see it as too much of a problem that some shows and films aren't included in the plan.

The Netflix Standard with ads plan is by far the cheapest option. If you and your housemate don't mind the odd advert interruption, you can split this plan and pay around 2.50 a month each. That's just 30 for the year!

However, if you're not a fan of being interrupted when you're fully immersed in the latest episode of Black Mirror, you can split the cost of a Standard subscription two ways and pay around 5.50 a month each. That's about 66 for the year.

If you live with three other people, you could split the cost of the Netflix Premium account, which lets you stream on up to four different devices at once. Split between four people, that comes to about 4.50 a month each, or 54 for the whole year.

If there are three of you and you're all averse to adverts, your cheapest option is to add an 'extra member' to the Standard subscription for an extra 4.99 a month. That way you'll be paying around 5.33 each, or roughly 64 for 12 months.

Effectively, Netflix subscriptions can be paid for via gift cards that are available at various different retailers. Sites like CDKeys.com sell discounted Netflix for slightly less than their actual worth. Generally, only a couple of quid gets knocked off, but this is better than nothing.

The amount the gift card is worth will be added to your Apple account, which you can then use to purchase your subscription.

Use cashback websitesWe love a good cashback website here at Save the Student. We use them for broadband, energy bills, ASOS... So why should paying for your Netflix subscription plan be any different?

It's always worth checking whether there's cashback to be earned on websites like Quidco and TopCashback for Apple Music. You may then be able to use this to pay for your Netflix subscription if you're already an Apple-billed customer.

The cashback might only be a small percentage, but it all adds up. And if you have a student cashback credit card, you could buy your gift card through a cashback website via that card to maximise the rewards.

You can also use cashback sites to shop at CDKeys to earn additional discounts on iTunes gift cards.

Try cheaper alternative streaming servicesThis final tip is less of a solution and more of an alternative. But you can combine other streaming services, some of which are completely free.

You also won't need a TV Licence to use other streaming services as long as you're not watching live TV. We've made a list of the prices of online streaming services and what they each include so you can decide which one suits you best.

Alongside editing for Save the Student, Jess Aszkenasy has shared great tips on saving money related to meal planning, finding deals online and more. Based on first-hand experience of being an international student, she shared guidance on studying abroad.
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Disclaimer: All content on this website is based on individual experience and journalistic research. It does not constitute financial advice. Save the Student and its authors are not liable for how tips are used, nor for content and services on external websites.

I want to buy Apple TV and install JW Broadcasting app. Do you know any TV (50-60") that is reasonably affordable and doesn't have too much extra features? I'd like to keep things simple: turn it on and have Apple TV screen.

I have Roku on 3 tv's ( not smart tv's ) but my friend just bought a smart tv and likes it, some Rokus are slower than others, as far as loading, but they work well as I have a very fast internet so I could run Zoom better. Even if you bought a non smart tv and added a separate Roku or Apple it might be cheaper to do so. I think the better buys are on a 50" over anything bigger, it's what the 32 " tv's were of a bygone era! I remember when a 26" was a "big tv "

The Amazon Fire version of JW Broadcasting has several issues and doesn't work very well. I've tried it on a 4k Fire Stick. It's basically been abandoned.
Regarding TVs, I have no idea locally or in your market, sorry. Still using a 2007? Samsung 32" 1080p as a third monitor to my PC.

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I currently pay an additional $11 per month on my T-Mobile bill in order to get Netflix Premium. I just received a text message from T-Mobile that my cost would be increasing to $16 per month to keep Netflix Premium.

You should be able to change to Netflix Standard option for $8.50 per month added to your T-Mobile bill.

This was a nice perk for T-mobile customers and I am sure many have stayed with T-mobile as loyal customers for perks like this. The ad version of Netflix is a sharp downgrade for this perk and will likely lose them some customers which pull the trigger to find another carrier with a little better pricing and perks. I for one will be on the phone with T-mobile asking for a credit or something for this perk which I am losing and being a T-mobile customer for 12 years I hope I can get something for this loss of a great perk.

Netflix offers us Hulu with ads for free(that we never asked for) while downgrading Netflix without ads to Netflix with ads. They make it sound like this is a new benefit, which it is not. I will now downgrade my Magenta Max 55+ to the regular Magenta 55+ plan and pay for Netflix without ads separately.

Second, Call/T-Mobile: I felt uncomfortable with how the chat went, so I called to confirm I will not be changed. The agent was unable to to see anything that indicates I would stay on Basic. They believed (they were not sure) that Netflix was initiating the change. Makes sense I guess, so time to contact Netflix.

Third, Chat/Netflix: Agent informs me that Netflix cannot make plan changes to accounts billed through partners like T-Mobile. They state that I am on Basic and can stay on Basic and to let T-Mobile know I do not want to change.

So to all the people saying this is an overreaction and that "it costs nothing to simply not use it," every one of us is paying for this service, and if you think the price of Netflix isn't baked into the price you pay, then you don't know how business works. Even if we were getting it completely free, we may only have signed up for the service for specific perks, and may not be able to change services now due to the glut of legacy hardware and software that's in regular use around the world. We have a right to be pissed, because ads aren't nothing. They're annoying, they waste time, and more importantly they eat up data - and since we still have soft data caps that matters. Get off your high horse and recognize when you have nothing constructive to add to the conversation.

You say that they offer hulu with ads when your signed with Netflix themselves? Please clarify, also are you not in the US? Because we've never heard about having hulu with ads for being with Netflix!

Spoke with rep , transfered to supervisor that viewed note and basically told me to kick rocks on social media to get results promised. Supervisor had no choice to give such direction, up chain escalation wasn't possible her hands were tied.