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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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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 300 points 1 year 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.

[–] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 143 points 1 year 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.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 24 points 1 year 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.

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 8 points 1 year 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.

[–] uberkalden@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For a while it did disappear. It only recently popped up on Amazon

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

To be honest I didn't look

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