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According to emails being sent out to Xbox Game Pass members within the European Union (EU) and other countries, the price increase from €18 to €27 will only be for new members and those who don’t have auto-renewal enabled.

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 points 1 week ago

Ah the "wait don't cancel yet" gimmick here. Don't worry, you're grandfathered in, you'll get to keep your price.

They said the same with Xbox Live Gold plans, and office subscriptions. They just wait a few months to a year until anger has died down and then they say you're paying the same as everyone else .

Microsoft is patient. They'll get your money. They want you thinking that you got a deal so you'll stay within their ecosystem, and the longer you stay the less likely you are to leave. The only exit is to cancel, sooner than later.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't read this as grandfathering due to people leaving. I'm reading this as "oh shoot some countries don't let us just jack a price by 50% no notice so we legally need to provide a window"

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And the backpedaling begins.

Don't believe them. I've been told I've been grandfathered into legacy pricing on multiple occasions by multiple companies only to have every single one of them force me off old pricing. This'll be no different. You might get a few months. If you're lucky, you'll get a year. But it'll go away eventually.

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

'Member when YouTube TV was $35/mo and everyone would be grandfathered with that price? Now it is $83/mo.

[-] misk@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

I've been told I've been grandfathered into legacy pricing on multiple occasions by multiple companies only to have every single one of them force me off old pricing.

Was that in the US or Europe?

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Of course it was in the US. Europe actually has consumer protections.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

It happens to us too, they just have to give longer notice and let us chancel.

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