r/DisneyPlus • u/blowingtumbleweed • 4d ago

Question Holy Wow: bill increase

I just got the notification from Apple that my price for DisneyPlus annual is moving from $79.99 to $189.99, a full $110 jump. That's crazy! Was I stuck in some time vortex and underpaying for a year or what in the heck happened?

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u/BlackLotusPanda 4d ago

Because they can and they think people will keep on paying regardless. I had netflix since back when they were $5 and after two price hikes I told them if they did it again I was cancelling, and when they jacked the price up again I cancelled. I will do the same with disney/hulu when the time comes because big corps need to know we are serious about our money that keeps them in business. It's like I always say "Stop asking why the clowns are acting like clowns and stop buying tickets to the circus." . There are plenty of free options.

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u/futuresdawn 3d ago

The people acting like you're cancelling is meaningless are so bizarre. Obviously one person cancelling won't make a difference but we're seeing reports of more people returning to broadcast TV this year, 4k disc sales are up and Netflix is having mass layoffs because growth has plateaued. Streaming isn't dying but it's still facing a crisis because customers are becoming unhappy, the core selling factor was a wealth of content at a low price with maximum convenience and now streaming is turning into on demand cable. The main thing is people are noticing and everyone has a point where they can't justify it anymore. Personally I've cancelled all streaming and will only subscribe if there's a few things I want to binge watch in a month and cancel again

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u/BlackLotusPanda 3d ago

Very well said, I completely agree.