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Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I'm off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here's the proof.

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[–] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The previous rate was $80/year, now moving to $140. That's a 75% increase.

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

Originally, yeah but it was priced hiked to 109.99 before new price hike so it's a difference of +$30 or 20%*

*For the annual price.

If that's the case it's even worse. I paid 80 bucks less than a year ago. I

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Per the email, their current monthly rate was $10=>x<11, so that's only a jump of $20 a year.

[–] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You've misread the email. They said 12 months for the price of 10 months, not dollars.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, they made that pretty ambiguous by putting the asterisk where they did.