It was a good 9 year run and I loved being here all these years but considering I, like others, have been with them “since the early days” and still, we have to pay the same increase as new subscribers? I’m good, I just canceled my auto renewal (was to renew May 28).
Loyalty goes both ways
I wish I could understand the thought process of the bean counter who decided 0% of $60 is a better outcome than 100% of $30 
but hey, thanks for saving me some cash. I’ll donate it to the EFF instead 
100% increase isnt worth it for me so tapping out too when my subscription ends.
I’ve been a user since the beginning and a VIP for at least 9 years, and this is how they reward loyal users and especially long-time VIPs? You call that justice? And they talk about sustainability and development?!!! What have all us VIP users been doing all these years? They’re going to lose most of the VIPs and I’m sure a lot of users too, because it’s outrageous what they’re doing.
I advise all VIPs to do the same and switch to another service, that’s the only way they’ll learn to respect their users in the future. I’ve already signed up for a VIP account with SIMKL, for me it’s the big rival and they’ve improved a lot, maybe with the arrival of several new members they’ll improve even more. I’ll laugh my ass off if one day Trakt is on the rocks.
IT’S UNACCEPTABLE. Shame on them.
LOL.
I’ve been VIP for 7 years. Just cancelled.
I opened the email expecting a $5 increase which I was willing to accept. Maybe $10. My jaw dropped when I saw the actual increase. Doubling the price? Seriously?
“Standardizing Trakt VIP renewal pricing is an important and necessary step forward. Here’s why:
Sustainability: Helps ensure Trakt remains financially healthy and independent long-term.”
Increase it so high almost everyone cancels. That will help with financial stability. Bold strategy, Cotton.
Well, he hasn’t disappointed me or anyone, but still, free features are great too, but really recommend Simkl, but everyones their own opinion ofcourse, you can always just try it, XD
Doubling the price with no perceivable increase in benefits when there’s a cost of living crisis and threat of recession happening?
Who on Earth thought this idea up?
I was struggling to even pay the $30 but I found it as I wanted to support the service but raising it to $60? You’re having a laugh
Pure greed and insanity
Like most others in this thread I have now cancelled my renewal
Even if you rethink this ridiculous decision I doubt I’ll come back - you’ve just proven that all you care about is the bottom line and not your loyal user base
What a shame
I just read the mail. I thought it was a phishing mail. But it’s not. Renewal with promo is from $15 to $30 to $60 in 2 years. Without promo $15 to $60. Increase of 400%. What do I get for this?
Just like a lot more, I will also cancel my VIP-subscription before renewal (February 24th 2026).
13 years VIP btw.
Just cancelled my renewal.
I’m also canceling my subscription, I’m not using most of the new features and I still don’t like that new design… so for 2x the price?
No thanks.
Thanks for the email and update this is now set to a reminder to cancel before auto renew happens now, I can’t justify 100% increase for this.
If you have a self-hosted solution in mind, I’d love to hear it.
100% increase is way too much. I have enjoyed my VIP membership but this is more than I am prepared to pay.
I barely used this service over the years, but was fine with just being a support member at the price it was, this price change made me cancel. Thanks for helping me clean up some of my spendings!
If they though the redesign caused a stir…
… well this seems to turn off the lights.
I’m thinking about canceling too. It’s not about the money 60USD yearly is not so high price, but this service isn’t really worth it. That VIP features are nice, but simply not worth so much money.
But the worst part of this is that 100% price increase, if you raised price from 30 to for example 40 dollars, then it would be understandable, but 60 out of the blue? Like wtf?
You can cancel your renewal at any time. It won’t affect your current subscription.
I only use VIP for the increased number of items on a list (and I guess dark mode on the website LOL), so the doubled increase in price is absolutely not worth it to me.
I’ve been a VIP member for 8 years. Trakt promised that I’d be grandfathered into my plan and that my price would never change — clearly, that promise meant nothing. I’ll be canceling my membership before it renews. You’ve just lost another long-time supporter.
Yep cancelled , VIPs are what add the value to the platform you have build.
