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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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hmm how fitting, I just paid another 3 months of Real Debrid for 9 Euros... And guess what, I can see the cancelled (and removed) Disney media there! (If I wanted to).

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

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years 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.

[–] Colalextrast 5 points 2 years ago

Can confirm. My wife and I pay about half for a shared account so our nieces can watch bluey and whatnot. We, their parents, and their grandma also get the rest of the content as a bonus, and everyone else chips in a little for the price too.

If they started limiting streaming like Netflix is doing, it suddenly wouldn't be worth the cost anymore. But as long as we have 5 adults with jobs splitting the bill, it's really not that bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years 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 2 years 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] 6 points 2 years ago

... You fuckin what.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (6 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Can you hear Capt. Hook calling?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Unsub'd. Fuck that noise, I really only use them for Simpsons reruns between movies I give a shit about. So now I'll steal the Simpsons and the movies. They overplayed their hand here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Feels like an egregious misuse of the word "gouging" but I understand the sentiment.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years 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] 4 points 2 years ago

guys, cloudstream exists

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Is physical media still available for most Disney stuff? How viable an alternative is that now?

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