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[–] [email protected] 222 points 1 year ago (45 children)

What improvement in service does the hike reflect?

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (30 children)

$10 in 2011 would be $13.56 today.

Source: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2011?amount=10

Per the article, the service hasn't changed in price in 12 years, while the platform has certainly received a decent number of updates, new features, new artists, etc.

If it isn't worth $11/month to you, don't pay it? But it doesn't seem right to insinuate that they're doing something outrageous by raising prices once in 12 years?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (11 children)

If Costco can sell glizzies for a buck fifty a pop I don’t wanna hear it

[–] eneka 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fwiw Costcos main profit is from membership sales…which they’ve been cracking down hard on right now!

[–] Flagpole2465 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ShakeThatYam 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Making sure you have a membership before you can buy things. Shocking...

[–] rigatti 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't they always done that?

[–] eneka 2 points 1 year ago

They’ve been more strict about it recently, especially with people that share memberships and self checkout stations.

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