I am a bit puzzled why there is no discussion about which is better, Iflix or Netflix ? Seems people here prefer to share out their Netflix account, it will come to about It would mean they think Netflix is better than Iflix ?

Netflix is about RM13 or RM14 per month, when shared out.

Iflix is about RM 10. Which is slightly cheaper.

How about content wise ?

I started with Iflix about 3 years ago and switched over to Netflix and have not looked back since. Back then at least Netflix was miles ahead.

This post has been edited by Kwallace: Jun 20 2019, 10:37 AM

Netflix got more content..

iflix when started is quite good with lots of tv series. but lately it has been dropping almost everything and totally switched to local production mostly. so imho, that's nothing worthwhile on iflix anymore. don't even need to compare. netflix now stomps all over iflix easily.

and btw, iflix is more like RM49 for one whole year nowadays. so less than RM5 per month. but still, content almost nil to watch.

there are other free streaming like Viu also better than iflix. or if you have a vpn subscription, there are lots of other choices such as hulu, imdb freedive etc. any one of the streaming service is easily better than local and other asian originated streaming service at the moment.

In this discussion, we have to restrict ourselves to legal streams. If the legal stream is outside of Malaysia, then we have to add VPN costs to it. Reliable VPN is not cheap either.

iflix is low level... old shows, grade c shows, poor quality.

netflix is far better in terms of content and quality.



This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jun 20 2019, 11:05 AM

Iflix should be gone along with Thano's snap, useless like stone.

If you want iFlix, might as well go for Viu instead if you focus mainly on asian contents...

Viu can be free but comes with ads, and latest contents would take a while to become free to watch, but I'm willing to pay for it cuz it's worth it, RM 10 per month but currently paying for RM 8 because they had some special lifetime promotion that time...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but iFlix wanted to be the Netflix of SEA markets cuz they didn't know that Netflix would be expanded to these markets including our country.

After that, the hype for iFlix is gone and they have been inferior ever since due to only providing mostly on local content.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Jun 20 2019, 10:55 AM

actually there are many special offer for vpn from time to time, which is sold at deep discount rate for lifetime or long duration. i got lifetime vpn on getflix, and is working fine with all legal streams from usa. only netflix is the one that will keeps causing issue from time to time which you will need to have better vpn if you want less downtime when you switch regions.

for those who really wants to watch a larger content selections via legal streams, a vpn is really a good choice. just wait till they have lifetime discount, or 2-5 years deep discount and subscribe it, and the cost of using the vpn will be much lower. if one does not want to deal with vpn, then netflix is essentially the only good choice.

amazon prime video is also available here, but its content choice is just a small slice of what is actually offered in USA. although amazon does sell the subs cheaper here at USD$5.99 per month, instead of USD$11.99 per month in USA.


This post has been edited by happyking4ever: Jun 20 2019, 11:05 AM

Can't, iflix don't have a life to snap off. But most likely will die of by itself sometime soon.

Just to spice up things a bit. Now there is also this HBO Go Malaysia, which is only viewable if you are already an Astro subscriber.

But then AstroGo itself also provide acccesses to HBO movies.

I managed to pull an access for AstroGo and HBO GO M, but I don't really go and study what are the differences.

In terms of HBO GO Malaysia content, access via AstroGo and HBO GO Malaysia, what's the difference ?

Netflix. I tried iflix previously, but because of the contents and no HD at that time (now not sure) then i go remain my netflix until now.

Iflix

Because you could beat the system and it for free ?

netflix definately

iflix>free

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The 3 best-selling movies so far this year are Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, and Aladdin.

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The 3 best-selling movies of 2017 were Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and Beauty and the Beast.

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Remember, Netflix achieved its incredible success by being first in streaming. It's a true disruptor stock that revolutionized TV. For years it essentially “owned” the mechanism of airing TV and movies over the internet.

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According to The Wall Street Journal, the most watched show on Netflix is The Office.

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Netflix is losing all the best movies and TV shows.

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Can Netflix survive?

Netflix’s market cap is about $165 billion—making it the 30th-biggest publicly traded US company.

It got there through domination of streaming which, as I’ve shown, is a thing of the past.

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This post has been edited by Belloyat: Jul 9 2019, 10:56 AM

Hi everyone, yes, i believe Belloyat statement is quite true.

Disney will soon taking over everything, netflix might downsize, unless netflix produce their own movies more but very huge competitive market with Disney.

But i always prefere to support out local home grown brand which is iflix. Iflix seems supporting alot of our local shows and trying to build up the local industry , local actor and actress like the current series KL gangster underworld production. And providing at a very low price for vip and supporting the lower income group by providing free tier .

Infact, we as a user, we wont want to let disney or netflix to monopolize the market and later increase price. Dont let them monopolise the market. Remember, consumer have to power to change the future . Decide carefully, power is in yout hands.

Sorry, i still support our home grown iflix as they are still new compared to netflix, and i support our local movies industry. Hope one day our local company will grow globally and be proud of our country together with our local actor and actress. Cheers

All these new services will only drive people back to pirated stuff. What people want is a lot of contents in a single provider like Netflix. Nobody can afford to subscribe so many services and at the end each provider is cannibalizing each other.

iflix and netflix different content actually

i do have both.. but mostly netflix already good for me