That means I am counted 3 or possibly even 4 times without paying a cent to Disney directly. I have an old Spotify Premium account that came with Hulu for free and now I have a Verizon Unlimited plan that includes free Disney+, ESPN+, and another Hulu subscription. Just goes to show that not all subscribers are created equal.
I activated an account on each of the three services, but I would guess that Disney gets money for all four. But even if they do, Disney probably doesn't make the same revenue on these accounts than they would if they were from four independent people subscribing directly.
> That means I am counted 3 or possibly even 4 times without paying a cent to Disney directly.
The fact that you're counted several times is a relevant complaint about their published subscriber count; the fact that you don't give money directly to them isn't.
Little does OP know, a lot of businesses would take 10% of the revenue (as pass through from Verizon) on 5x the subscriber base at 20x less churn (since the subscriber has no incentive to cancel).