Finding new subscribers in a saturated streaming video market isn't easy. And with legacy media companies desperate to recoup revenue declines in their linear TV businesses, the cost of your monthly plan is likely to keep rising.

After years of inflation, Americans are used to sticker shock. But nothing compares to the surging price of streaming video.

Last week, Apple TV+ became the latest streaming service to raise its price—up from $6.99 to $9.99 per month—following the example of Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Netflix, which all hiked their prices in October.

Half of the major streaming platforms in the U.S. now charge a monthly fee that’s double the price they charged when they initially came to market. And many of these streaming services haven’t even been around for 10 years.

  • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.de
    12·
    1 year ago

    Even if that was true, why would it be bad? As long as they aren't overdoing it, why would you care?

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think the concern is that the torrent files include trojan crypto farming software that will bog down your computer. I don't know how realistic that concern is, but it would at least directly affect you.

      • kofe@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, thank you for articulating it for me better than I could. I don't know if it's similar to malware that can effect PC performance or corrupt files over time.