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Not even ad tiers are safe as Disney looks to coax people into bundle packages.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The path to sailing the 7 seas under the Jolly Roger is well marked

[–] David_Eight 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The price of my VPN hasn't gone up, not once in the last eight years lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Lucky you, I've had to swap VPN providers on multiple occasions due to them dropping support for Port forwarding, which in turn breaks your ability to use it for torrenting

[–] ramenshaman 37 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are these people stupid? Their competition is literally free and improving all the time.

If you are having trouble affording these services please check out jellyfin.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Not to mention "trash guides".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They are shooting themselves in the foot. Meanwhile Blurays can be had for cheap

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

piracy can be had for free

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only if you are ok with piracy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i mean with how these big media people treat us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

True

I think it really up to the individual

[–] whotookkarl 13 points 4 months ago

Once a service introduces a sub + ad tier it's over and obvious they are just as greedy as cable TV and racing down the same path. I can't support that. Mostly sticking to physical media these days but still have a couple streams that are sub only no ads or ads without any subscription.

[–] Tilgare 1 points 4 months ago

My tier won't change so that's nice. But I see now that they've created new bundles since I changed my plan that don't force me to have ESPN, so if I don't just decide to cancel outright - I actually can save $5/mo.

[–] Alchalide 1 points 4 months ago

Braflix, use an ad blocker though.