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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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[–] [email protected] 74 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I knew this too but didn't expect it to go this high so fast. Oh well, I'll finish setting up my deluge headless + VPN gateway lxc and get back to high seas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Smae with password sharing etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But you can password share Disney Plus? Ask us how we know

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I'm suggesting they will remove it eventually like Netflix.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

They forgot the bit where they put out desirable content though.