Description: Disney+ confirms UK price hike just days after raising
prices in the US, and all plans are affected.
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Days after we reported the latest Disney+ price hike for US customers
, we can now confirm the change will affect those in the UK too.
One of the best streaming services has announced price increases
across every single subscription, including ad-free plans. This came
into effect on September 30.
It's been a turbulent time for Disney's streaming service as
recently, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN suffered a major blow after millions
of fans reportedly closed their accounts over the Jimmy Kimmel row.
i just think people have too many streaming services that they dont use.
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Dumas Walker wrote to All <=-
Days after we reported the latest Disney+ price hike for US customers ,
we can now confirm the change will affect those in the UK too.
One of the best streaming services has announced price increases across every single subscription, including ad-free plans. This came into
effect on September 30.
It's been a turbulent time for Disney's streaming service as
recently, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN suffered a major blow after millions
of fans reportedly closed their accounts over the Jimmy Kimmel row.
i just think people have too many streaming services that they dont use.
Sure, and not streaming services only. People is subscribed to too much stuff.
I have heard there are agencies out there people is hiring to identify unused subscriptions so people can remove them. How crazy is that?
I have been leary of streaming. There are a lot of shows on some of them that sound interesting but needing umpteen subscriptions just to watch them all would cost me a lot more than cable currently does.
They've got to make up for all of those subscribers who cancelled
their service, somehow...
i just think people have too many streaming services that they dont
use.
That, too. "I am going to cancel my Disney+ because ABC cancelled
Kimmel!!! (...and not because I am also not using it.)."
I have been leary of streaming. There are a lot of shows on some
of them that sound interesting but needing umpteen subscriptions
just to watch them all would cost me a lot more than cable currently
does.
They advertise those services often on US TV and on social media.
I think one could do that for oneself for free just by looking
closely at your credit card bills and/or bank statements each month.
OTOH, with so many people going paperless, I wonder how many of
them actually keep track of what charges are on the bills and
statements each month.
Game subscriptions are situational, but they are going down the drain
too. You could justify them somehow when you got to pay under 30 bucks
per month and then hurry up and beat some game whose release price is
above that. The issue is people is not doing that, people is trying to
make the most out of the subscriptions and try to experience as many
games as possible per month, which means they play a short while every
game before they jump to the next. Compared to that, you can buy a full indie game such as BallisticNG and focus on it until you have 100%
completed it, and by the time you are done with it, you will have spent
20 bucks for many months of fun, deep gameplay.
One of the best streaming services has announced price increases
across every single subscription, including ad-free plans. This
came into effect on September 30.
They've got to make up for all of those subscribers who cancelled their
service, somehow...
It's been a turbulent time for Disney's streaming
service as recently, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN suffered a major blow
after millions of fans reportedly closed their accounts over the
Jimmy Kimmel row.
i just think people have too many streaming services that they dont
use.
That, too. "I am going to cancel my Disney+ because ABC cancelled
Kimmel!!! (...and not because I am also not using it.)."
I have been leary of streaming. There are a lot of shows on some
of them that sound interesting but needing umpteen subscriptions
just to watch them all would cost me a lot more than cable currently
does.
* SLMR 2.1a * It isn't "Freedom" if only the rich can afford it.
MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
dont underestimate how stupid people are.
i know multiple people who paid a gym membership every month but only
went once. i knew 2 people who paid for match.com memberships but they forgot about it and canceled it over a year later.
Accession wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
They've got to make up for all of those subscribers who cancelled their
service, somehow...
Soooo, you're siding with the multi-billion dollar company for raising their rates because of their own actions?
Did you not just say recently that they were offering deals to get customers back? Are you backtracking? We as subscribers are allowing
this by continuing to subscribe to their services WHILE they up our
rates every year.
Dumas Walker wrote to ARELOR <=-
They advertise those services often on US TV and on social media. I
think one could do that for oneself for free just by looking closely at your credit card bills and/or bank statements each month. OTOH, with
so many people going paperless, I wonder how many of them actually keep track of what charges are on the bills and statements each month.
once. i knew 2 people who paid for match.com memberships but they forgot about it and canceled it over a year later.
I don't do subscriptions, but I feel the same way using Steam for most of my games. While you're buying the game, you can only actually play it on Steam. If you ever were to decide to leave Steam, there goes all of your games.
called MHZ Choice, and get Peacock and HBO through my phone provider.
We donate to PBS and get their on demand service as a perk.
We got rid of Disney+, Acorn, Britbox and MHZ CHoice are all similar,
I'm going to start rotating one of those around, and Netflix is about
to go. There hasn't been a lot that's excited me on there recently.
What do you mean by "play it on Steam"? While you might need the Steam softwarwe to install it, anything I've bought on Steam has downloaded
and installed on my PC and runs locally.
Years ago, Steam had a way to let you make backups of your games so you could more easily re-install them later. One of the options would have
it make CD-R or DVD-R images so you could burn your backups to optical discs, though I imagine most people probably aren't doing that anymore..
It looks like Steam still has a way to create a backup of a game though.
so i went with using ooma (phone service only using the cost for 911,etc) and using using slingtv. that lasted for a while but then the shows we wanted where on other networks. that's how they play the game.
there's no way to win except going to the download/steal model of doing things.
Right now, there are a good number of people who aren't getting paid to "protest" because the NGO money has dried up. Starbucks is closing. Minimum wage increases have forced many businesses to close, or automate. I could go on, but you get the idea.
there's no way to win except going to the download/steal model of doing things.
all the providers want to fuck customers over. by raising prices and removing content
I don't know how people can forget about something like that. The charges >would at least show up in your bank statements. And I thought people generally >kept track of their money and spending and would be aware of stuff like that..
That's why I have no problem hoisting the jolly roger if there's
something I want to watch that's not on one of the many services
I already pay for.
all the providers want to fuck customers over. by raising prices
and removing content
I have heard that complaint re: raising prices and removing content.
That has made me even more leary of them.
That's why I have no problem hoisting the jolly roger if there's something
I want to watch that's not on one of the many services I already pay for.
i hope you arent using the pirate bay. that's low quality and has a bunch of bottom feeding companies collecting ip addresses.
Sure, it installs on your PC and runs locally, but you still need Steam to launch the game, right? At least that's been the case for every single game I "own" on there. You do not own a physical copy of the game you
I don't know how people can forget about something like that. The charges
would at least show up in your bank statements. And I thought people
generally kept track of their money and spending and would be aware of
stuff like that..
With as many ads that I see on TV for services that keep track of these things *for you*, I suspect that there must be quite a few people who do not keep track of such things on their own.
hargesI don't know how people can forget about something like that. The
would at least show up in your bank statements. And I thought people
generally kept track of their money and spending and would be aware of
stuff like that..
With as many ads that I see on TV for services that keep track of these things *for you*, I suspect that there must be quite a few people who do not keep track of such things on their own.
Interesting.. I don't recall ever seeing ads for anything like that.
I don't do subscriptions, but I feel the same way using Steam for most of my games. While you're buying the game, you can only actually play it on Steam. If you ever were to decide to leave Steam, there goes all of your games.
so i went with using ooma (phone service only using the cost for 911,etc) and using using slingtv. that lasted for a while but then the shows we wanted where on other networks. that's how they play the game.
there's no way to win except going to the download/steal model of doing things.
In related news, I guess The Pirate Bay is getting more popular again.
Years ago, Steam had a way to let you make backups of your games so you could more easily re-install them later. One of the options would have it make CD-R or DVD-R images so you could burn your backups to optical discs, though I imagine most people probably aren't doing that anymore.. It looks like Steam still has a way to create a backup of a game though.
whaaaaa? i thought you did it in protest for your buddy jimmy!
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The same goes for any other game you buy from any of the other companies.
I'm pretty sure you can run the game executable directly if you wanted
to.
At least, I've run several Steam games that way. Steam doesn't
obfuscate the game's files. I thought Steam put a shortcut icon on your desktop for the games, too..
The launching from Steam is just a convenience, I thought.
You can also add non-Steam games to your Steam
menu so you can launch those from Steam if you want to.
I added Minecraft to my Steam menu once, so that my Steam friends knew
when I was playing Minecraft (since Steam lets your friends know what you're playing).
The same goes for any other game you buy from any of the other
companies.
Well, Gog provides a launcher but you can absolutely use their games
with no launcher at all, and they hand you, themselves, install files
for you to perform offline installs with no activation or anything.
Zoom-platform does something similar. I think Itch.io is DRM free for
the time being too.
The fun part is that Disney is a left-wing company. The idea lefties
are dogpiling on them because they are not pure enough would be so fundamentaly wonkers. I kind of wish it
Oh, nice. However, you'll never get that kind of trust from the big boys, though. ;)
i dont think disney is left wing. i just think it's an evil entity that wants to stay off the radar in regards to controversy.
They never gave too many details but you could tell the power
structures within the company were political motivated. In fact I
think they were already priorizing sexual orientation hires much,
much before it was fashionable or politically profitable at all.
If Disney was a company trying to stay off the radar they would not
Big game publishers can choke on my dick for all I care. I rarely buy a
game these days, and when I do it is always indie titles on sale.
There are many games out there. Too many. Offer is enormous, it dwarfes demand. No reason at all to spend big money on gaming, specially if you don't get to buy the game but you only license it. It is not justifiable
to pay 90 bucks to play the current iteration of Super Mario Kart when quality indie precision racers are bellow the 20 USD mark BEFORE
discounts.
The sort of stuff I consider buying always makes it out of Steam. It is
the stuff that sucks or wants to abuse your good will that refuses to be anywhere else. No big loss. Again, offer is so big that becoming hostage
to Steam is a conscious decision which is easily avoidable. People only
does because they don't think much about it.
Arelor wrote to Accession <=-
There are many games out there. Too many. Offer is enormous, it dwarfes demand. No reason at all to spend big money on gaming, specially if you don't get to buy the game but you only license it. It is not
justifiable to pay 90 bucks to play the current iteration of Super
Mario Kart when quality indie precision racers are bellow the 20 USD
mark BEFORE discounts.
With as many ads that I see on TV for services that keep track of
these things *for you*, I suspect that there must be quite a few
Interesting.. I don't recall ever seeing ads for anything like that.
I don't see how. ;) They are everywhere. They are specifically ads for phone apps so maybe you are tuning them out. I see them here, on TV and during YT videos, about as often as the celebrity endorsements of those two "Royal" phone video games.
I'm pretty sure you can run the game executable directly if you wanted to.
Try it. Hell, try to find the actual game executable and original game directory structure, even (especially if you install to default Steam directories). It's so intertwined into Steams subdirectories
At least, I've run several Steam games that way. Steam doesn't obfuscate
the game's files. I thought Steam put a shortcut icon on your desktop for
the games, too..
It optionally can, yes. However, using said desktop icon still loads up Steam (same goes for any other launcher said games are tied to) to launch
The launching from Steam is just a convenience, I thought.
I'm not so sure about that. I imagine there's probably some kind of exclusivity to where you can't just use any launcher for any game you want. If the launcher comes with the game, thay're going to make sure you can't bypass it, etc..
Either way, I don't think you can run the games you buy from a service like Steam or Ubisoft without the actual service you bought it from. Even if you were to find the actual executable, I'd guess it would still load the launcher that is originally tied to the game.
I just ran one of my Steam games by directly running its .exe (after clicking Manage > Browse Local Files).
It still seems to me like Steam is mainly a mechanism to buy games..
I'm not sure it does much (if any) obfuscation to prevent you from
running them directly.
I think the big money is in-game purchases. I've played War Thunder
since 2015 or so and when I look at the store history at how much I've
spent on in-game coin to get a specific plane, I weep.
Instead of grinding out to get to the higher levels, some people buy
the premium planes when they come out. I swear, us thunder dogs pile up
on the premium players when a new plane comes out. :)
Although, lately, it's all top-tier planes as premiums.
It still seems to me like Steam is mainly a mechanism to buy games.. I'm not sure it does much (if any) obfuscation to prevent you from running them directly.
Nightfox
I don't see how. ;) They are everywhere. They are specifically ads for
phone apps so maybe you are tuning them out. I see them here, on TV and during YT videos, about as often as the celebrity endorsements of those two "Royal" phone video games.
Where is "here"? Also, I have a paid YouTube subscription right now, so I don't see YouTube ads.. Also I don't use streaming services a whole lot; also
haven't noticed ads for them on broadcast TV.
I just ran one of my Steam games by directly running its .exe (after
clicking Manage > Browse Local Files).
With Steam still running, I'm guessing.
It still seems to me like Steam is mainly a mechanism to buy games.. I'm
not sure it does much (if any) obfuscation to prevent you from running them
directly.
Can you can shut down Steam (not even running in the background), and still run the game without it re-launching, or requiring Steam (or whatever other launcher/app the game is originally tied to) to be running?
I just tried this with Resident Evil 4. Shut down steam, ran "re4.exe", Steam opened, and asked if I would allow Valve to access my computer.. and now Steam is again running in my background.
Quite frankly, lots of microtransactions exist precisely because
the game is not fun to play, so you buy the right to skip it. Think
about it.
I mean, take a game such as BallisticNG. It has DLC, you buy the DLC,
well i think a lot of regular games have just cosmetic things now.
they learned that paying help you in the game hurts the game overall.
now mobile games, i believe don't follow that.
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