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The video market for streaming recorded a value of 376 billion dollars in 2021.
In 2022, worldwide, Netflix has around 222 million subscribers.
Last year, the platform posted revenue of approximately $30 billion.
In the technological world and especially in streaming, they are preparing for the new changes that will come to platforms such as Netflix with its new plan with advertising. Given this, it was learned that not all devices will be compatible with this service that will arrive in the coming weeks in some countries in the world.
Since the beginning of this year, there have been many comments about the streaming platform that, according to data from their own reporthas 220.67 million subscribers worldwide, amid the war against fierce competition and stagnant demand.
In that sense, the American company indicated that it has registered worldwide revenues of approximately 30 billion dollars in 2021, about 5 billion more than in 2020.
These devices are not compatible with cheap version of Netflix
Recently, it became known that not all devices will be compatible with this new Netflix service, so this limitation will make it impossible to log in.
According to information from the same company, non-compatible devices are “a small percentage”, but several of them are very popular, from traditional brands or have recently arrived on the market.
Among the list of products that do not allow this economic plan and with advertisements are cell phones and video game consoles, which allow you to convert a traditional television into a SmartTV.
First, there are the first, second and third generation Chromecasts; These Google devices do support the other subscriptions, but it is not new to Netflix.
As well, Apple TV users will also not be available in any, not even in the recent 4K, announced just a few days ago. Another of the devices that are added to the list is the PlayStation 3, while it is on the PlayStation 4 and 5.
For its part, in cell phones, all iPhones with iOS 14 version or earlier are left out of the compatible list. While cell phones with Android 7 or lower too.
Let us remember that this new subscription format is only available in 12 countries, for now such as Canada, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Korea, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom they already have it activated, while in Spain will start operating on November 10.
As mentioned on the page, the operation of this plan is that for a lower price, $6.99 per month, you can access most of the Netflix catalog, with the obligation to watch ads every hour for four or five minutes, the duration of each advertisement will be from 15 to 30 seconds and cannot be skipped.
“After you subscribe or change your plan to the Basic plan with ads and choose your main profile, we will ask you to provide us with your date of birth and gender. We use this basic demographic data, as well as general location information based on your IP address, to tailor advertising and improve product offerings.
As is often the case in the technology industry, new updates or versions of some systems make many existing devices obsolete. For example, every time a new version of WhatsApp is released, some cell phones are left out.
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