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Re:Streaming service prices have more than doubled since com... by onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:24AM (#38206159)
Afaik, Disney+ is somehow still not profitable: https://www.wired.com/story/disney-plus-streaming-profitabil...

Though, I suspect this is Hollywood accounting so that they can avoid paying royalties.

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Re:Streaming service prices have more than doubled since com... by jerf on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:58AM (#38207536)
At the moment, it is against Disney's interests to admit to losing that much on streaming. The primary effect it has is to tank their stock price.

Once they have to pay out more people based on streaming success, their incentives become more mixed. But at the moment, if anything I'd say their motivation would be to minimize their streaming losses.

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