Disney Plus, Hulu increase their prices again

Disney+ last got a price increase in December 2022. Less than a year later, it's going up...again.

Starting on Oct. 12, Disney+ and Hulu will see price hikes on their ad-free plans, per Variety. Disney+ will jump from $11/mo to $14/mo, while Hulu will go from $15/mo to $18/mo. For those keeping score, Disney+ now costs twice as much as it did when it launched in 2019.

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There area couple of ways to...maybe not avoid the price hikes, but at least not have to think about them for a while. The simplest is to just buy an annual subscription before the price increases take place, giving you an entire year of ad-free Disney+ at its current price. That option is not available for Hulu, sadly.

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The second method, which Disney would probably greatly prefer, is to get a bundle that pairs ad-free Disney+ and Hulu together for $20/mo. That's a substantial discount compared to paying for both services separately. That said, the price for that could also randomly increase six months from now, so be careful.

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Maybe cable was the best option all along.