Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown::Netflix’s crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases when it reports earnings on Wednesday.
You answered your own question “Now it’s just garbage corporations turning a quick buck for executives and shareholders” executives must continually find more profit to appease the shareholders, the only way to do that consistently is raise prices, there are too many people that will just keep paying and paying and the corporations know it.