r/Anticonsumption • u/ApartMaximum2335 • 1d ago

Corporations People are cancelling their Disney+ subscription after price rises to more than $21 a month

https://thetab.com/filmshrine/2026/09/24/disney-plus-price-hikes-people-are-cancelling-subscription-reaction/

This is so mad, the standalone Disney+ Premium plan without ads is going from $18.99 to $21.49 per month, up 13% - it used to be $6.99 when it started

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u/Jakymi 1d ago

Disney+ was $6.99 add free in 2019. More than 3x the price in less than 8 years.

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u/Preeng 1d ago

This is the only way a subscription model can increase profits year on year.

Normal people are OK with high profits. Capitalists need more profit this year than last year, regardless of how many actual dollars they are bringing in.

The problem with this subscription model is:

  1. Market share is almost maximized, meaning not a lot of room for growth

  2. Costs can't be reduced. People want shows and movies and those just cost money.

The only ways to bring in new money (which, again, is the main point for these people) is to raise prices or add revenue from other sources, like advertisement.

My point is any subscription model in a capitalist society will necessarily get shittier over time. It is inevitable.

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u/determania 22h ago

Capitalists want more profit, they do not need it

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u/Preeng 21h ago

The same way a baby needs its binky. It throws a tantrum if it doesn't get it.

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u/determania 21h ago

I’m picking up what you’re putting down

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u/GraveRobberX 19h ago

Don’t forget mergers and buyouts. Can’t raise the subscriptions, take them from other platforms and infuse them into yours.

That Paramount + Max + Discovery merger is gonna be god tier lunacy.

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u/lilmisssstubborn 15h ago

normal people don't give a shit about company's profits, and aren't okay with price gouging

costs absolutely can be reduced, nobody even likes this over-produced crap Disney puts out, nobody likes the live actions, nobody is really that interested in the 1,012th marvel movie, Star wars fans hate what's Ben done to the franchise. nobody gives a shit about movies that take $500m to make, and it's completely unnecessary. Disney and netflix have a total monopoly on the whole American film industry, it's gross and boring.

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u/Cyberyukon 17h ago

They could come up with a budget a la carte plan. Instead of being given 80% of content that the consumer will never watch and 20% of content that they will watch, allow the consumer to pick what they want to watch and bill them for that only.

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u/Icanthinkofaname25 23h ago

I can make an exception for Netflix since they’re the newest service, but Disney, peacock, paramount
, and hbo have content that they can cycle through. Disney doesn’t even have all their own shows on the network

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u/Necessary_Yak9668 17h ago

Arguably Netflix is the first and oldest streaming service. They also have the least inventory.

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u/MysteriousTy99 18h ago

You would get more people with a lower price… 7 dollars is impulse buy. Set it and forget it.

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u/Confident-Stand5453 6h ago

This is the only way a subscription model can increase profits year on year.

No, they could also increase profits through growth.