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2023-08-10 -Great Cultural Revolution

Disney to raise prices on Disney+ and Hulu streaming services

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Posted by Frank G 2023-08-10 10:22|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Don't use 'em anyway

Posted by DarthVader 2023-08-10 10:59|| 2023-08-10 10:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Already got hammered for HULU.
Dropped it.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-08-10 11:25|| 2023-08-10 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 ...We don't have cable - ditched it ten years ago - and do strictly streaming. Even with the increases, we're still considerably cheaper than local cable. It's Spectrum here, and although they regularly spam me with ridiculous offers - as low as $17/mo - the terms and conditions are frankly insulting and once the offer expires, you're paying north of $175 for a decent cable tier.

Now, eventually somebody's going to realize just how much is being lost to streamers and the gravy train's gonna get derailed big time, but until then we're happy.

Disney+ is really kind of testing our patience, however. The Star Wars series have varied wildly in quality - The Mandalorian has been consistently great, but Boba Fett was okay at best, Kenobi should have been a lot better, and Andor was a snooze fest. Waiting to see on Ashoka.) And honestly, there's not a whole hell of a lot on there worth watching - the Marvel series have crashed, and the original series haven't been good (I'm looking at you, Willow.)

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-08-10 13:23|| 2023-08-10 13:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Streaming amuses me. I get the idea that asynchronous viewing makes great sense. The pricing is approaching cable territory now as streaming becomes the big dog while cable TV is on the wane. One thing streaming is not, is green. This is no problem if A) Green does not matter to you (I certainly don't care) or B) You are a hip young kiddie and "kewel" trumps "green" every time (that's called hypocrisy, just sayin') As a hard-core capitalist, I say bring it, just don't try to sell it as anything it isn't.

Full disclosure: I subscribe to no streaming services or cable TeeVee. I do prowl flea markets for DVDs of classic movies that I rip to my NAS and enjoy ever after on my terms. I take the discs I'm done with back to the flea market and trade 'em for others. I do not violate copyrights by sharing the files around.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-10 13:34|| 2023-08-10 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 It will be interesting to see whether the subscriptions tank enough for the increase to achieve a net loss. Disney announced the closing of the Star Cruiser Hotel and will be taking some kind of huge $1B to $4B write-off for it at some point. I have heard that they are likely to leverage the writers strike to cancel projects that look like losers. To me it looks like Anheiser Bus, a company seeking to make its customers more selective.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-10 14:16|| 2023-08-10 14:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Problematic, perhaps, but anyone near a big pvblic library system is probably paying for it anyway. Can't abide Kanopy but have been amazed, spot-checking catalogs around the country, at range of dvds available.

Each day at the gate of the camp
An underweight Untermensch tramp
Applies to the cook
And the guards for a book
Or a film mag to borrow
And bring back tomorrow...
"Zu work on mein German!"
"Du scamp!"

Posted by Spaiter Darling of the Pixies4165 2023-08-10 20:18|| 2023-08-10 20:18|| Front Page Top

#7 :-)

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