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Give it a few years and their price will be right around where Netflix is.

Netflix, if I did not share it with my parents I would have stopped paying for it long ago. They are so damn close to pricing themselves out of the market for a lot of people as their quality has plummeted. I already know people who binge watched one or two shows in one month and cancelled, the same method many used on HBO to get their Game of Thrones fix.

As for parity, they will need to double that eight dollar fee
 
They will lose customers, they mainly have old content barring about two new shows, this may be good for young children but the parents paying for it may be a different matter. It's getting to the stage with all these subscription services that people subscribe and cancel after binge watching a particular show they want to watch, if prices were kept at a reasonable rate subscribers would not think oh, can i afford all these services this month, the world has gone subscription mad and I think so many of us have subscription fatigue now.
 
Am guessing all the complainers here can’t afford to pay an extra dollar due to spending so much money on some overpriced Apple device like the 549 AirPod Max? Super nice price! 😆
$1 here, $1 there, pretty soon it adds up to real money. Sometimes in Australia they describe increases in terms of coffees, "Your rates (land taxes) are going up by less than a coffee a week," or "For the price of a coffee a day, you can own such and such." I always think, I only drink one coffee a day, and you want to take that away from me?
 
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Well now they have got you over a barrel of course this would happen. People are hooked on not having to have physical media and production of that media has decreased. People will just suck up price increases.
 
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Hardly surprising. Start new service with an attractive price. Once a critical mass of customers is reached, start increasing the price. As someone above said, in few years they will be at same price level as the rest.

why do you think piracy is on the rise again? Netflix was great when it was the only streaming service around, now there are dozens of them, and all of them charge between $7-14 .. thus return of the $150 a month cable bill.... not mention the fact you are paying for the internet connection already...

Piracy is returning.
 
Thanks for the reminder to cancel once this season of The Mandalorian ends.

Agree - will cancel again when Mandalorian ends. They offer little else that is worth paying for. I bet they lose tons of subscribers when Mandalorian ends. And the price increases won’t end. Will be keep ripping off consumers until consumers finally push back on these streaming services and stop using them.
 
as an adult, their content doesn’t appeal to me. But I understand how the kids like it and get into it And thats what will keep the majority of the subscribers.
 
I already know people who binge watched one or two shows in one month and cancelled, the same method many used on HBO to get their Game of Thrones fix.

I also know a lot of people who share accounts with friends and family so that they don’t have to worry about canceling.
 
Well, the people complaining should have bought the 3yr price plan and waited for the pro-rate of ESPN+ and Hulu. Jus saying this here is Chess Not checkers Fools!!!!
 
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Given their slow rate of content we just watch Mandolorian and cancel rest of year. And sadly it’s declining a little.
 
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Not even sure how long this will take to apply to UK/EU customers.

Nonetheless, will pay!

Disney+ is full of great quality catalogue content, and the originals they’ve added over the year have been fantastic family entertainment.

Besides, did you even see how much totally new Star Wars content is heading for the service?!
You’re kidding right? Them milking an IP which has been milked enough is considered a good thing?

Let Star Wars die man.
 
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