THB #396: The "Joy" Of Disney Bundling

Today, a brief history of my painful experience of trying to keep paying for my Disney Bundle.

I’ve been a pre-launch subscriber to Disney+ and a paying sub of Hulu, without ads, since before D+ launched. In other words, I am the sucker they all love and desire.

I am actually a pretty happy subscriber. Disney+ can be a little spare on the new content, but Hulu is home to my beloved FX, Searchlight movies and shows, some surprisingly strong Freeform content, Hulu originals, ABC reruns and more. I would estimate that I use this bundle more than I use Netflix, which is the same price.

So…

I was paying for both separately when they bundled the 2 services, along with ESPN+, about 2 years ago. But instead of just giving me a bundled price and payment, they told me that was not possible, since I wanted to keep Hulu without ads, which was $7 more a month. What they set up was that I would pay Hulu $7 a month and Disney+, the bundle-holder, for the whole cost of the bundle, but then discount it on…