My streaming plans keep going up
Man, remember back when Netflix was just $7.99 a month and Disney+ kicked off at $6.99 with those free trials that basically felt like free money? HBO Max, rest in peace, started at $14.99. Peacock was $4.99, and Paramount+ was pretty much chump change too. The whole sales pitch was cut the cord, dump that $150 cable rip-off for your own pick-and-choose setup.
Jump ahead 5 to 10 years, and look at this mess. Netflix ad-free premium? $24.99. Disney+ premium? $15.99. Max? $20.99 for the top tier. Throw in Hulu at $17.99 no ads, Paramount+ $12.99, and bam, your little custom list is hitting $80 to $100 a month easy. Oh, bundles? Yeah right, that's their way of saying fork over more cash for the same old limits.
These companies reeled us in with all that freedom talk, then just slapped together the same cable empire all over again, piece by piece. Now grabbing three or four services costs as much as the junk we ran from in the first place. Nice job, big media, you flipped streaming into the exact con you promised to end. So who's ditching what now? 🐢🇺🇸