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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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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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).

[–] MaxPower@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 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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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 7 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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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 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.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 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

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

... You fuckin what.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

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[–] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] loki_d20@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 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.

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