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Olympics are all that I can think of
They are hoping to get enough people to forget about their subscription during this hike.
They even admitted most of the new subscribers were from Olympics and third party signups like Xfinity, T-Mobile, etc that give subscriptions out for free.
This is why I use masked cards to sign up for these services. I lock them in at a certain price per month, and if that price goes up on its own, then they'll suddenly discover they don't have my money.
Not that it should require a hack like that, mind you...
Thanks for the comment about masked cards. I didn't even know this was a thing.