I do have the Plus plan but I didn’t actively change anything before this renewal. Blargh—this feels like a dark user pattern. Did I somehow get tricked into this? I’ve barely watched Viki this year.
I’m debating whether to renew. They haven’t picked up much I wanted to watch in the last year so it’s really only worth it if I have time to watch older dramas.
OMG! And here I was debating getting a viki subscription… I don’t think it’s that expensive for in the UK, though?
But I have a big problem with a company charging for work done by volunteers. I even wrote one of my uni projects about Viki hahaha
It is interesting. I have been a Viki subscriber since April, 2016 and not to go ‘ad hominem’ on Netflix but imo we get better subs from those Viki volunteers than we get from Netflix which as I have said before has the wherewithal to to pay for the UN translation service gratis.
Not that all is fine at Viki. I have recently noticed an inconsistency (or deterioration if you will) in one area of the Viki ‘style’: translating profanity. I expect to see the f-bomb in Netflix subs but now I am seeing it in Viki subs.
Oh, I don’t mean that the quality is bad, I just think it’s a company getting something for nothing and charging others (the cheek!)
In fact, I recently watched something on viki and remembered how much I love the live comments – and I think the watch parties look super fun. Those would be the main reasons for me ^^
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tsutsuloo
May 13, 2022 at 7:41 AM
My Viki account renewed today and I’m sour. It’s now $99.99
athis year! That’s an increase of 46.3% from last year!Here’s my Viki annual billing history, in USD:
2017 $34.99
2018 $49.99 (+$15 or +42.8%)
2019 $49.99
2020 $49.99
2021 $68.35 (+$18.36; +36.7%)
2022 $99.99 (+$31.64; +46.3%)
Is Viki trying to make up for lost subscriptions due to competition from the big streamers? Or are they finally paying their translators?
miss h
May 13, 2022 at 8:09 AM
That’s weird. They don’t show any price changes on the website. Do you have the Standard or Plus plan?
tsutsuloo
May 13, 2022 at 10:03 AM
VikiPass Plus. Made sense for a time because it includes access to Kocowa shows. These days, I really don’t care. I should’ve gone back to Standard.
larelle79
May 13, 2022 at 11:00 AM
It hasn’t been feeling right since Dramafever was bought and disbanded.
miss h
May 13, 2022 at 11:48 AM
Did you have the Standard plan last year? The Plus plan has always cost me around $100.
tsutsuloo
May 13, 2022 at 4:44 PM
I do have the Plus plan but I didn’t actively change anything before this renewal. Blargh—this feels like a dark user pattern. Did I somehow get tricked into this? I’ve barely watched Viki this year.
bbstl 🧹
May 13, 2022 at 8:34 PM
Me too.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
May 13, 2022 at 8:09 AM
I’m debating whether to renew. They haven’t picked up much I wanted to watch in the last year so it’s really only worth it if I have time to watch older dramas.
larelle79
May 13, 2022 at 9:40 AM
They are still asking for ‘volunteers’ for series. They ain’t paying translators, unfortunately.
Jance
May 13, 2022 at 9:45 AM
OMG! And here I was debating getting a viki subscription… I don’t think it’s that expensive for in the UK, though?
But I have a big problem with a company charging for work done by volunteers. I even wrote one of my uni projects about Viki hahaha
bong-soo
May 13, 2022 at 12:42 PM
It is interesting. I have been a Viki subscriber since April, 2016 and not to go ‘ad hominem’ on Netflix but imo we get better subs from those Viki volunteers than we get from Netflix which as I have said before has the wherewithal to to pay for the UN translation service gratis.
Not that all is fine at Viki. I have recently noticed an inconsistency (or deterioration if you will) in one area of the Viki ‘style’: translating profanity. I expect to see the f-bomb in Netflix subs but now I am seeing it in Viki subs.
Jance
May 13, 2022 at 2:32 PM
Oh, I don’t mean that the quality is bad, I just think it’s a company getting something for nothing and charging others (the cheek!)
In fact, I recently watched something on viki and remembered how much I love the live comments – and I think the watch parties look super fun. Those would be the main reasons for me ^^