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Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I'm off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here's the proof.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Piracy is the only good way to consume media, man even the customer support is better!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Set sail for the content of faceless megacorps last year already.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me who never enjoyed their content. "You guys were paying for Disney+?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's families. Dual income with several kids, yeah the fees sting, but when your cashflow is high and your savings nil, $200 a year doesn't sound crazy. It's not smart, and it's not fair, but if you know any parents of young children you can see how they could make that decision.

My partner drives our neighbour's kids around sometimes, so we rack up seats on family streaming accounts that way.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure how you missed out last time they increased the subscription cost. You must have renewed immediately before the increase from $80. That said, I'm out. The Android TV app has been having annoying audio issues and I've already cancelled every other service because of pricing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Haven't streamed anything from there since Mando season 3 anyway

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Do you want pirates? This is how you get pirates.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

... You fuckin what.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

in their defence they got that free 2-day shipping. I never watched Mickey Mouse Club when it was free

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm on some Disney Plus deal to get 3 months for 99 cents per month. You'd better believe the second the 3 months is up I'm cancelling again. Let's face it, the platform is kind of dogshit and while there is an occasional good show, most of the new content is dreck. A month a year is sufficient to catch up on anything worth watching.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Hm. Content on there is so lacking and we already use it so infrequently.... If I had to choose between this and Netflix, Netflix stays.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reminder to cancel! Ridiculous price for the amount of content they put out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

guys, cloudstream exists

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Can you hear Capt. Hook calling?

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