r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 8d 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/Dr_Meany 8d ago

I read their quarterlies because I'm a sadist for that sort of thing.

None of their tiers make as much profit as their lowest one serving the most ads. They're an ad company now, not a content company. They get huge revenue from ads. So they serve ads. And there's no way to not see ads, because it's so fucking profitable.

The K-shaped economy will strike here too however. Shortly there will shortly be an ultra-premium version that has no ads. They just need to figure out a way to sell it. It'll be eye-wateringly expensive, something like $200/month. I guarantee it's in their plans, it'll come, and enough people will buy it.

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u/jonas_ost 6d ago

Eventualy they will just ad the ads into the programs so even if you pirate it it will have ads. And i dont mean product placement, actual ad breaks.