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Aug 17, 2023
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My personal perspective on Streaming spending…

I have been paying $20 a month for the Disney Bundle with no ads on D+ or Hulu since D+ launched. My pricing will remain $20 a month… but I will be letting ESPN+ out of the mix… which is okay, since even as a legit sports fan, I don’t use it.

I have been paying $19.99 for Netflix for years now.

My MAX is via my AT&T plans, which would be covered by either my wireless or homne internet plans. If I were paying, the price would have gone up $5 a month last January, for the top tier with 4k and Dolby Atmos.

I pay for Paramount+ and Peacock annually… my pricing went up last year, but hasn’t changed this year and will not rise until my renewals next year.

Amazon Prime went up a bit this year (months ago), but we are not paying exclusively for Prime streaming.

AppleTV+ is part of my Apple One subscription, which went up $2.95 a month, to $32.95, which still keeps it slightly cheaper than buying each of the 4 segments of AppleOne we use in our hous…

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