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.
I’m not defending them, but this was clearly always the plan. It was obvious they intended to enter the market just under competitor prices to establish a foothold and then later charge more and reset the industry standard in doing so.
Again, I’m not saying it doesn’t suck, because it does, but this was clearly the Disney+ game plan since day 1
They forgot the bit where they put out desirable content though.
There’s no unjustification for piracy anymore. If you’re gonna charge me this much to use your shitty streaming services that I use once in a blue moon then don’t cry when I instead download an mp4.
People were complaining about cable costing that much - now a single streaming service does. We have gone from “hmm, maybe it’s easier to just pay Netflix 12 bucks a month” back to “this shit is too expensive, I’m gonna pirate my media”
Entertainment companies just can’t seem to figure out how to deliver content to us in a convenient and affordable way.
Double the price and if fewer than half unsubscribe, there is a net gain in revenue.
And a drop in costs too since their system has to support less users.
Lol expect MORE and MORE hikes. They know how much money you have, they want it all and they will not stop raising the cost because y’all keep paying it.
Yep, it feels like we’re about to see the second wave of piracy, and more and more people are going to dust off their jolly Rogers. $80 was worth it for the catalog, but the price hike is completely unjustifiable. I’ve already canceled my sub, and I’m betting there will be plenty who do the same. A 75% increase is egregious.
Disney made a movie called Crater that was removed from their catalog after just two weeks. It is only available via piracy.
I haven’t watched it because that would be illegal, but it’s almost like they want us to pirate. Heck, I would never have heard about Final Space if the animator hadn’t raised a stink after it got removed from the WB catalog.
It is only available via piracy.
You can stream it on Amazon. Disney sucks, but there’s no need to spread misinformation to make that point.
Final Space also won’t be available anywhere, forever.
And yet somehow I remember watching the entire thing. Must be a Mengele Effect.
I’m still incredibly angry at Disney+ for gutting watch together. I have a Plex server that I use quite a bit that I suppose will be getting even more usage now.
Yeah, what the heck happened to GroupWatch?
Idk if they ever said why they were doing it, but they canned it about a month ago.
The issue with price-hikes for subscriptions to me seems like it was always inevitable, and a no-brainer to solve. Disney, Netflix, and Hulu have no reason to lower their costs as long as people set-and-forget their subscriptions. The obvious solution is to stop subscribing and to buy a single month from a single service when you have a number of shows/movies you want to watch.
Paying $20 once per year to watch all the newest Marvel and Star Wars shows and movies in the span of a month at the cost of avoiding spoilers at release is a solid deal if you ask me. Paying $20 every month because you want to feel like you “own” the library of Disney’s media is a horrible decision.
Good lord.
What was it? ~$50/yr price a couple years ago?
It launched at 80
The prices change for the consumers. What never changes is the pay for Disney executives and shareholders. Their pockets of cash always go up and up 📈📈📈
Just canceling and not watching things is also an option. There’s so much stuff out there to do, you’ll probably never get bored.
Do you want pirates? This is how you get pirates.
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.
Thanks for the reminder to cancel! Ridiculous price for the amount of content they put out.
use stremio + torrentio
And Debrid.
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.
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.
