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/jrr6415sun 3d ago

Because people do keep paying. People say they will cancel but they don’t

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u/BlackLotusPanda 3d ago

I told netflix to shove it and cancelled, when the time comes when disney asks too much I will cancel them as well.

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u/thefastlanerules 6h ago

Interestingly I was on their premium tier because of the 4k movies

It's funny I came back (had some great discounts on Netflix gift cards) and decided to try the basic tier and I don't find the ads that intrusive (unlike the Amazon 3 minute ads which really are bad) and even with a really good don't OLED TV I'm struggling to notice much if any of a quality difference.. so them raising the price has meant Im now paying less than $10 a month with discounted gift card options..

I only tolerate the Disney/hulu bundle because I get $120 a year off with my Amex cash preferred card..