I really don't understand this whole idea that keeps popping up in thread after thread, that if
DVC wanted to offer discounted tickets or annual passes, they would do so. There is no other singular Membership Extra that is lamented over more, or cited as a greater motivation to purchase DVC, than AP's and other discounted park entry media. DVC is intimately aware of this, through direct complaints, social media, you name it. To assume that DVC has no interest in the ability to use what was arguably the biggest sales arrow in their quiver is ridiculous. They'd love to offer discount on entry media, and would do it yesterday if they could.
But they can't. The DPEP overlords hold the admissions purse strings tightly, and just because DVC is a division of a subsidiary of DPEP, and both are part of the happy House of the Mouse, doesn't mean that DPEP has any interest in giving away cheap admissions. Every Membership Extra that DVC offers has to be paid for, and paid for using funds not related to any member dues. Lounges, special events/parties in the parks, merch and other discounts all cost DVC cash. That cash is limited and can only go so far, so DVC can't even go to DPEP and offer to offset costs of discounted admissions without a serious output of additional cash, or significant concessions in cost by DPEP.
