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HBO Max Shrinkflation: Removing features from my plan, with no reduction in price (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Candybar121 to c/technology
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[–] Hildegarde 11 points 1 year ago

This is not shrinkflation. This is fleecing.

Shrinkflation is a scheme that takes subtlety to pull off. There's some level of artistry involved in increasing prices in a way that is unnoticed by the customer.

This is so unsubtle it doesn't even deserve to be called shrinkflation.