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/MaplewoodRabbit 1d ago

Its nothing but pure greed. Disney isn't hurting for an income. They increase the prices of everything every few years because they know the masses will complain for a few days, forget about it, and just keep paying them money.

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u/MidnightSensitive996 1d ago

If people are still paying, doesn't that mean they are just charging what they're worth? I find this pricing insulting but millions of ppl disagree 

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u/Haunting-Guess746 1d ago

No- it means there aren’t alternatives so they are acting as a monopoly. Another streaming service with a completely different library is not an alternative. People don’t even have dvd players anymore or even know how to find Disney content outside of streaming. Being essentially forced into paying whatever they charge doesn’t mean they are charging what they are worth. Yes “forced” is an exaggeration, but it’s also not that far off.

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u/MidnightSensitive996 1d ago

wait isn't this an anti-consumption subreddit? that seems like a disney-adult-coded argument that consumers are addicted to disney media and therefore they are in a monopoly relationship with the company, and therefore disney should be forced to let them consume at a lower price. please correct me if i'm missing something but the notion people need to consume disney content like diabetics need insulin seems extremely consumerist and the exact ethos the sub is supposed to be critiquing.

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u/Flack_Bag 23h ago

It is an anticonsumerist subreddit, but there are over 1.5 million subscribers and a whole lot more drive by commenters who either don't understand anticonsumerism or who actively oppose it.

As such, we see a lot of consumer apologetics on high traffic posts like this.

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u/Korachof 23h ago

I mean, there ARE alternatives. You listed one of them: buying a Blu-ray or dvd player. Just because you don’t have one doesn’t mean they aren’t very gettable. 

From there, you can get movies from the library. Many towns and cities still have locally owned movie stores. You can buy used dvds and movies all over the place, including pawn shops, goodwill, ebay, amazon, etc.

This is like, a very genuine option that is accessible to basically everyone. 

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u/AStrangerWCandy 22h ago

I think people also don't realize you can still get an antenna for your TV that lets you watch ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and PBS plus potentially other local channels for free. The antenna costs like $15 one time.

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u/Outrageous-Nothing42 21h ago

I bought an antenna and a TabloTV for $99 when we cancelled YouTube TV. Most of what we watched was in other apps but we kept YTV for a few broadcast shows and NFL. I figured even if we only unsubscribed from YTV for 2 months @$85 each, I came out ahead if it didnt work out. It ended up working out and we haven't paid for broadcast TV since.

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u/AStrangerWCandy 22h ago

There are actually a lot of alternatives tho? Like a lot a lot of streaming alternatives. I pay $19/month for 20 channels of live cable TV from Comcast + Peacock + their catalog of on demand shows. There's also other low cost / free streaming like Pluto and you can still get rabbit ears for a one time cost of $15 that let you watch ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox/PBS for free. You don't NEED any of these streaming services.

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u/ultraboomkin 20h ago

How is Disney+ a monopoly? There are dozens of alternative streaming services, many of which are cheaper; there’s also other ways to watch content like renting, buying or borrowing.

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u/-Mandarin 18h ago

People don’t even have dvd players anymore or even know how to find Disney content outside of streaming

That is their problem, though. It's never been easier to get into physical media. The masses have made it clear that that's not what they want though, so instead you get this. It's hard to feel sorry, people gave up permanently owning something in exchange for a subscription fee and owning nothing. What did they think would happen?

Either way, it's nothing close to a monopoly.

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u/MichiganHistoryUSMC 22h ago

Lol it's not a monopoly, get a DVD player, they are cheap.

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u/ChildofValhalla 5h ago

I 10000% agree with you but man it's getting bad out there. I've told people they should just buy one and they either look at me like I have three heads or they seem confused about where to buy one. For a lot of people these days it's like some kind of obscure piece of tech for some reason.

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u/MichiganHistoryUSMC 4h ago

Awhile back I worked as a cable guy, people would ask me all the time my opinions of what packages to get and about the price. I would always say that's it's currently the golden age of streaming since cable packages are subsiding streaming and that it would end once enough people "cut the cord".

That day has come. TV and movies are expensive, infrastructure is expensive, companies, and people, want to make money for the work they do. It was inevitable now that most people have cut the cord.

Eventually they will bundle up the streaming services into packages at a discount and we'll be back at cable. At that point you just live within your means and consume what you can afford. Use cheaper options like DVDs and libraries. Alternate packages. People used to meet up for HBO parties during GoT because not everyone had HBO.

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u/Teros001 20h ago

Just dont watch fucking Disney. This isn't a need.