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Disney+ is going to have ads? ... just googled it: So they are _adding_ a new plan that's cheaper and ad-supported, and they are not touching the current plan

Disney+ is going to have ads? ... just googled it: So they are _adding_ a new plan that's cheaper and ad-supported, and they are not touching the current plans. So nothing will change for my current subscription plan thankfully. > Disney+’s ad-free subscription tier, which currently costs $7.99 monthly and $79.99 annually, will remain available. and this: > What’s more, if the Disney+ profile being used is associated with a child, no ads will play. source: https://tvline.com/2022/05/17/disney-plus-with-ads-subscription-plan-details/ https://tvline.com/2022/05/17/disney-plus-with-ads-subscript... edit: A clarification for the advertising to kids things. Looks like it's no ads to preschool kids > Regarding kid-targeted ads on Disney+, Ferro said, “Yes, we’re going to have advertising… to kids, but it’s going to be controlled advertising with a lot of parental levers to pull. We’re not going to collect data on that.” She added that there won’t be advertising in preschool content on Disney+ at launch. source: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-plus-advertising-plan-majorit-1235271205/ https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-plus-advertisin...

jsnell 4y ago
> Disney+’s ad-free subscription tier, which currently costs $7.99 monthly and $79.99 annually, will remain available But it will not remain available at that price. Instead that's what the plan with ads will cost, and the prices of the current ad-free plan will be bumped up by 30%.
- TheRealDunkirk 4y ago
  We all knew this was introductory pricing to weasel into the space. This was even the predicted timing.
- anonymousab 4y ago
  And that ad-free plan will eventually have ads. Ads are infectious and will always spread uncontrollably once you let them in. Give an inch and they will take a lightyear.
- flanbiscuit 4y ago
  oh I missed that, I'm only just finding out about this now. Can you point to where you read that? I just found this contradiction to what I had mentioned earlier (going to edit my original message) > Regarding kid-targeted ads on Disney+, Ferro said, “Yes, we’re going to have advertising… to kids, but it’s going to be controlled advertising with a lot of parental levers to pull. We’re not going to collect data on that.” She added that there won’t be advertising in preschool content on Disney+ at launch. https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-plus-advertising-plan-majorit-1235271205/ https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-plus-advertisin...
  - jsnell 4y ago
    The new prices are here: https://dmedmedia.disney.com/news/ad-supported-disney-plus-subscription-tier-to-launch-in-us-december-8 https://dmedmedia.disney.com/news/ad-supported-disney-plus-s... > Premium (No Ads) $10.99
petesergeant 4y ago
> So they are _adding_ a new plan that's cheaper and ad-supported, and they are not touching the current plans. So nothing will change for my current subscription plan thankfully. Fundamentally the problem with paying for ad-free content is that the people who can afford to pay for it are the people advertisers want to target.

jsnell 4y ago

> Disney+’s ad-free subscription tier, which currently costs $7.99 monthly and $79.99 annually, will remain available But it will not remain available at that price. Instead that's what the plan with ads will cost, and the prices of the current ad-free plan will be bumped up by 30%.

TheRealDunkirk 4y ago
We all knew this was introductory pricing to weasel into the space. This was even the predicted timing.
anonymousab 4y ago
And that ad-free plan will eventually have ads. Ads are infectious and will always spread uncontrollably once you let them in. Give an inch and they will take a lightyear.
flanbiscuit 4y ago
oh I missed that, I'm only just finding out about this now. Can you point to where you read that? I just found this contradiction to what I had mentioned earlier (going to edit my original message) > Regarding kid-targeted ads on Disney+, Ferro said, “Yes, we’re going to have advertising… to kids, but it’s going to be controlled advertising with a lot of parental levers to pull. We’re not going to collect data on that.” She added that there won’t be advertising in preschool content on Disney+ at launch. https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-plus-advertising-plan-majorit-1235271205/ https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-plus-advertisin...
- jsnell 4y ago
  The new prices are here: https://dmedmedia.disney.com/news/ad-supported-disney-plus-subscription-tier-to-launch-in-us-december-8 https://dmedmedia.disney.com/news/ad-supported-disney-plus-s... > Premium (No Ads) $10.99

petesergeant 4y ago

> So they are _adding_ a new plan that's cheaper and ad-supported, and they are not touching the current plans. So nothing will change for my current subscription plan thankfully. Fundamentally the problem with paying for ad-free content is that the people who can afford to pay for it are the people advertisers want to target.