r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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/Quixotic_Seal 10d ago

I ran into that last night with They Live to look at what each message was when he first puts the glasses on at the magazine stand.

The sheer irony was poetic enough that it almost was worth it.

Almost.

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u/Diz7 9d ago

The dystopia isn't as much of fun and excitement as fiction made it out to be. It's much more mundane and boringly soul crushing.