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Huh? For individual plans there's no hike ($12/mo.). Family plan went from $18 to $23, hardly insane.

But now if you purchase via iOS instead of the web it's $30 because of the Apple 30% tax. So... don't do that. They are literally pushing you to subscribe via the web, so do that.

The only thing insane is that Apple still takes a big cut of streaming/media subscriptions.

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$15 to $23.

A bit insulting, TBH.

No, all news sources reporting the hike say it's been $18 previously, not $15.

$18 to $23 is not insulting. It's still less than the price of two individual subscriptions.

I have a family plan. I can confirm I pay $14.99 per month right now and received an email stating it will increase to $22.99.

Perhaps I'm grandfathered into a cheaper plan, but that's my data point.

You're both right. It was $15/mo, then the price went up to $18 but they didn't raise the price for existing subscribers, but this time they're raising the price for existing customers as well, so for the oldest customers, it's a 50%, $15->$23 hike, and for newer customers, it's a 27%, $18->$23 hike.

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