So what I've been seeing at youtube about Disney plus being in financial difficulty is not a conspiracy theory after all. I didn't watch any of these since I thought it was just popular to hate on Disney, and people were just jumping on the band wagon. Pretty they were just the doom and gloom brigade targeting Disney.

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, Disney isn't in financial difficulty. This was their plan from the beginning. Lure people in with low prices, then slowly raise them after gutting the catalogue of available movies and shows.

[–] 1019throw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slowly? I paid $80 for an annual plan last year. If it's $14/month, it'll be 170.

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

That's insane.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, they launched at a crazy low price and were putting shit on there way too soon after theatrical release. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wondered why the fuck I'd pay $20 for 2 movie tickets to movies that are getting shittier when they'll be coming into my home like a month later with subtitles and pause functionality. Their goal from the start was to have a huge userbase at the start and establish themselves as a perceived "need" before ramping up price. I'm surprised it took this long.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Pretty spot on, I was skeptical at first when they released. "How the F are they going to jack up the prices to the rate they want from this low starting point without customers balking?" Then I remembered it's a subscription service and like a quarter of the population doesn't even look at their credit card statement details...