That does seem like a much better deal than Netflix.
Side note: would love to see an extensive study on the subscription economy - stats on what the average household spends by category.
Side note: would love to see an extensive study on the subscription economy - stats on what the average household spends by category.
It depends what the Disney+ catalog is like and whether they infest it with ads, too; ESPN+ has ads, and the Hulu tier in the bundle of the ad-heavy tier. So, it's looking a lot like paying for a package of basic cable channels compared to paying for a premium package with Netflix or HBO. There might be more total content, but it's offset by advertising: what your ad tolerance is will be a big factor in which is better.
Of course, as with basic cable and premium channels, there's no reason one has to win over the other—plenty of people could end up paying for both.
Disney has $13.x billion in operating income, they can easily afford to try to tip over Netflix's money burning machine and try to hurt them financially. The $12.99 figure puts a further cap on the pricing power that Netflix has at this point, which is also a cap on their ability to fix their severe cash burn problem. Disney can play a long game and watch Netflix continue to drown in debt interest costs.
I think what I've paid has gone from $8 to $13 in 10 years?
Inflation would have gone from $8 to $9.50. And they've lost a lot of content.