It didn't take streaming long to come full circle

[daemonova]

Apple went up again by the wY, 16 dollars now.

Hbo max been the same price since Zaslav lost the basketball contract and CNN plus bombed. @Bryan Danielson @Peter Popoff @wire28 @AnonymityX1000

I told them niccas they can't charge extra for Zoom meetings

 

[Hersh]

sailing the seas.. always

 

[ORDER_66]

Disney is NOT reading the room!!!

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Disney is NOT reading the room!!!

Trying to get that money back that they lost.

 

[wire28]

Trying to get that money back that they lost.

Mouse is got damn ruthless

 

[Mike Nasty]

It's not like they're adding anything. Kind of a weird business model where you punish the people who decided to patronize your service.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

I get Disney plus in a bundle with netflix and prime... might cancel it.. but netflix alone is around the same price so I kept it

 

[IVS]

sailing the seas.. always

 

[Uchiha God]

It's not like they're adding anything. Kind of a weird business model where you punish the people who decided to patronize your service.

Isn’t this just like standard capitalism/the business model most companies use?

The need for infinite “growth” demands you extract the most from your userbase/existing patrons by offering the minimum in return. “Enshyttification”.

As a result; new accounts generally get better deals to entice them into your ecosystem whereas your long standing userbase eats the cost.

 

[winb83]

HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately

It's going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform raised its prices just a year after its last hikes.

variety.com

Warner Bros. Discovery announced that as of Tuesday, Oct. 21, the cost of HBO Max plans will increase to the following prices:

HBO Max Basic With Ads
Monthly: +$1/month increase, now $10.99
Annually: +$10/year increase, now $109.99
HBO Max Standard
Monthly: +$1.50/month increase, now $18.49
Annual: +$15/year increase, now $184.99
HBO Max Premium
Monthly: +$2/month increase, $22.99
Annual: +$20/year increase, now $229.99

 

[daemonova]

 

[winb83]

How does a company survive laying off that many workers? Those people did something and now they're gone. Someone has to make up for that.