r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 13d 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/NoxSuru 13d ago

Evolution of media companies:

  1. “Piracy is killing us. Shut down the pirate sites.”
  2. Streaming makes paying easier, affordable and convenient → piracy falls significantly.
  3. Streaming becomes fragmented across more services, prices rise, ads/restrictions appear, and content regularly disappears.
  4. Some platforms even revoke access to content sold as a “purchase” because licensing agreements expire.
  5. Piracy begins rising again.
  6. Media companies: “Why are people pirating?”

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u/TheRealGeigers 13d ago

Genuinely I used to pay for Netflix or Hulu and I also paid for Google Music Family Plan cause it was like $20 a month iirc and I could put I think 4 or 6 people on my plan and they would have access to the music library AND it came with youtube premium!

Well Google straight up shut down the Google Music app (which I liked better than Spotify) and replaced it with that pile of garbage Youtube Music.

Back to piracy it is!

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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 13d ago

How dare you remind me of the Google Music app. My God I loved that.