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Disney is gouging customers with a near doubling of subscription costs. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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[–] 301 points 2 years ago (36 children)

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.

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  • [–] [S] 144 points 2 years ago (28 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    About to see? My friend, we never stopped. Especially now, more people have started to look into self hosting.

    I never stopped once I saw that the shit you pay for is not even yours anymore. Unless it's indie games, I just straight up download the game. Could care less about online gaming. (Thx ftp)

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Can you point me in the right direction of where to start? My last adventures of file sharing ended with Napster and Limewire.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Well theoretically...

    1. get a vpn

    2. deluge (others will pile in with apps no doubt)

    3. go to https://privacysavvy.com/security/torrents/best-torrent-sites/

    Once you get your feet back under yourself, you can start looking at usenet and such

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree with this guy.

    Look into usenet, sabnzbd (or nzbget) and the ***arr programs.

    Cost you a max $10/month, depending on how serious you are at hoarding, and how far back you want to go.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If I were to do such a thing I would find myself quite happily served by the above without the need for a usenet acct, but of course this is an entirely theoretical discussion from the comfort of armchairs so reality may differ for various parties puffs pipe

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Naw, lots of us stopped when Netflix streaming came in full swing.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ...Second? We've had like, 4 or 5 waves by now since the Internet started.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They'll just keep hiking it until the profit curve dips.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Seriously. What is it going to take to get people to cancel? Stop paying overpriced fees until they bring them back down to cost that's worth it. Otherwise they'll just keep getting scammed and never stop. I just don't get it. Don't they understand how economics work or something? Or do they feel like they HAVE to have it?

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