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

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  1. semiquaver · · focus · HN ↗
    Did anyone actually read the linked wiki in full? It’s basically saying “if there are embedded ads in certain live (likely sports) content we carry you may see them even on an ad-free plan because we don’t have an alternative. Also we might try to promote different tiers of Disney+ itself within the app so to the extent you see that as an ad, that’s an exception to ‘ad-free’”

    I’m all for consumer awareness but I’m begging everyone to stop freaking out over prosaic non-issues like this.

    1. DonsDiscountGas · · focus · HN ↗
      > Also we might try to promote different tiers of Disney+ itself within the app so to the extent you see that as an ad, that’s an exception to ‘ad-free’”

      Yes I see that as an ad. Do you not? Does anyone not? And if I'm on the highest paying ad free plan, what are they promoting to me?

      1. Gareth321 · · focus · HN ↗
        I strongly agree, and it frustrates me when people and companies claim that advertising their own products "doesn't count." I cancelled my YouTube Premium plan because of ads. These are all the ads they permit on Premium, despite advertising everywhere that Premium removes all ads:

        * Ads in YouTube feeds for other google products and services.

        * Ads underneath videos for products from the channel owner.

        * Sponsorships within videos from the channel owner.

        * Advertising overlays (supported IN THE APP BY GOOGLE) for products and services from the channel owner.

        * Email advertisements for Google products and services.

        * Community post advertisements from channel owners which show up in the YouTube feed.

        I contacted support to enquire and they state these are not considered advertising.

        1. jonhohle · · focus · HN ↗
          I worked on Prime during the rollout of Prime Video and shortly after (maybe a year or so) pre-roll for other Prime Video content was inserted. I brought it up in a meeting with our org (but the Amazon Video team wasn’t present) and one of our business guys shrugged it off as not interrupting content, blah, blah, blah. I said the agreement was ad-free content, not uninterrupted content. The conversation stopped and nothing was done.

          I worked on backend subscription management and the implementation of benefits. The team that business guy worked on was the group eventually at the center of the predatory subscription issue (I can’t say whether they were still around when that happened or not).

          1. sanex · · focus · HN ↗
            Cheap corporate sellouts are the problem with every big company.
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