Disney+ launching ad-supported version with lower price

[Jan]

Disney+ launching cheaper ad-supported service

Walt Disney Co., looking to accelerate growth of its flagship streaming service, will offer a lower-priced version of Disney+ with advertising later this year.

The new service will begin in the U.S. in late 2022 and expand internationally next year, Disney said Friday in a statement. The company plans to release details about price and timing at a later date.

 

[BBSA]

Good, give people different options.

 

[bwana]

Makes sense - they already do that with Hulu.

 

[rvZA]

So, just paying cheaper to be spammed. No thank you. High seas it is for me.

 

[Totempole]

So, just paying cheaper to be spammed. No thank you. High seas it is for me.

Depends... You're basically paying with your time by using an ad-supported service, but if it's like half the price then it would be worth considering. Assuming someone doesn't come up with a free adblocker to negate it.

 

[bwana]

Depends... You're basically paying with your time by using an ad-supported service, but if it's like half the price then it would be worth considering. Assuming someone doesn't come up with a free adblocker to negate it.

Hulu is close to half the price without ads. Doubt Disney+ will go to the same extreme but you never know.

 

[Totempole]

Hulu is close to half the price without ads. Doubt Disney+ will go to the same extreme but you never know.

Well, given that there are already some free Hulu ad-skipper extensions out there, I'm sure there will be for Disney+ eventually as well.

If they inject ads using the same method, I imagine they could go for a one-size fits-both approach.

 

[bwana]

Well, given that there are already some free Hulu ad-skipper extensions out there, I'm sure there will be for Disney+ eventually as well.

If you're watching everything on your laptop.

 

[Totempole]

If you're watching everything on your laptop.

Another good point. Perhaps there are android based apps out there that achieve similar results?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

No thanks, trialled the version of Hulu with ads and it was almost like watching DSTV again. And you can't skip them. Don't skimp on a few bucks guys, it's not worth it...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

So, just paying cheaper to be spammed. No thank you. High seas it is for me.

Don't look for excuses, it's still reasonably priced for the ad-less version.

What you're effectively doing is swapping out the ad time with searching and downloading...