We all get that. But when you have three kids and a Roku, Disney is nearly a requirement. A luxury for sure, but certainly nice to have. Most people are not going to buy handfuls $20 Disney DVDs in 2024.
Again, it’s really odd we blame people just trying to get through their day instead of the company itself.
At the cost of a DVD a month, Disney has people by the balls. It’s still within reasonable range for them. Especially since they own so much IP that appeals to all kinds of folks.
No one said it was the only path. I don’t see that being argued anywhere. But since the topic of THIS post is about Disney+ then it seems relevant to the discussion as why people are paying it.
But sure let’s hear more about your irrelevance on the topic.
I thought Disney was “nearly a requirement” . . . sounds to like those precious few who can manage without might have some useful information.
Typically this is what happens in a free competitive market, when a price goes up people look for substitutes.
And if they face constraints in moving to the substitute, they will benefit from help in loosening those constraints.
So what’s the issue? You’re upset because I said that?
There are a 150 million Disney subscribers right now. Down from 160 a few years ago. The price increase has turned a few away, but not many.
Clearly there are families that continue to justify the expense. Again, I don’t have the service or children. I just thought it was odd for people to have so much hate for families who spend $12 a month to watch shows.
Do you both work from home or is one a stay at home parent? Do you have enough money where a nanny/babysitter assists? Or do you have family that helps out regularly? Because if you answered yes to any of those, you can’t really look down from your ivory tower.
What a first world take on this, it’s not a requirement at all. Parent your fucking children. My kids watch D+ maybe once or twice a month, my wife and I honestly watch it more frequently than they do because they have shows we like. We could drop it tomorrow if our budget needed to be trimmed.
I do not have a Disney subscription or children. It’s amazing how far people will stretch things to internet dunk on folks.
Is it that hard to follow that I’m simply talking about the topic of this post? A person posts a picture of the rise of costs for Disney+. I simply state I can understand why people would still justify the price and then people start pulling it into weird directions to justify their hatred of Disney. Whatever. Take care.
A fairly aggressive comment. I’m not the person you replied to, but as a parent with young ones, there are times where TV is literally an enormous rescuer. For example, just a couple of months ago, the entire family got hit with an extremely nasty stomach bug. I could barely walk without needing to either throw up or shit my pants. Being able to setup a little triage center in our living room for us and the kids, where we napped and watched movies all day, made that experience at least mostly bearable.
There are numerous other cases where modern technology makes parenting far easier. Back in the day, communities were much closer knit and extended family lived within the neighborhood, so parents had a lot more backup to help in those situations. Nowadays, that kind of support network is increasingly rare for parents to have. So yes, it’s a luxury, but it should be an accessible luxury. Private companies are free to do what they want, doesn’t mean we can’t complain about it while begrudgingly continuing to pay for it.
Why do you go on like I’m supporting Disney and their business practices?
I simply made a comment about how it’s weird to blame people. You didn’t crack the code. We all understand how demand and pricing works. I just don’t think a family that can afford it would consider Disney+ at the cost of a DVD a month to a problem just yet.
What a weird way to low key rip on and blame OP and others that pay for Disney+. Yes, clearly it’s their fault you have been priced out.
Such a shame, really.
It’s hard to have pity for people who do this, especially if enough people stopped, the service would get cheaper.
We all get that. But when you have three kids and a Roku, Disney is nearly a requirement. A luxury for sure, but certainly nice to have. Most people are not going to buy handfuls $20 Disney DVDs in 2024.
Again, it’s really odd we blame people just trying to get through their day instead of the company itself.
At the cost of a DVD a month, Disney has people by the balls. It’s still within reasonable range for them. Especially since they own so much IP that appeals to all kinds of folks.
You got libraries where you are?
Mine does online rentals for digital products (movies, TV, audiobooks, ebooks).
some of them might even have these papery things with brothers grimm or hans christian andersen stories in them.
I don’t have children or Disney. I was simply adding to the discussion as to why folks might justify the current price.
4 kids. Never paid for cable or Disney or any streaming service… there are other paths
No one said it was the only path. I don’t see that being argued anywhere. But since the topic of THIS post is about Disney+ then it seems relevant to the discussion as why people are paying it.
But sure let’s hear more about your irrelevance on the topic.
I thought Disney was “nearly a requirement” . . . sounds to like those precious few who can manage without might have some useful information.
Typically this is what happens in a free competitive market, when a price goes up people look for substitutes.
And if they face constraints in moving to the substitute, they will benefit from help in loosening those constraints.
So what’s the issue? You’re upset because I said that?
There are a 150 million Disney subscribers right now. Down from 160 a few years ago. The price increase has turned a few away, but not many.
Clearly there are families that continue to justify the expense. Again, I don’t have the service or children. I just thought it was odd for people to have so much hate for families who spend $12 a month to watch shows.
Do you both work from home or is one a stay at home parent? Do you have enough money where a nanny/babysitter assists? Or do you have family that helps out regularly? Because if you answered yes to any of those, you can’t really look down from your ivory tower.
Naw. Im a coughsailor.I have all the media… my kids have seen it all commercial free.
main cost was storage, even that wasnt near these subscription fees
What a first world take on this, it’s not a requirement at all. Parent your fucking children. My kids watch D+ maybe once or twice a month, my wife and I honestly watch it more frequently than they do because they have shows we like. We could drop it tomorrow if our budget needed to be trimmed.
You go on some strange rant about people raising their kids and then proceed to validate my comment.
Odd. Take care friend.
Your comment makes it sound like you can’t give it up because your kids use it too much. I didn’t validate anything.
I do not have a Disney subscription or children. It’s amazing how far people will stretch things to internet dunk on folks.
Is it that hard to follow that I’m simply talking about the topic of this post? A person posts a picture of the rise of costs for Disney+. I simply state I can understand why people would still justify the price and then people start pulling it into weird directions to justify their hatred of Disney. Whatever. Take care.
A fairly aggressive comment. I’m not the person you replied to, but as a parent with young ones, there are times where TV is literally an enormous rescuer. For example, just a couple of months ago, the entire family got hit with an extremely nasty stomach bug. I could barely walk without needing to either throw up or shit my pants. Being able to setup a little triage center in our living room for us and the kids, where we napped and watched movies all day, made that experience at least mostly bearable.
There are numerous other cases where modern technology makes parenting far easier. Back in the day, communities were much closer knit and extended family lived within the neighborhood, so parents had a lot more backup to help in those situations. Nowadays, that kind of support network is increasingly rare for parents to have. So yes, it’s a luxury, but it should be an accessible luxury. Private companies are free to do what they want, doesn’t mean we can’t complain about it while begrudgingly continuing to pay for it.
Sorry you went through this. Feel free to report any agressive comment, hopefully the mods will act upon them.
Imagine being so poor you can’t buy the physical media, rip it to your media server, and stream at anytime.
Lol, enjoy your shitty subpar streaming service that serves media at less than 4K while paying increasing monthly costs.
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Why do you go on like I’m supporting Disney and their business practices?
I simply made a comment about how it’s weird to blame people. You didn’t crack the code. We all understand how demand and pricing works. I just don’t think a family that can afford it would consider Disney+ at the cost of a DVD a month to a problem just yet.