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Trakt to increase prices to $60 for all users, including those on legacy, promotional, and grandfathered pricing (forums.trakt.tv)
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I modified the title to make it more descriptive

I also think it's time for the open source and/or fediverse Trakt alternatives to get some love.

The price change is listed as going from $30 a year to $60 a year, and they're also changing everyone to that price:

Starting May 20, 2025, all VIP renewals will move to a standardized price. This means that any legacy, promotional, or grandfathered pricing will no longer apply to renewals processed on or after that date. Instead, all VIP memberships will renew at the new standard rate going forward.

People are not happy on their forum:

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/upcoming-vip-renewal-pricing-changes/56676

This user poll suggests that around 97% of respondents (at the time of making this post) will not renew

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/poll-will-you-keep-your-vip-membership-at-60/56923

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[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I didn’t even get an email about this. I would have been angry when my subscription auto renewed. I love Trakt but this is too much. I’ll be cancelling too

EDIT: I cancelled. Bummer. I’ve been a user for 12 years. I track things religiously and I tried to contribute to their site by creating public lists that have actual value.

It’s too short a notice, a flimsy justification, and a poor execution. The auto tracking features they added recently really messed up my watch history so now is as good of time as any to quit.