- cross-posted to:
- movies@hexbear.net
- cross-posted to:
- movies@hexbear.net
Disney+ has updated its subscriber agreement to allow advertising before and after movies and shows across every subscription tier. The change quietly ends completely ad-free streaming on the platform, even for those paying top dollar.
That includes the Premium plan, which costs $18.99 a month and was originally sold on the promise of an uninterrupted viewing experience.
Subscribers now face an on-screen prompt when logging in, requiring them to actively accept the updated terms before they can keep watching.
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WE HAVE ALTERED THE AGREEMENT
PRAY WE DO NOT ALTER IT FURTHER
[heavy breathing]
haha that’s so fitting
Corporate enshittification accelerates and Disney is leading the way.
They’re really speedrunning it. Alas, I expected nothing less.
See ye on the high seas, matey! Arrr.
Some republican politicians are actually trying to push a legislation to require ISPs and VPN providers and whatever to block “foreign pirating sites”. I know there will always be a way for those who know what they’re doing, but they’re squeezing people little by little into having to pay these subscriptions no matter what companies do. I’ll personally just quit watching tv altogether if I had no choice but to pay these fuckers. I have zero subscriptions and I’d like to keep it that way.
My public library still checks out DVDs. Some titles are blu-rays even. Get an optical drive and rip away. For free.
My owned library is thousands of libraries. I’m with you, I’m checking out of current media if they want me to watch ads.
Never enough profit, huh?
Welcome to capitalism.
You know what? I think that Assassin’s Creed IV was the best game in the series.
You know there are tons of terrible news stories that affect us and we can’t do anything about it.
Then there is stuff like this that just makes me feel great about my choices, ahhhhhh, so satisfying to see.
I think there are people who still buy cable. As a non cable person I remember being amazed a decade or so ago when I saw what was mostly on. reality shows with more commercials than free over the air tv. and people pay for that. nuts.
Over the last year I lived with my parents to take care of them and occasionally I had to entertain myself with their cable TV. I used to spend hours channel surfing and there was almost always lots of stuff to choose from. Now I just end up watching Beat Bobby Flay because there’s absolutely nothing else to watch. And I don’t really want to watch Beat Bobby Flay either.
I feel scammed.
I always bought DVDs to avoid ads and that was nice, then they made streaming more affordable and convenient.
Then they quietly dropped releasing streaming shows on physical media and now it’s more expensive and has ads.
You tricked me!
I remember physical VHS and DVDs also had a lot of advertisement back in the day. Self marketing for different movies, releases etc
At least with VHS you could fast forward past the FBI notice and ads. Unskippable DVD ads was why I never thought badly about torrents.
Not on Kodi it doesn’t :)
This is what capitalism does. Its endless profit growth requirement is not possible under any real market conditions. So it inevitably starts squeezing it’s own customers and degrading it’s own service to maintain these unrealistic demands for profit. The more consolidated the market becomes, the worse the outcomes. Anti-trust was always a half measure. The problem is capitalism is inherently unsustainable and can only lead to negative outcomes for it’s products and services over time. Nothing can grow infinitely and that pursuit will always collapse bringing societal pain.
Oh excellent, an excuse to drop it that my fiance will have to accept.
Yeaaahhh. That’s how you keep customers isn’t it?
You probably will keep most, yeah. People are suckers and will put up with nearly anything. Plus the lost revenue from people unsubscribing will be offset by the additional income from the ads. You can expect that to already be priced in.
Already long gone. All streaming services are terrible value now. They all got too greedy.
Imagine paying to see ads. That has got to be the ultimate cuckoldry.
Allows is doing a lot of heavy lifting
The are deliberately adding ads
