That's a big price rise.lemmy.nzimage Axisential ( @Axisential@lemmy.nz ) Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 6 months ago message-square16fedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145imageThat's a big price rise.lemmy.nz Axisential ( @Axisential@lemmy.nz ) Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 6 months ago message-square16fedilink
minus-square Pyr_Pressure ( @Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink8•6 months agoThey don’t even do it in a subtle way either. I would be fine with a yearly 3-5% because hell, inflation and everything goes up over time. But they seem to be doing 20-30% increases every other year and it’s ridiculous
minus-square deadbeef79000 ( @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilink4•6 months agoIt’s just greed. Any sustainable business would be finding ways to be more efficient, allowing them to lower retail cost. Take Amazon Web Services for example the unit price of every service trends down over time because they get more efficient delivering the service. They add new services for you to buy or lower the cost of existing services to entice higher usage. But media? Gobble gobble gobble.
They don’t even do it in a subtle way either. I would be fine with a yearly 3-5% because hell, inflation and everything goes up over time. But they seem to be doing 20-30% increases every other year and it’s ridiculous
It’s just greed.
Any sustainable business would be finding ways to be more efficient, allowing them to lower retail cost.
Take Amazon Web Services for example the unit price of every service trends down over time because they get more efficient delivering the service.
They add new services for you to buy or lower the cost of existing services to entice higher usage.
But media? Gobble gobble gobble.