Disney + Subscription Increase
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I received an email saying my subs are going from £79 to £109 per year. However it looks like they are introducing a tier of pricing. I think I’ll go for the mid level option which is 1080 hd and two simultaneous streams.
If Andor wasn’t due in autumn I may have ditched it altogether. Saying that we are currently watching Mr. Mercedes which is good.
If Andor wasn’t due in autumn I may have ditched it altogether. Saying that we are currently watching Mr. Mercedes which is good.
I currently have Netflix, Prime and Disney Plus - I've put up with the price increases over time mainly out of complacency, but something has to give now and at least one will be getting binned. The price increases are a piss take especially when they still cancel shows after one season, still put out lots of mediocre crap, have started lumping adverts onto the service..
Amazing to think when I started with Netflix it was about £8/month, now I pay 2.5x that..
They no longer represent good value IMO
Amazing to think when I started with Netflix it was about £8/month, now I pay 2.5x that..
They no longer represent good value IMO
Free with a Lloyds bank account, if that will stay with the rise, who knows... Currently on there....
https://www.lloydsbank.com/current-accounts/club-l...
https://www.lloydsbank.com/current-accounts/club-l...
macron said:
Free with a Lloyds bank account, if that will stay with the rise, who knows... Currently on there....
https://www.lloydsbank.com/current-accounts/club-l...
With ads? No thanks.https://www.lloydsbank.com/current-accounts/club-l...
the-norseman said:
I bought a code online last year for 12 months think it was about £60, gonna do the same when it runs out next month.
Do share any code: this is an outrage!Just spotted that increase.
THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT RISE?
That is price gouging of the highest order
That makes the decision for us - we will ditch Disney this year.
Cheeky b
ds! I guess intransigence might mean most of their subscribers won’t notice, & it won’t have any impact to them, but if people don’t vote with their wallets, the same will happen next year.
Can you tell I’m really not impressed?
I don't like price rises nobody does but devils advocate do people forget the "good old days" of paying a fiver or whatever it was for a VHS or DVD rental for a couple of nights?
Fully get that they add up if you need/want them all but honestly these streaming platforms are an utter bargain compared to how it used to be.
Fully get that they add up if you need/want them all but honestly these streaming platforms are an utter bargain compared to how it used to be.
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I don't like price rises nobody does but devils advocate do people forget the "good old days" of paying a fiver or whatever it was for a VHS or DVD rental for a couple of nights?
Fully get that they add up if you need/want them all but honestly these streaming platforms are an utter bargain compared to how it used to be.
An utter bargain?Fully get that they add up if you need/want them all but honestly these streaming platforms are an utter bargain compared to how it used to be.
Let’s agree to disagree.
It isn’t like it is just one service. oOnce you add in Netflix/Prime/Paramount/Apple, not to mention Virgin/Spotify etc, things can get properly pricy.
Raising the cost 37% YoY really is just taking the piss out of the entire customer base. You don’t think so?
Inflation? Pure greed!
After Netflix f
ked around with family sharing, we were wondering what we would drop (can’t watch them all at once!). This just makes the 2024 decision simple!Honestly I'm not even arguing it as everyone's idea of good value is different 
I think some of the price increases are a piss take but honestly as a Star Wars fan if you told me I could watch every single bit of Star Wars content their is on Disney wherever and whenever I like as often as I like for £100/year I'd say that's a bargain.
I'm watching Bad Boys on Netflix now. Just randomly felt like watching it. I'm not sure it's something I'd bother to buy but for a tenner a month to be able to do that for whatever and wherever and whenever I like so for me I get value out of it.
It's different for everyone and I'm probably seeing it a little differently having paid Sky £100/month since god knows when until I ditched them
I think some of the price increases are a piss take but honestly as a Star Wars fan if you told me I could watch every single bit of Star Wars content their is on Disney wherever and whenever I like as often as I like for £100/year I'd say that's a bargain.
I'm watching Bad Boys on Netflix now. Just randomly felt like watching it. I'm not sure it's something I'd bother to buy but for a tenner a month to be able to do that for whatever and wherever and whenever I like so for me I get value out of it.
It's different for everyone and I'm probably seeing it a little differently having paid Sky £100/month since god knows when until I ditched them
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I'm watching Bad Boys on Netflix now.
You have my commiserations.It can take us ages to decide on a good film as a family now - the good ones have been watched so we're left with the dress.
I have actually taken to buying films on dvd for £1 or £2 on eBay now (if I can think of a good film I haven't seen in ages!)
We also take for granted being able to stream a series immediately - having to wait a whole week for the next installment of anything would be unimaginable now to most. That is worth a premium to some extent.
As would buying a bit of paper with TV listings printed out in it, and making a note of the things you want to watch - in advance.
There are still some decent films on terrestrial TV, as well as the players like itv, C4.
The whole greedflation /shrinkflation is just a thing now. Chunking the decent stuff onto paramount+ and charging to get rid of adverts is basically shrinkflation.
I should cancel Disney and buy it through Lloyds bank though - had no idea it was a benefit, so I'm just wasting money there.
jesusbuiltmycar said:
Is it possible to subscribe to Disney for one month then cancel just to watch a single show?Or is Disney only available by the year?
I have no interest in Marvel or Modern Star Wars but the Mrs wants to watch the new season of Criminal Minds.
All the streaming services do monthly versions. Discovery+, Disney, Amazon, Netflix.I have no interest in Marvel or Modern Star Wars but the Mrs wants to watch the new season of Criminal Minds.
This is the oldest trick int he book, get people into the channel and it being Disney the kids will love it, it is full of kids shows and films, then massively increase the price, we cant have the kids not having Disney_ can we.
People need balls, they need to stop this rot, but they wont and these companies know it which is why they all do exactly the same thing every few years by 2026 it will 200 quid a year and you will all be happily handing over your hard earned still.
People need balls, they need to stop this rot, but they wont and these companies know it which is why they all do exactly the same thing every few years by 2026 it will 200 quid a year and you will all be happily handing over your hard earned still.
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