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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 Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 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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[-] greyhaven7@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago

This is exactly why publicly funded media is essential to a healthy media market.

[-] greyhaven7@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

And reasonable copyright laws on IP

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Ha, good one.

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