A person who subscribes to Disney+ plans to scale back their streaming bundle after learning that a price increase would push their monthly bill to $27.99.
Here's what to know
In a Reddit post, the original poster explained that the monthly price of their Disney+ Select Legacy bundle would reach $27.99, up from $24.99. The package includes ad-free Disney+ and ad-supported Hulu and ESPN Select.
The $3 monthly increase adds up to another $36 a year: a roughly 12% jump. At the new rate, a full year of the bundle would cost $335.88.
The OP already receives ad-supported Hulu through their T-Mobile plan. However, they said the option to combine that benefit with discounts on Disney+ packages had been removed.
"I canceled my disney plus bundle they ain't worth it," another Redditor wrote.
"People left cable for streaming and now streaming services are behaving just like the cable companies of yesteryear…" the OP also said in their post.
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What can be done?
"Since I am still interested in Disney+ itself, I will almost certainly downgrade from the Select Legacy Bundle to Disney+ (no ads), and keep the free T-Mobile Hulu benefit," they wrote.
A commenter suggested comparing that option with another bundle. They cited a monthly price of $21.49 for standalone ad-free Disney+ and $21.99 for an ad-free Disney+ and Hulu bundle, a difference of just 50 cents.
Under that approach, the subscriber would drop the carrier's ad-supported Hulu benefit in favor of the ad-free bundle.
For the OP, however, preserving the T-Mobile benefit was what they were focusing on.
Where can I learn more?
As streaming and phone bills rise, customers are looking for ways to cut their monthly costs.
• Americans are canceling subscriptions as streaming bills near $120 a month amid rising prices.
• A longtime Verizon customer considering T-Mobile's 55+ plan learned Costco could offer additional savings.
• A T-Mobile customer learned requesting a transfer PIN could prompt a $20 retention discount.
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