netflix inc nflx has quietly nuked the cheapest adfree plan in the us the ‘basic plan is no longer available for subscription in the us and only three subscription tiers are live on the netflix website what happened netflix has killed the ‘basic plan in the us it was the cheapest adfree subscription plan at 999 per month as a result only three plans are available now – ‘standard with ads ‘standard and ‘premium see also ‘you could publish a book’ elon musk says twitter will soon let users publish articles the ‘basic plan was available for a long time – it was also the cheapest one before netflix added the adsupported tier at a lower price new or rejoining subscribers now have to choose between the adsupported plan or the more expensive ‘standard and ‘premium plans starting at 1549 per month not surprising netflix killing its cheapest adfree subscription plan is not surprising since january this year the streaming giant has been encouraging new users to subscribe to the adsupported plan or the more expensive ‘standard and ‘premium plans users could still get the ‘basic plan until now by clicking on the want more options see all plans link while subscribing however that option is gone too netflix has also removed details of the ‘basic plan from its support pages confirming that it is no longer available earlier in june netflix removed the ‘basic plan in canada too in a bid to upsell its more expensive plans or push users to its adsupported tier the decision to kill the ‘basic plan also coincides with the companys june quarter earnings which are scheduled to be published on july 19 check out more of benzingas consumer tech coverage by following this link read next marc andreessen thinks repeating this nuclear power mistake will be catastrophic for ai