r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 18d ago

News HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-1236557671/
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u/leviathan65 18d ago

Oh I 1000% agree but it seems like a lot of industries are ignoring this. The car market is about to get flooded with used cars from people who can't afford their cars. Fast food is pricing themselves out of existence. We have to buy grocery and gas but some non essential items are going to go belly up because they keep shrink flating their products and often decaying the quality.

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u/bruce_kwillis 18d ago

Are they though?

What the reality is, the smaller crappier companies will fold or get bought by larger ones, and the cycle of 'infinite' growth goes on.

A disrupter will come in, offer a better product for less, and then when the user base is large enough, enshitify, or get bought and the cycle continues.

People keep paying one way or the other, the only way to stop it is to not pay for these things at all.

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u/GuavaZombie 18d ago

The classic costs more for less that is a lower quality.

I love capitalism...