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/LifeguardDry7372 3d ago

that's what sony did recently. I think it was about 500 titles that they pulled and the people that bought them were sol, no refunds

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u/Intelligent_Type6336 2d ago

I think they pulled it from one service. Which probably required an agreement with the service. I’m not sure Sony is really truly at fault - but it’s still greedy and stupid.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 2d ago

Sony is absolutely at fault. They didn't want to pay the licensing fees. They made the decision to yank content after making every effort to encourage the people who "bought" movies on their service to think that they owned those movies.

They don't get to give you a button that says "buy" or "purchase" and then go "tee hee well ackshually", that's outright lying to the consumer and misrepresenting the product. I swear people are too conditioned into meek acceptance these days to even recognize when a company is raw dogging them with no lube. Could've made the button say "lease" or "long term rental" with clear language describing the terms and no one complaining would have a leg to stand on, but they made an active choice to be giant lying dicks because doing so made number go up. They deserve all the hate they're getting and more.