I still have the annual plan with ads that I started with when Disney+ started. My sister in Calif has cable TV and to get the free channels that she wants to watch, costs her $145 a month. I did give up on Netflix years ago along with Directv, just streaming now using mostly the free apps on Roku or Firestick.
When you add the movie going experience, live concerts, video games, etc., Entertainment has become very expensive. Customers have the power to make streaming cheaper: start cancelling subscriptions.
The more they raise the prices, the more subscribers are going to cancel the service. At this point with streaming, how about lowering price instead of upping it, and then they won’t have to worry about losing both customers and profit.
I cancelled when the price doubled in one year for me. Going other routes to watch the shows I enjoy because the streaming route does not fit my budget at all
So what is the best move going forward for live TV? After reading this article I’m realizing what stupidity it is to pay $97.41 w/tax per month for Hulu w/ads + Disney w/ads+ESPN Select. It’s ludicrous. Recommendations?
I only have the services that come with my Verizon phone service anymore. But if the Netflix with ads is actually $10 cheaper than without ads I may try them for a month or two again, but I think it is a typo in the article.
This is exactly why more and more free movie sites keep popping up. I stopped paying for sites years ago cause these never ending price hikes are getting ridiculous. I cant wait to watch the downfall of these apps as we all see it comming
I stopped my annual subscription over 2 years ago because of their excessive price hikes, since then I subscribe for 1 month a year to catch up on series that I like, for me, to do anything more than that would be a total waste of money. I also do the same for Netflix, I am due to do Netflix in February after Stranger Things has fully aired
I canceled Disney+ a few months back, then I bundled Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN for $23.99 a month! The following month they took my money and then took Hulu off the bundle package, didn’t give me any money back and I can’t log into Hulu unless I pay!! What a joke! Won’t be paying for any of it anymore! BY DISNEY+, YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING YOU LOSE, (loyalty including)
I’m smart; I don’t have ANY cable or streaming service whatsoever. I watch DVDs. No internet required. No monthly subscription required. The network does not suddenly drop or edit my content. I watch it when I want, not just when it streams. I can pause it, stop it and find my place again, rewind and replay scenes as I please. Don’t break it if it ain’t broken with streaming crap when DVDs already existed.
Wouldn’t it be nice if all the individual streaming sites and networks we get together and maybe work on single streaming service and then everyone share in the profits? I don’t know… maybe a site kind of like Hulu? I would be willing to pay more for something like that than have to go through all the single services individually and barely watch any of it. I have YouTube premium and that is where I spend most of my time.
I pay annually in the UK for Disney plus with the extras and no ads. I signed up even before Disney started in the UK. MY ANNUAL payment was taken last year, then came the increase. Less than a month into the new agreement Disney would not refund the difference and let me cancel. At that point I cancelled all further payments. Frankly, if you are not five years old, Disney is dross.
If you’re a WWE fan, Netflix is a necessity. You need another service, USA network for Smackdown and ESPN subscription for ppv. Got rid of Spectre (sic) but by the time I pay for all the streaming apps I don’t seem to be saving any money, sucks there are so many fingers mudding up the stream
The biggest joke on us is the systems they use to make money from the U S Customers is that we paid in full, yes, the American citizen paid in full for the satellites and other thats floating around being used to broadcast, then charge again and again onward and upward on a constant The companys say well we have to pay to keep going it cot to broadcast and the employees salaries oh i see so thats why you made 8 BILLION IN PROFIT LAST YEAR AND THATS THE GOOD OL US of A NOW how much world wide and paid for your system by the US of A citizen well is it time for the good ol us of a citizen to chargev you for usingour equipment and broadcasting from it
I have to agree with you. It’s a dirty business and US citizens are always on the hook to make all streaming services even possible. Then like the drug companies they offer other countries better price deals.
The right solution is piracy, just like it was twenty years ago when these studios got too greedy for their own good. Get you a VPN and a torrent client, spend a couple hours on youtube learning how to set your box up to privately and anonymously download torrents, and where you can get those from, then spend another hour on those torrent sites learning how to follow them when the movie industry eventually comes to try and run them out of town.
Enough people do this and the industry will go right back to a consolidated streaming service absent frequent price escalation, the solution that existed that until recently was threatening to put an end to cable because of it’s superior delivery and convenience of one-stop content shopping that we all grew to love from the original, non-libtarded version of Netflix.
Comments for Another Disney+ Price Hike Leaves Subscribers Canceling Their Plans
John
I’m out. The app keeps crashing my HiSense TV and my tablet.
Jon Martinez
I still have the annual plan with ads that I started with when Disney+ started. My sister in Calif has cable TV and to get the free channels that she wants to watch, costs her $145 a month. I did give up on Netflix years ago along with Directv, just streaming now using mostly the free apps on Roku or Firestick.
Victor J. Munoz
When you add the movie going experience, live concerts, video games, etc., Entertainment has become very expensive. Customers have the power to make streaming cheaper: start cancelling subscriptions.
I hate Disney
I read an article that’s a Disney made 6 billion dollars at the box office this year. This is just pure stupid greed.
Setnakt Spears
At this point, it’s time for streamers to start REDUCING prices or face further cancelations.
Becca
The more they raise the prices, the more subscribers are going to cancel the service. At this point with streaming, how about lowering price instead of upping it, and then they won’t have to worry about losing both customers and profit.
Breeeee
I cancelled when the price doubled in one year for me. Going other routes to watch the shows I enjoy because the streaming route does not fit my budget at all
Phil
So what is the best move going forward for live TV? After reading this article I’m realizing what stupidity it is to pay $97.41 w/tax per month for Hulu w/ads + Disney w/ads+ESPN Select. It’s ludicrous. Recommendations?
James D Seigars
I only have the services that come with my Verizon phone service anymore. But if the Netflix with ads is actually $10 cheaper than without ads I may try them for a month or two again, but I think it is a typo in the article.
Kimmie
This is exactly why more and more free movie sites keep popping up. I stopped paying for sites years ago cause these never ending price hikes are getting ridiculous. I cant wait to watch the downfall of these apps as we all see it comming
Colin Dearman
I stopped my annual subscription over 2 years ago because of their excessive price hikes, since then I subscribe for 1 month a year to catch up on series that I like, for me, to do anything more than that would be a total waste of money. I also do the same for Netflix, I am due to do Netflix in February after Stranger Things has fully aired
Michelle
I canceled Disney+ a few months back, then I bundled Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN for $23.99 a month! The following month they took my money and then took Hulu off the bundle package, didn’t give me any money back and I can’t log into Hulu unless I pay!! What a joke! Won’t be paying for any of it anymore! BY DISNEY+, YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING YOU LOSE, (loyalty including)
Michelle
It’s time to drop them again! They dropped Hulu after taking my money and now I can’t log into Hulu!! I hope they lose everyone and go broke!
Carter
I’m smart; I don’t have ANY cable or streaming service whatsoever. I watch DVDs. No internet required. No monthly subscription required. The network does not suddenly drop or edit my content. I watch it when I want, not just when it streams. I can pause it, stop it and find my place again, rewind and replay scenes as I please. Don’t break it if it ain’t broken with streaming crap when DVDs already existed.
Scott
Wouldn’t it be nice if all the individual streaming sites and networks we get together and maybe work on single streaming service and then everyone share in the profits? I don’t know… maybe a site kind of like Hulu? I would be willing to pay more for something like that than have to go through all the single services individually and barely watch any of it. I have YouTube premium and that is where I spend most of my time.
D
Another area where Iger is running Disney in the ground.
Robert Adam
I pay annually in the UK for Disney plus with the extras and no ads. I signed up even before Disney started in the UK. MY ANNUAL payment was taken last year, then came the increase. Less than a month into the new agreement Disney would not refund the difference and let me cancel. At that point I cancelled all further payments. Frankly, if you are not five years old, Disney is dross.
Ed
If you’re a WWE fan, Netflix is a necessity. You need another service, USA network for Smackdown and ESPN subscription for ppv. Got rid of Spectre (sic) but by the time I pay for all the streaming apps I don’t seem to be saving any money, sucks there are so many fingers mudding up the stream
pat em
The biggest joke on us is the systems they use to make money from the U S Customers is that we paid in full, yes, the American citizen paid in full for the satellites and other thats floating around being used to broadcast, then charge again and again onward and upward on a constant The companys say well we have to pay to keep going it cot to broadcast and the employees salaries oh i see so thats why you made 8 BILLION IN PROFIT LAST YEAR AND THATS THE GOOD OL US of A NOW how much world wide and paid for your system by the US of A citizen well is it time for the good ol us of a citizen to chargev you for usingour equipment and broadcasting from it
Sharon
I have to agree with you. It’s a dirty business and US citizens are always on the hook to make all streaming services even possible. Then like the drug companies they offer other countries better price deals.
Ray Pape
The right solution is piracy, just like it was twenty years ago when these studios got too greedy for their own good. Get you a VPN and a torrent client, spend a couple hours on youtube learning how to set your box up to privately and anonymously download torrents, and where you can get those from, then spend another hour on those torrent sites learning how to follow them when the movie industry eventually comes to try and run them out of town.
Enough people do this and the industry will go right back to a consolidated streaming service absent frequent price escalation, the solution that existed that until recently was threatening to put an end to cable because of it’s superior delivery and convenience of one-stop content shopping that we all grew to love from the original, non-libtarded version of Netflix.