What you said, but without the /s.
Non-pirate streaming was over when stuff started disappearing and moving to multiple sites. The price increases are just reminders that it's time for everybody to sail the high seas.
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Disney+ Account Sharing Crackdown Goes Global With Paid Sharing Plan
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Non-pirate streaming was over when stuff started disappearing and moving to multiple sites. The price increases are just reminders that it's time for everybody to sail the high seas.
Here we go again, another streaming article where members come out of the wood work to promote piracy.
I am no fan of price increases, but you are not entitled to content created by others, if you don't value the content at the advertised price then don't consume it, simple as that.
Eggs went up in price too, did y'all "unsubscribe" from eggs or did you just start stealing them from farms?
I am no fan of price increases, but you are not entitled to content created by others, if you don't value the content at the advertised price then don't consume it, simple as that.
Eggs went up in price too, did y'all "unsubscribe" from eggs or did you just start stealing them from farms?
Is there a limit on how many times you can send yourself a code? Id just forward the email and that's it?
They have been jacking up prices to go to Disney World all year.
Now this.
and current Disney movies kinda suck compared to older ones. newer movies cost more to make too.
the whole picture of Hollywood really.
Now this.
and current Disney movies kinda suck compared to older ones. newer movies cost more to make too.
the whole picture of Hollywood really.
Disney + is a great deal compared to the price of admission and food at a Disney Park.
There wasn’t enough content to stay for me so I left a few months ago. I’ll just rotate through the services based on what new show’s come on.
Streaming services really keep forgetting that their entire business model relies on them being slightly more convenient than piracy, huh? ☠️
Eh, it's still okay for the price. I don't really watch tv or streaming, but my kids do, so I'll keep it. My brother and his wife use it regularly, but I guess that will stop soon.
I get Ad-free Disney+ and hulu for $11.99 with AMEX, so it's a pretty decent deal. I don't care enough about any content to bother pirating..
I get Ad-free Disney+ and hulu for $11.99 with AMEX, so it's a pretty decent deal. I don't care enough about any content to bother pirating..
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I wonder how this is going to work for Disney Plus subscribers who access the service via a Verizon wireless bundle? My cell phone plan is a massive shared family plan with in-laws, siblings and cousins who live across the US. We added the Disney plus bundle to our cell phone bill because it allows us all to share the cost, and thus the service. Now we're forced to decide who is the primary Disney subscriber even though it's on everyone's phone bill? To my knowledge, you cannot add more than one Disney service per Verizon bill.
I share all of my Disney accounts (I have none)
Tell them it’s time for them to grow up and pay their own cell phone and streaming bills. You are the exact reason why Netflix and Disney have to take these steps!
This sucks. What about families that live together but spend frequent time, a few days to two weeks, apart in other locations. That’s not unusual in Europe. And the US is considered one country but Europe is 44 countries although we treat it as one.
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My annual plan was going to increase from $79 to $139 ... couldn't justify the $60 hike so I canceled my sub
Not consuming the content at all is the way to go. Pirating says that their content is a need, not a want.
Thought experiment:
Imagine everyone listens to you and all digital content, video, audio (music) and software are pirated.
Who exactly will pay the salary of the folks behind the scenes? Forget the movie/tv stars or musicians for a second, who pays the writers, set designers, sound people, editors, caterers, janitors... you know, all the union labor you support in every union related thread or story?
Funny how some cannot comprehend this simple math and if I were to look hard enough I bet the very same people that promote piracy are the same people who cry about artists getting paid more by streaming services... you do realize that can't happen if everyone pirates right???
If no one pays for the content no one gets paid for creating content.
I subscribed to D+ on day one, but my current subscription expires in a month and I'm not renewing. Even more so after this. Not only the price has almost doubled here in Spain (from 70€ to 90€ to 120€ yearly), but also the amount and quality of content has been abysmal this last year. I've seldom watched it, actually.
Content is not free, sure, but with the price hikes, the diversity of services and all the nonsense about account sharing, I think the TRUE subscription model (a service you pay monthly) is quickly going to turn into intermittent one-month purchases, at least for me. Wait until there's something worth watching, pay for a month, use it as much as possible until it expires, rinse and repeat.
I used to be subscribed to D+, AppleTV+, HBO Max, Netflix and Prime Video simultaneously for about 30€/month (and Netflix was almost half of that). Low enough to not care if I didn't use one of the services for some time. But subscribing to the same stuff in the same conditions now would cost me almost double. Not being able even to share it when I'm not using it is the nail in the coffin.
I abandoned Netflix on the last price hike almost year and a half ago, and D+ will be next.
Content is not free, sure, but with the price hikes, the diversity of services and all the nonsense about account sharing, I think the TRUE subscription model (a service you pay monthly) is quickly going to turn into intermittent one-month purchases, at least for me. Wait until there's something worth watching, pay for a month, use it as much as possible until it expires, rinse and repeat.
I used to be subscribed to D+, AppleTV+, HBO Max, Netflix and Prime Video simultaneously for about 30€/month (and Netflix was almost half of that). Low enough to not care if I didn't use one of the services for some time. But subscribing to the same stuff in the same conditions now would cost me almost double. Not being able even to share it when I'm not using it is the nail in the coffin.
I abandoned Netflix on the last price hike almost year and a half ago, and D+ will be next.
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This is why the streamers still release episodes once a week. For this travesty alone, everybody should do what you recommend.
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It is usually the American competition watchdog that separates retail from product. This is for example, why cars in America are so inexpensive, even European cars.
I would wholeheartedly support the separation of distribution from production in entertainment immediately. Prices would go down, and quality of content would go up.
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I have a collection of a few thousand movies/tv shows on my backup terabyte drives. I’m good thanks.