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Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month::Number of devices you can stream from simultaneously is decreasing, too.
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I have Max included with my home internet plan. I use it so little that if I was paying $16/month for it, I could probably drop it and just buy Blu-Rays for any movies or shows that I would watch on there and still be ahead at the end of the year. Plus then I’d have media to keep for when they inevitably delist it on the streaming catalog to save syndication fees.
Yup. They delayed it a few months so their dumbass “MaX” rebrand wouldn’t catch the flack.
This is a weird move to me. My initial inclination is to cancel whenever my service gets shittier for the same price but the yearly Ultimate plan is cheaper than what we were paying before so I wonder how they came up with this…
If it’s cheaper now they’re just suckering people in until they double the price with 5 days warning.
If these streaming platforms had an “I don’t care about all of this HDR bullshit, 1080p is fine for me” level at a few bucks cheaper, I would take it every time.
But they would find a way to keep doing what they’re doing to keep profits up. They’d start putting ads in before the show started or something. Make other tiers and do just like what they’re doing here and move you into one that will cost more. You can’t pick a service & price without them fucking you over on price or service eventually. .
I’m sure they would, but it was a nice thought.
HDR isn’t bullshit but it’s a waste if you don’t have a TV that supports it.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Max subscribers who were grandfathered into the streaming company’s cheapest ad-free plan are about to see their service get worse.
To get 4K, HDR10, and Dolby Vision streams, subscribers have to move up to Max’s Ultimate plan, which starts at $19.99/month.
Discovery warned people that the legacy plan would eventually go away when it merged Discovery+ and HBO Max in May.
The move could entice subscribers to pay the extra $4 for 4K and HDR streams.
Max has been better about offering 4K content than HBO had been in the past, though, subscribers may want to peruse the streaming service’s 4K library before deciding to pay more.
Subscribers could also opt to move to Max’s cheaper (starts at $9.99 per month) ad tier.
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My phone carrier started giving out HBO with the plan I’ve had for a decade now, otherwise I would have dropped them
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I’ve been meaning to look into setting up my own home streaming solution like jellyfin or whatever but I’m very lazy. These companies are going to force me off my ass.
For an easier alternative, check out stremio + torrentio + real-debrid.
It’s real easy. Just like what plex used to be. Do it. Mullvad, jellyfin, arrr,
Is Plex not it anymore? I’m not really privy to details but my wife runs a Plex server that we can access from anywhere. It’s free and we each have our own profiles. Even my parents have a profile.
Plex is just fine now but it’s closed source and has some features locked behind a paywall. I bought a lifetime license long before Jellyfin ever existed so I’m still using it without any issue for the past couple years.
Imo they’re both really good, and I like running both in parallel because some of my friends still prefer the Plex apps and UX (for example in both you can click on an actor to see other things they are in, but in jellyfin it’s limited to what you have downloaded. Plex’s optional discover feature means it knows about everything you don’t have too, so you can click on an actor and see stuff that’s not downloaded, watchlist something, then let overseerr send it to the *arr apps)
The rest of my setup would be identical if I was just running Plex or jellyfin and when they idle they don’t use any CPU, so I don’t see much of a reason not to run both and let people decide which one they like. They also both use quicksync, though I had to change some settings manually in jellyfin to get it to work. I just point them both to the same media folder and it just works.
Plex has made it clear they’re trying to go “legit”, focusing on features like their FAST service for free movies and TV, instead of addressing issues and features for the normal video hoarder user they originally catered to.
If you have Plex already, and especially if you paid for a lifetime membership, it still works fine. But if you’re new, I wouldn’t recommend it. Emby is also ok, but I’d definitely recommend trying Jellyfin first.
My shit won’t stay logged in on my server. No reason for it. I’ve Googled my self to death over it.
Installed jellyfin, works first time, haven’t looked back since.
Once you set it all up its pretty much automated.
They also lowered the number of simultaneous access from 3 to 2. I cancelled my subscription immediately. They can make those profits off someone else.
They need to make more profit next year than they did last year. This is how that happens and will happen almost every year from now on
The craziest part to me is they don’t even offer an option to upgrade plans people got via tmo or their cable provider…whatever, you have to sign up for a new account if you want 4k, so it’s an additional 20$ a month to keep 4k if you pay your ISP for HBO already
I got an email from disney+ saying my yearly plan is going from $119 CAD to $149.99 CAD on Dec 7th
My actual plan expires near the end of 2024 due to a promo I have right now which paused my yearly plan that I already paid for.
We wanted to let you know that effective November 1, 2023, your plan will be called Disney+ Premium and will increase in price from your current price of $119.99 to $149.99 per year. The price adjustment will take effect on 07 December 2023. Your payment method on file will be charged unless you cancel your subscription before then.
The above makes it sound like they’re going to charge me the difference if I don’t cancel, and not honor their yearly price I already paid.
There is a bug in Disney’s system, I bought the promo where you got a year for about 10 months of payments when they released in my country. They have now failed to re-charge my card for the second year in a row and i still got access. 😊
“Grandfathered in” but they’re changing terms.
Fuckers can’t even be honest about what “grandfathered in” means.
also, my $15.99 plan went up to $18.99 in the last year or so anyway
This why you should sail the seas
This is confusing, my plan auto renewed for a year in September, what happens to people like me? It didn’t even give me the option to “upgrade”, it just did it.
Yeah, our plan is paid for a year as well. If they drop our service quality before the year is up, that sure seems like a breach of contract.
Likely we agreed to show them to remove our add features without any breach or reduction in price
