Remember when Hollywood made kind of middling fare? I remember in the 80's growing up there were all of these movies that weren't blockbusters or competing in the blockbuster space that were just kind of mid-budget "good" movies. National Treasure seems like it would fall into that rank for me; never going to make a billion but also didn't cost a 200mil to make. Now it seems like everything made in the US is huge franchise level movies, or comedies; at least it was comedies for a while. The movie industry has evolved in a very I think unhealthy way in the last 20 years.
that cost isnt being passed onto the individual. its not like you got an extra 5 bucks added to your bill. because people would cancel it and its probably not legal to get charged for premium stations you never authorized. its still a false statement to claim 7 million subs from X when those 7 million didnt order the service.
i never had verizon or whatever this service is on. i used to have Directv before i cut the cord. but i think packages included bundles of dozens of other channels. like if you grab the movie package you get the channel you wanted along with some other shit tier channels you probably never watch. was this pakage a disney specific deal or is it included in your basic service? cuz if its part of a disney channel package and it comes with all the other disney channels including Disney+? cuz then ok that can count. if its part of your basic service which can include disney stuff but a shit load of other non disney stuff, then i would say no that doesnt count.
probably they did it like drug dealers will give out free junk to kids to get them hooked and then they pay for their next fix. they probably hope people forget when their free sub ends and then they can get a bunch of extra months out of them before they cancel. thats why i never sign up for the "free" stuff because as you said, nothing is ever free. if verizon is like the other asshole providers they make it a pain in the ass to cancel anything.
