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Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service's Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.

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[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

With the original price as $250, a 100% increase would be adding the entire value to itself once (i.e doubling) taking us to $500.

A 200% increase is adding the $250 to the original two times for a total of $750.

So calling it a "200% increase" is correct.

It is true to say that "$750 is 300% of $250" or that "The price has tripled" - both correct, but the increase is only 200% because increase doesn't include the original as part of the value.

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

TBH---and I'm not a native English speaker---I think it's a bit ambiguously phrased. "Increase by 200%" would be more clear.

[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 hours ago

This makes perfect sense, thank you

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Fine. Forget about it.