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Trakt to increase prices to $60 for all users, including those on legacy, promotional, and grandfathered pricing (forums.trakt.tv)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I modified the title to make it more descriptive

I also think it's time for the open source and/or fediverse Trakt alternatives to get some love.

The price change is listed as going from $30 a year to $60 a year, and they're also changing everyone to that price:

Starting May 20, 2025, all VIP renewals will move to a standardized price. This means that any legacy, promotional, or grandfathered pricing will no longer apply to renewals processed on or after that date. Instead, all VIP memberships will renew at the new standard rate going forward.

People are not happy on their forum:

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/upcoming-vip-renewal-pricing-changes/56676

This user poll suggests that around 97% of respondents (at the time of making this post) will not renew

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/poll-will-you-keep-your-vip-membership-at-60/56923

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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Seems to be some kind of centralized streaming service catalog. Never heard of it before now and no idea why anyone would be willing to pay $30 for it let alone $60.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ok I used to feel sorry for non-libre streaming software users, but this is now in "one born every minute" territory. Thanks.