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I'm just this guy, you know?

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Disney is gouging customers with a near doubling of subscription costs. (sh.itjust.works)

Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I’m off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here’s the proof.

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Disney made a movie called Crater that was removed from their catalog after just two weeks. It is only available via piracy.

I haven't watched it because that would be illegal, but it's almost like they want us to pirate. Heck, I would never have heard about Final Space if the animator hadn't raised a stink after it got removed from the WB catalog.

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This is rich coming from the company that literally wrote "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!"

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In August, remote or hybrid job posts attracted more than one-half of all applications in 157 of the largest metro areas, according to LinkedIn data analyzed by Bloomberg. All the while, the number of hybrid or remote job posts has declined since 2022.

So companies that allow remote work will have the pick of the best applicants, while those without will be left with anyone who can't get a remote job. This will make in-person companies less effective and productive, especially because studies are showing remote work is more productive.

But at least their commercial property values won't go down. So that's nice.

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It’s just like when coders were judged based on lines of code versus whether the code is high quality.

As an example, Bill Atkinson once submitted a report with -2000 lines of code added.

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Any company who sees that by going fully remote they pay less for better workers and avoid paying for office space and doesn't do it is going to see investor backlash.

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