After years of inflation, Americans are used to sticker shock. But nothing compares to the surging price of streaming video.

Last week, Apple TV+ became the latest streaming service to raise its price—up from $6.99 to $9.99 per month—following the example of Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Netflix, which all hiked their prices in October.

Half of the major streaming platforms in the U.S. now charge a monthly fee that’s double the price they charged when they initially came to market. And many of these streaming services haven’t even been around for 10 years.

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    1 year ago

    Even if that was true, why would it be bad? As long as they aren’t overdoing it, why would you care?

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      1 year ago

      I think the concern is that the torrent files include trojan crypto farming software that will bog down your computer. I don’t know how realistic that concern is, but it would at least directly affect you.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, thank you for articulating it for me better than I could. I don’t know if it’s similar to malware that can effect PC performance or corrupt files over time.