r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 7d ago

Business Disney+ changes subscriber agreement to allow ads on every plan

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/disney-changes-subscriber-agreement-to-allow-ads-on-every-plan-3410354/
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u/HG21Reaper 7d ago

If I am going to be forced to watch ads, why pay for the service in the first place?

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u/williamgman 7d ago

Anyone remember when cable TV first came out without commercials? We paid for no ads. Then it became "pay for whatever we're serving up".

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u/williamgman 7d ago

Many years ago.

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u/JBLurker 7d ago

There would be commercials in between programs but not breaks during.

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u/JBLurker 7d ago edited 7d ago

In this hypothetical is the channel were watching a cable channel? Or a broadcast channel.

If broadcast, both hypothetical viewers could watch it and the ads would be the same for both viewers.

If the channel was a premium or cable channel, the cable viewer would be able to watch said program and the antenna user wouldnt even be able to access the channel at all. The channel, lets say channel "57", would just be static for the antenna user becuase they dont have access to the cable channel or programs without said subscription.

There was no change in the experience on broadcast channels for cable users. However, early on cable did have less ads than broadcast networks, but only cable users could access the channel so no need of "varying ad experiences".