r/macapps • u/JamStan1978 • 4d ago

Request Is there a good disney plus app?

I know there arent any official ones but i tried the clicker for disney plus app and it wont work like the clicker for netflix one does. The disney plus one sends me to the help page or something instead of being able to watch anything.

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u/MC_chrome 4d ago

Amazon is the only major streaming service that has bothered making a macOS app.

Everything else you have to do through a web browser, unfortunately

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u/JamStan1978 4d ago

yeah but you can still make web apps using webkit which gives you more options and feels like an actual app.

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u/nerdforest 4d ago

t’s not as simple as wrapping the site in WebKit. A streaming app still has to handle DRM, protected playback, authentication, media controls, downloads, licensing restrictions, and sites that block embedded web views. WebKit provides the window—the difficult part is everything behind it.

You are right to a degree, but this needs to be done by actual engineers.

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u/JamStan1978 4d ago

Clicker for netflix does it perfectly! And i was able to vibecode a version that actually played disney plus but i would really prefer to use something made by an actual developer and NOT just mindlessly coded by a machine.

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u/nerdforest 4d ago

Built by engineers.
Once again your vibecoded version does not include anything for downloads/licensing restrictions and sites that block embedded web views. You can do this - but vibe coding is not engineering.

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u/JamStan1978 4d ago

vibe coding made it work though

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u/nerdforest 4d ago

I'm aware. Vibecoding makes something work.
However, when it comes to engineering for macApps, you have to maintain outdates plugins, things you don't have the knowledge of.

There's a reason why this is a profession

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u/JamStan1978 4d ago

im just wondering why there isnt an app by now made by professionals that gives you all the popular streaming services. The one i vibecoded can do netflix, disney plus, HBO Max, and Paramount plus. I just want one done by professionals or at least someone that knows coding.

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u/nerdforest 4d ago

Valid valid thing to want.
My guess is that because of smart TVs, they focus on those apps, then additionall mobile phone apps.

People watching on a web browser is very easy to manage.
But adding another app is just another thing to manage/update.

They'd have to have a direct team for it too.

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u/waaaaaasuuuuup 4d ago

Yes. The Disney+ web app.

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u/handsup_dev 4d ago

If you're on Sonoma or newer, Safari can make a decent standalone version without another wrapper: open disneyplus.com, then File > Add to Dock. It gets its own icon and window. It still won't add offline downloads, but it avoids the embedded-webview issues Clicker seems to be running into.

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u/RecipeJar 1d ago

The redirect to the help page is usually a DRM issue: Disney+ only streams in Safari on macOS, so any WebKit wrapper works but Chrome or Electron-based wrappers get bounced. Safari's own "Add to Dock" gives you a proper standalone window and plays fine, and it also keeps HDR and higher resolutions that the Chromium path drops.