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> your choice is either: Pay the massive price hike OR get a substantially worse user experience.

You have a third choice, you could take your dollars elsewhere to get more bang for your buck.



> You have a third choice, you could take your dollars elsewhere to get more bang for your buck.

This is true if you're just looking at entertainment in general (and that's a fair approach). If you specifically want Disney+'s content, there are only two choices (plus the implicit "choose not to have access").


They still sell their physical media at reasonable prices, and then you can resell it too if you want to save a buck.


There are many pieces of highly popular content on Disney+ that do not have physical releases.


Sure, if you want a company's product you need to pay for it.


Sure, this is how capitalism works after all.

We can dislike a company's business practices despite them being obviously valid and legal.




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