New Disney+ app and R49 plan launch in South Africa

It is important to note that users’ watch histories, recommendations, and watchlists won’t carry over to the new app. The older app will remain available until 12 October 2026.
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Lol and then people wonder why there's piracy. What an epic cockup.
 
The boring 📨 I got

We are launching a new Disney+ app on 9 September 2026, which will replace the current app. When the new app launches, you’ll be able to log in using your MyDisney account.  If your Disney+ subscription ended within the last year, you’ll still be able to log into the new app using your MyDisney account but will need to renew your subscription to start streaming again. 

To allow for a seamless experience, we’ll add the mobile number you use to access Disney+ to your MyDisney account.

How your mobile number will be used
  • We will use your mobile number to verify your Disney+ subscription when you log in to the new Disney+ app for the first time
  • We may also use your mobile number to send you important updates about your Disney+ subscription
Your choices
  • After your first login to the new Disney+ app,  you can remove your mobile number from your MyDisney account at any time.  Simply visit my.disney.com and, under Account Management, update your Contact Information. You’ll still be able to sign in to Disney+ using your MyDisney email.
  • You can also opt out of receiving Disney+ service messages by SMS through Privacy Choices. If you opt out, you’ll continue to receive important service and account updates by email.
If you don’t have an active Disney+ subscription,  your mobile number will not be used to send you Disney+ service messages or verify your subscription status. You don’t need to log in to the new Disney+ app and can choose to remove your mobile number from your MyDisney account starting from 9 September 2026. Simply visit my.disney.com and, under Account Management, update your Contact Information.

If you keep your mobile number on your MyDisney account, from 9 September 2026 you’ll also be able to use it as an alternative to your MyDisney email, to log in or sign up for other services and experiences across The Walt Disney Family of Companies, such as ESPN, Walt Disney World, and more. Whenever you log in to your MyDisney account, you’ll be able to choose how you receive your one-time passcode (OTP) - by email or SMS - giving you flexibility and control over how your account is accessed and secured
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Got this notification tonight. You're allowed to use the old app till next month, but if you don't use the new app in three days you loose your subscription. O_o


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Alexander the Straight said:
Disney, Netflix and Prime all have 90% trash content imo. Pity the kids don't agree though.

The only subscription I enjoy paying for is YouTube premium.
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so paying Youtube for AI slop? as Youtube is actively trying to get "real" Content creators of youtube, and doing nothing, but making hollow threads about the AI Bs being posted there.

Also Brave browser/Firefox with Ublock or Youtube Morphe/Revance does the same as Premium and cost $0
 
ectoplasm said:
so paying Youtube for AI slop? as Youtube is actively trying to get "real" Content creators of youtube, and doing nothing, but making hollow threads about the AI Bs being posted there.

Also Brave browser/Firefox with Ublock or Youtube Morphe/Revance does the same as Premium and cost $0
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So that seems to be what you want. The algorithm is feeding you what you look for
 
New app ui is not that bad. (On iOS)

But I’m see a few bugs and app crashes.
 
The new app is a bit buggy and a bit of a nightmare to get going. On Apple TV you put in the OTP and it doesn't let you press continue for five minutes. Losing the watch history is also strange. Not building a workaround for that, even a manual export and import, was a poor call.

There are two big things that are a massive improvement though.

  1. You can now turn off autoplay, which is the most basic thing a streaming app should do. You can also turn off autoplay previews, which is great. Before, as you scrolled through the menu, the app would start playing a preview of whatever you landed on. Each time it switched from one preview to the next, the screen would go black for a moment while the TV changed resolution (say from HD to 4K), so browsing meant constant blank screens. With previews off, that no longer happens.
  2. You can update your details without losing your profiles and watch list. I once had to update my phone number and lost the whole profile doing it.
 
ectoplasm said:
so paying Youtube for AI slop? as Youtube is actively trying to get "real" Content creators of youtube, and doing nothing, but making hollow threads about the AI Bs being posted there.

Also Brave browser/Firefox with Ublock or Youtube Morphe/Revance does the same as Premium and cost $0
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I'm sure most of us that pays for Youtube premium are watching it as one of our main entertainment streams.
And that would also mean enjoying it from a couch or even from bed watching on your big screen TV.

You have to be a special kind of sad cheapskate to stick it to the man and watch your main entertainment on your phone , pc screen or laptop...
 
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