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Disney is gouging customers with a near doubling of subscription costs. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] greyhaven7@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And reasonable copyright laws on IP

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Ha, good one.