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Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions

509 points · 372 comments · DeepLogin

  1. jamesnorden · · focus · HN ↗
    They're turning streaming into regular TV again, absolute nonsense.
    1. DarkNova6 · · focus · HN ↗
      It's like paying for cable back in the day but you also get ads. The sheer audacity they think they can get away with because they consider themselves having a monopoly.
      1. throwaway85825 · · focus · HN ↗
        They have a government granted temporary monopoly.
        1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
          Permanent monopoly, because you'll always be watching what's current today, not 70 years ago
          1. jl6 · · focus · HN ↗
            Kinda, but the back catalog has never been bigger or more valuable. There is good stuff from every era, and it only accumulates. What happens when the viewing mix is 10% new stuff, 90% classics?
            1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
              buy DVDs I guess
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