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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[–] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What in the fuckety fuckfuck?

The constant rising tide of "oh, we're adding ads to your current tier, but here's a new ad-free upgrade option!" was bad enough. But "Actually no, you can't even pay for ad-free streaming if you want to. Gfys." is sooo fucked. What are they even thinking, from a business perspective, do they really believe they have their user base so locked in that they can get away with this? (Don't answer that; the sad truth is, they probably do believe so, and they're probably right...).

Also, that on-screen prompt better include an option for an immediate downgrade and/or pro-rated refund (it probably doesn't).

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

    I dropped Amazon the day they decided to charge $50/year for add free prime videos that used to be ad free and no extra fee. Fuck Amazon Prime.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    I never had it, even before the days when I started boycotting amazon, I would always get the free shipping anyway. If I wanted something small, I would wait till I had a few things on my list and then I'd get them all at once to reach the "free shipping" threshold. There was no point in paying a subscription just to get free shipping on everything.

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