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minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up78arrow-down1·1 year agoThey are losing subs already and they decided to raise prices. I don’t know how this makes any sense.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoThey looked at the success Netflix had with their crackdown and decided they could profit off of it too. Most people won’t go elsewhere, they’ll just pay for it and justify the price increase unfortunately. :/
minus-squarerippersnapper@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoBut unless you’ve kids you’re more likely to drop Disney+. Even the recent Marvel series are meh 😕. I just cancelled mine
minus-squarethemajesticdodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoThe second I read the news that Netflix made it work I knew Disney would. That’s free money as far as they would see it.
minus-squareRajaGila@feddit.nlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoI guess it’s about profit maximization not subscriber numbers.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoPretty safe to assume, at least in the US, it’s always about profit maximization.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey’ll look at it as shedding weight before expanding into new territories.
They are losing subs already and they decided to raise prices. I don’t know how this makes any sense.
They looked at the success Netflix had with their crackdown and decided they could profit off of it too. Most people won’t go elsewhere, they’ll just pay for it and justify the price increase unfortunately. :/
But unless you’ve kids you’re more likely to drop Disney+. Even the recent Marvel series are meh 😕. I just cancelled mine
The second I read the news that Netflix made it work I knew Disney would. That’s free money as far as they would see it.
I guess it’s about profit maximization not subscriber numbers.
Pretty safe to assume, at least in the US, it’s always about profit maximization.
They’ll look at it as shedding weight before expanding into new territories.