re: Who else paid their annual extortion fee to Disney today?

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ESPN+ for a month then immediately cancelled.

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I haven't given Disney money in years.

I try not to give companies that hate me money.

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You were getting it on the cheap the last half of that period because Disney was giving out services below costs to prop up their streaming business and get subscribers. Now that it has become apparent to them that they got their teeth kicked in, you actually have to pay at cost.

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i understand it. im just never sure if people remember or ever realized that all this used to be no additional cost. ESPN3 was the shite

I cancelled and won't pick it up again until August. At least they don't lock you in to some gawdawful contract bullshite.

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$50/mo is better than satellite/cable.

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If all you watch is sports, should be up your alley.

Verizon.

If I paid for a tablet data plan, I would get Max as well.

We did a phone trade in (turn in the old iPhone to buy a new one) and selected the phone plan with unlimited data (no throttling down at a certain limit). We had to do the upgraded phone plan (which we would have done for that line anyway). My son hotspots for college.

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I already get Hulu through my phone provider and don't watch ESPN+ except for the regionals. Why would I pay double what I pay now?

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Cancel when the regionals are over?

To me, the best part of streaming replacing traditional cable/satellite is that if I cancel a streaming app today, then I won't be charged for it again and can still use it for the rest of the tenure I paid for. I don't keep a lot of streaming services active, I activate the ones I want to watch what I want and deactivate those I'm not using.