Disney+ launching cheap new subscription – but it has three huge catches
ANYONE thinking of going for Disney+’s new cheaper subscription plan has been warned that some much-loved features might be missing.
Coding nerds have gone under the hood of the popular streaming service and found some revealing details.
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According to MacRumors’ Steve Moser, both GroupWatch and SharePlay won’t be available on Disney+ Basic.
These allow users to remotely watch a film or TV show with friends and family.
Screenshots of code shows a message that will apparently appear, reading: “Groupwatch and Shareplay unavailable for accounts on the ads tier.”
But we will have to wait until it launches in December to see whether it comes true.
The other huge catch we were already aware of is that Disney+ Basic will be ad-supported.
Subscribers to the new payment tier will have to watch up to four minutes of adverts an hour as part of their viewing experience.
Ads for alcohol and politics will be banned in a bid to keep the platform family-friendly.
Bitter rival Netflix is launching its own ad-based tier in November, with the ability to download shows offline banned and video quality limited to just 720p.
Netflix’s costs £4.99/$6.99.
It’s not yet clear how much Disney intends to charge, but it’ll have to cost less than the platform’s current cheapest plan, which is £7.99/$7.99 a month.
Disney plans to roll out the ad-supported tier in the US first.
It’ll then move on to the rest of the world next year.
The company said the new tier is a “building block” for its target of reaching 230million subscribers worldwide by mid-2024.
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