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Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I'm off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here's the proof.

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[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Frugal customers take extra time and sanity to field questions/suggestions, and sometimes, it’s just not worth dealing with.

And if this is a problem for you, maybe you don't deserve to be in business.

[–] T1000@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

All businesses have cheap customers that you bend over backwards for but they still leave a bad review. Those types hurt businesses and force strategies to not have cheap customers.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or raise prices and don't deal with them. Guy didn't say he was hurting from raising prices. Man some of you guys seem to think everything should be free, wonder if you practice what you preach and work for free.

[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 2 points 1 year ago

a raise in price should correspond to an increase in value being provided