tst123Disney raises streaming prices as CEO Bob Iger warns of password sharing crackdown
stopthatgirl7I guess we all knew this was coming after Netflix did it.
jonneDespite Disney making record profits, it’s ridiculous. Anyway, the streaming era was fun while it lasted, it’s back to using BitTorrent.
FoxBJKDon’t stop streaming…. jellyfin.org
Yeah, I have a jellyfin server, but you still have to acquire the files.
Damn, if only there was a way to do that. guess we just have to keep paying Disney then.
I’ve been curious about jellyfin for a while. Is it worth migrating from plex?
RBGYou can find tons of discussions of pros and cons online either in the dreaded reddit space of r/jellyfin and I think there are also already some threads on that in the lemmy community of jellyfin.
I switched a while back, I think so. Some premium features of plex are available free (like downloading media). It’s also less bloated. Personally I hated plex trying to shove it’s live tv packages or whatever at me. But honestly, if you’re happy with plex, I’d stick with it. They’re pretty similar.
I’m not a power user but it’s way better than Plex imo. The personal media management features are on par with flex without all the bullshit ads / FAST services being shoved down your throat. To me it feels like Plex got too popular and the owners realized that a) they could make a shitload of money off of their existing userbase and b) the more they gear the app around FAST crap the more they can act like it’s used for legitimate reasons and not just piracy
Just like with all great new eras/technologies, big corporations just gotta fucking ruin it
It’s just the modus operandi of capitalism
Sure fucking is
Capitalism and killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, name a more iconic duo.
XD Well obviously if they kill the goose then only they have the golden eggs, right? It’s perfect!.. for them
The_Helmet_Stays_OnI’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly … stupid.”
M0oP0oLol, they’ll be fine. They saw how it worked for Netflix, so they decided to hop on board.
I’ll be looking for an alternative, but every option I can think of requires a lot more work, and most people just can’t be bothered.
Rose56Sure why not ? Most of the people don’t have voice, they just keep paying no matter what! Lol
roadkillThe grabbing hands, grab all they can, all for themselves, after all...
PaulDevonUKAs this becomes more common, will we see an increase of quality available on certain waters?
I’m getting excellent quality. Usenet is the way.
It’s like fight club, and we follow the rules
VupperwareEvidently not lol
Ze cat, she is out of ze bag.
gilaQuality won’t increase relative to official methods because it’s already more or less at parity with them. If the file you watch is tagged as a WEB-DL, in most cases it’s identical to the file you’d be streaming via official methods in terms of quality. It’s just remuxed into an open container format like .mkv (the video and audio streams are losslessly copied into a file format which can be shared)
Cheaper to buy a hat and eyepatch than it is to pay for all these streaming services…
Pirate rips of streaming content is already 100% quality. The files are literally the audio and video data repackaged into mkv files with no re-encoding. 4K Dolby Vision rips with atmos audio tracks are now common.
The only way the pirate copies will get better is if the streaming services start offering higher quality streams.
Well more and more this enshittification thing looks seems to be a global phenomenon.
They are pissed they have to refi their corporate debt at higher rates so they are jacking up prices on peasants, share buy backs ain't free.
For shit like streaming it should be pretty easy to vote with your money. This ain't food or shelter.
I’d argue that Disney+ was already enshittification, as Disney used to have their content on Netflix but they decided they had to lose a bunch of money to force people into another subscription. This is enshittification squared.
sugarfreeMy private tracker is still free.
Grant_MThey’d sell more memberships if they reduced prices. All of these billionaire companies could make a few million less and help folks out.
tjhart85People already bitch that Disney isn't worth the current price and they want to make it cost that much more?!
I think it's well worth the $80/yr annual sub, but I'm not sure how much higher I'd consider before just dropping it (and the article doesn't say what the annual price is raising to). It's basically only Star Wars & Marvel content (that I watch on it) and I believe they're cutting back on both, so, not giving a real good value proposition here for someone that's been subscribed since day one.
Combined with his comments on the strikes and he's making a compelling argument for cancellation.
girlfreddyThey just raised the price to $109. My daughter watches Disney but I’m about to start downloading her shows and movies. That’s absurd.
Raising prices as writers and actors are on strike, meaning no new content. That should go well for them.
Billionaire warns peasants
And this is why we should’ve all cancelled Netflix when they began cracking down on password sharing. If we let them win, it’ll become normalized across the entire industry, like what is happening here.
I did, but yeah not enough others did. Yet when the spotify price went up and I kept it, because it’s one service that has everything. There’s a ton of value in me not having to hunt around and find every show I want to watch across 8 different shitty streaming apps.
Hey, Spotify CEO here. What is your pain barrier for our product? 15$? 20? 30? Dont worry, we will get there. Just stay subscribed and the salami tactic will do its magic.
Literally did this with netflix as soon as they announced and gave the lock on pass sharing as the reason… I have emby and some auto usenet downloaders so never hurt for content. I still have Disney as it was a 1 year free with partners phone upgrade but that will be cancelled once it’s chargeable.
Damn this reminded me that I have a Disney subscription that I don’t use anymore lmao. Thanks greedy pig fuck.
skellenerThe real trick is just subscribe for a month, watch everything you want, then cancel. No more concurrent subscriptions. All you need is one when you want. Not all year.
mriormroThat’s not a trick, that’s just a ton of superfluous steps. The real trick is piracy.
Yep, then you can watch anything you want any time you want. The secret ingredient is once again piracy.
the REAL trick is to sail the seas and donate to the creator you like by buying bluray or merch
Then they will introduce minimum contact lengths. I’m always surprised it wasn’t like that from the start actually.
ArugulaZFuck this guy. I'm not so much concerned about this as I am the way he's cornholing his writers and actors. As for the price increase of Didn't-ney Plus, that's what DVDs are for, right?
Waiting for the inevitable Gabe comment.
samus12345“Turns out piracy IS a price issue if you raise it high enough.”
EggyheadThe price of things just keep getting higher and higher little by little, but my income isn’t anywhere near what it was before Covid.
That’s the issue, Covid boasted all these guys profits above and beyond normal as we were all stuck at home for two years with nothing else to spend on. No they want to maintain those profits but people still only have the same amount of money to go around.
Did it boost their profits? They may have gotten more subs and with it more revenue, but aren’t they paying royalties on every stream? Seems more streams per sub would cause profit-per-sub to go down.
Probably more total profit over all, but a reduced margin.
Do they pay royalties on each stream? Isn’t that what the strikes at the moment are about?
They may have gotten more subs and with it more revenue, but aren’t they paying royalties on every stream?
No, that’s why writers and actors are striking.
People have less money now because there are no govt wage supplements and student loan payments are being turned back on.
I wasn’t aware they stopped student loan payments during Covid, but those on furlough were only getting 80% of their wage unless the company topped it up.
Did y’all know a VPN can cost less than $3 a month? Skip the Starbucks and hoist the colors.
NineMileTowerwhat vpn is $3 a month?
Yeah cheapest I’ve seen lately is $5/mo