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Disney+ Loses 700,000 Subscribers Following Price Increase

turbineseaplane said:
I keep waiting for who will have the stones to try out some contracts

They are coming, I guarantee it -- especially as more and more content has been getting siloed to Apps per studio/production source

Won't surprise me if Disney goes first since they have a lot of content parents won't want to be without
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That's what's coming next unfortunately. Netflix will likely be the first one since they've been the industry leader in all of this crap.
 
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icanhazmac said:
No need to steal, just sub, binge and unsub, rinse and repeat.

When viewed through this lens $20/mo is dirt cheap, you just can't have them all at once.
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Until they inevitably start up the contracts. You can for sure bet it's coming. Don't think they don't have their eyes on people like you. Netflix will definitely be the first one to do it too.
 
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All the streaming services are slowly and steadily increasing the prices. With password sharing no longer possible, subscribers will reduce. But I think that will go up after some time like how it was with Netflix.
 
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FreakinEurekan said:
So they're making an extra $250 million a month on the $2 price increase - and lost out on between $5.6 million and $9.8 million on the canceled subscribers. I'd take that deal if I were them!
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Seriously right? These articles try to be clickbait with titles that use "large" numbers to make people go "Wow look at this loser." The context matters and reading the article, this is a tiny number of subscribers. I did not know the service has 100 million+ subscribers. I would've thought at most it would top out in the double digit millions
 
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I’m really proud of myself having 0 subscriptions or any kind of recurring payments (including rent and phone bill) nowadays. People are so bad with money that they don’t even conceive that spending 10.99 or 12.99 or any amount for any kind of “service” a bad deal.
 
Kind of wild how Disney is able to get away charging so much extra for HULU considering its content is integrated into Disney+ as a „Star“ category internationally, which you don’t have to pay extra for
 
Disney+ Loses 700,000 subscribers?!?

"The power of one, the power of two...The power of MANY!!!"
 
Can someone offer a credible explanation for why streaming services are seeing constant price increases seemingly across the board? Netflix, for instance, reported a cool $5.4 billion in profit in 2023 and yet the prices keep going up.

What gives?
 
I've always wondered why there has never been any outrage at the price of e-books which, IMHO is much more egregious than streaming services (both video and music) constantly raising prices and adding/increasing ads. how in the world can a digital book cost almost the same as a physical copy is beyond me.
 
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dannyyankou said:
Not even a half a percent of their entire subscriber base.

I mean losing 0.5% of your subscribers is still statistically significant. But I’m kinda surprised they didn’t lose more subscribers. Basically 199 out of 200 people are saying “I’m fine with paying more”.
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Not what it means, as a large number of people are not paying more at all. I am one of many who gets the subscription for free through my bank. I pay nothing for it (and I don't even pay for the bank account as it is a free one), and I still pay nothing now after the increase. If at some point it becomes so expensive that the bank will stop offering it for free I will just unsubscribe.
 
Seems the US is always the ones worse of with the streaming prices. I recently had a D+ price increase from 8,99 € to 9,99 € and yes, this is the standard ad free price here at my place. While it's no 4K, I really don't need that and frankly my TV does not support that (and I see no reason to upgrade).

EDIT: It seems you guys get ESPN on top, which is not part of our package.
 
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wanha said:
Can someone offer a credible explanation for why streaming services are seeing constant price increases seemingly across the board? Netflix, for instance, reported a cool $5.4 billion in profit in 2023 and yet the prices keep going up.

What gives?
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simple free market capitalism.
 
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As many have mentioned, the loss of subscribers doesn’t seem to have a significant financial impact, especially considering the price increase. However, I find it surprising that some consumers remain loyal to Disney despite recent controversies. The company has made creative and business decisions that not everyone agrees with, and some feel that their content has become less innovative over time. Additionally, there are concerns about the overall experience at their theme parks. Perhaps it's time to acknowledge these changes and move forward.
 
Disney will not care about the loss of subscribers because they will look towards Netflix as to why they do not care. Netflix introduced crackdown on password sharing, they lost tens of thousands of subscribers but got most of them back again with new subscribers. It will happen with Disney.
 
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