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.

  • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    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@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 year 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.