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Disney+ and Hulu Premium went from $18.99 to $21.49 a month on September 23. Mid-show ad breaks stay limited to the cheapest tier for now.
Readers argued about whether any price removes ads for good, or whether the ad-free tier is just the next tier to be sold again.
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An essay argues physical media is the only copy that 'remains under the buyer's control' — citing Sony pulling purchased films, Disney+ erasing 50+ titles, and 87% of pre-2010 games now unavailable.
The thread's killer detail is smaller: a paid Kindle novel silently turned into its German translation on redownload. The contrarians don't disagree about ownership — they just point past it. The only copy nobody can revoke or rewrite, several conclude, is the pirated one.
