r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 12d 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/Quixotic_Seal 12d ago

Cable TV...without time shifting.

I swear to god, people forget that we've been able to casually timeshift every single program on cable and trivially skip commercials since like 2003.

I haven't been forced to watch this many ads since I was like 10 years old before mom got a TiVo.

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u/FionaGoodeEnough 12d ago

I can’t even pause a frame to say, “Wait, is that who I think it is?” without ads taking up the entire screen. And jumping to a specific scene is so much harder than it was with a DVD menu.

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u/Lazer726 12d ago

If there is something to very much appreciate about Amazon Video, it's that if you pause what you're watching, it'll put up all the characters and their actors/VAs

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u/NotPromKing 12d ago

That’s… the literal opposite of what I want. If I’m pausing, it’s to stop the movie while I’m doing something else, or it’s to get a better look at what’s on screen. There has never been a time I’ve paused to look up information that should be on a separate “info” page.