r/Anticonsumption • u/InvincibleIronStan • 20h ago
Discussion I’m done streaming
So a couple months ago my Disney plus bundle just went up to $35. Previously $30. Then when I went to cancel it, they offered it for $20 a month! They can afford to lower prices they just choose to take advantage of people. This is ridiculous. It’s disgusting that these companies just take advantage of people while they’re struggling like this. Even when you get the cheaper ad free option, it’s expensive too!! Plus you get to watch 5-6 1-5 minute ads!
Literally, just to be able to watch any NBA game you want for one season, it costs $700 a season legally. For every game. Thats a year of NBA League Pass, ESPN unlimited, peacock premium and Amazon prime because for some reason you can’t watch them all on one service. It can also cost you more if you have an NBA team local, because league pass will black out for any local teams and you’ll have to buy another local service for $100 a season. So it costs $800 a season to watch the NBA if you have a local team! Which by the way, a city with a team can be 4 hours away and still be considered local. It’s insane.
What are these companies even thinking? Pirating is at an all time high, and they wonder why. It’s either pay hundreds and potentially thousands to legally watch a random selection of shows and movies that barely change month to month, or type in a website name and have literally every piece of media available for free.
I wouldn’t even mind supporting streaming if it was reasonable. But it’s not reasonable in the slightest. They’ll get no more support from me. And when they finally decide to reduce prices, I will remember this and will not support them even then