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Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

163 points · 188 comments · Brajeshwar

  1. avgDev · · focus · HN ↗
    Oof. I guess sailing the high sees is back on the table.

    We are back to cable pricing, but shows and movies are all over the place and now we need multiple apps to track us.

    1. joshstrange · · focus · HN ↗
      We are worse than cable pricing at this point from what I can see.

      It's absurd that piracy is the _best_ user experience. 1 app, 1 place for your content, no licensing deals to worry about, no outrage pulling old episodes, local streaming, the list goes on.

      You literally cannot pay (legally) for a better experience, and that makes me sad.

      1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
        I really like AppleTV, and find it to be a much better experience than pirating ever was. For one, the resolution is always great, secondly, I don't have to know what I want to watch, and third pretty much everything on there is good. My habits have changed though, I don't spend nearly as much time watching tv compared to the college days.
        1. joshstrange · · focus · HN ↗
          > I really like AppleTV

          The service? The Hardware? The App on the hardware? (Great job naming Apple...)

          I agree that the Apple TV is the best experience one can have. It can be further enhanced by using a single app (Plex/Plezy/Jellyfin/Infuse/etc). Jumping between streaming services and their hostile, horrible UIs is such a pain. The Apple TV app was meant to improve that situation but without buy-in from all the streaming providers (which they will never get) it's always going to be playing second fiddle to the high seas.

          1. freeone3000 · · focus · HN ↗
            They do, in fact, have that buy-in. It’s a prerequisite for having an app that does video on Apple TV: the same video stream provider that does listings for search in-app is also used out-of-app, with results lifted and recontextualized. Everything from Netflix to Disney+ to Crunchyroll is listed in app.
            1. joshstrange · · focus · HN ↗
              > It’s a prerequisite for having an app that does video on Apple TV

              It's not. Netflix is a _very new_ addition (last year) to the Apple TV app (which is ironic seeing how Netflix was highly integrated into ATV before they moved to apps on the ATV).

              All of your services might be represented at this point in time but it can (and has) changed over time.

          2. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
            Hah fair point- I'm just talking about the service that provides the content. It's just an app on my TV.
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