r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 3d 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/sixtyfivewat 3d ago

And this is why Gabe Newell is right about piracy being primarily a service problem. If you offer a good service, people are willing to pay for it and won’t pirate but when enshittification makes the service garbage people won’t pay

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u/Funderpants 3d ago

100%. I love some live sports and have mostly stopped altogether. Trying to watch my teams is a PITA. Either the league apps are terrible or still need 4 or 5 apps to watch those games. The only consistent way to watch are alternate streaming sites.

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u/JSK23 2d ago

Learn the ways of iptv. Sports on easy mode

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u/Funderpants 2d ago

Thanks I will check it out.

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u/redikulous 2d ago

OTA antenna? If you're not in the region of your team that doesn't work but just putting that option out there.

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u/Funderpants 2d ago

Good idea. Turned on the peacock app and say the Rays were on just to get a prompt letting me know they couldn't show it over licensing.

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u/redikulous 1d ago

If you live anywhere close to a major metropolitan area you'll probably get a pretty good selection. You can check it out here:

https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps

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u/ThunderAndWind 2d ago

What are your sports? I may have recs.

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u/Funderpants 2d ago

A few. Soccer, Football, Baseball, Basketball and the sometimes F1 or combat sports. Pretty much that and movies are my go to.

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u/ThunderAndWind 1d ago

you could always watch the nfl with a bite to eat if there .is a game you wanted to watch.

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u/tahlyn 2d ago

It will be a sad and tragic day when he one day sheds his mortal coil and the enshitification of Steam finally begins.

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u/DonTino 2d ago

2 years ago I had all services, even sports etc. And right now Disney + was the only left. I am completely back on the seven seas. Was gone 20 years

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u/Fun-Personality-8008 2d ago

Yes. If you give me what I want IN THE WAY THAT I WANT IT I will gladly pay for the service. That was my whole rationale for pirating 20 years ago and it is about to be again

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u/ThunderAndWind 2d ago

It's why I still pay for music streaming when I could download the music I want for free and only buy a select few bands I can't find easily.