Disney+ Streaming

[Carpet_pissr]

The annual Hulu+ Disney Black Friday deal is back ($1/month for Hulu, $2/month for Disney +)
12 months of Hulu for $1/month, and optional add-on of D+ for $2/month.

The big difference from the previous years is that the D+ add-on, for NEW subscribers of this deal, has ads. The previous years would let you add D+ without ads for the same $2. So the cost is the same as before, but now they are putting ads in your Disney.

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I did this deal last year, and when I went to cancel last week, they offered me the same deal I have now (hulu+ads, D+ w/o ads) for 6 more months, for $1 more than I have been paying the past year. So around $6/month. Very tempted to cancel that deal and go for this new BF option, since it's only $3/month for both. I've never had D+ with ads before, so I have no idea how obnoxious or not they are. Hulu is bad for SOME things, and non-existent/not noticeable for others (Showtime, movies, etc). I think I remember trying to watch What We Do in the Shadows and they were pretty bad.

Simplified:
Hulu (ads) + D+ (ads): $3/month
Hulu (ads) + D+ (no ads): $6/month

[hepcat]

Thanks, I grabbed that deal. My current plan will end on 12/2 so it's just about the right timing!

Side note: You can get the HBO ad supported version for 2.99 a month for 6 months. And if you're a current subscriber, just cancel and one of the "wait, take this offer!" will be for this deal. I just made the switch.

[Zenn7]

The annual Hulu+ Disney Black Friday deal is back ($1/month for Hulu, $2/month for Disney +)
12 months of Hulu for $1/month, and optional add-on of D+ for $2/month.

The big difference from the previous years is that the D+ add-on, for NEW subscribers of this deal, has ads. The previous years would let you add D+ without ads for the same $2. So the cost is the same as before, but now they are putting ads in your Disney.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17081368-hulu- ... entsHeader

I did this deal last year, and when I went to cancel last week, they offered me the same deal I have now (hulu+ads, D+ w/o ads) for 6 more months, for $1 more than I have been paying the past year. So around $6/month. Very tempted to cancel that deal and go for this new BF option, since it's only $3/month for both. I've never had D+ with ads before, so I have no idea how obnoxious or not they are. Hulu is bad for SOME things, and non-existent/not noticeable for others (Showtime, movies, etc). I think I remember trying to watch What We Do in the Shadows and they were pretty bad.

Simplified:
Hulu (ads) + D+ (ads): $3/month
Hulu (ads) + D+ (no ads): $6/month

Don't particularly want Hulu w/ ads, but would likve D+ (no ads) for $6/month. I was an original sub since D+ came out, but let it go when annual bill came up and they up'd the price and didn't offer me any deals to stick around. Looking for black friday deals for D+.

Unfortunately, all I got with the $1 hulu (ads) was $2 for D+ (ads).

[hepcat]

I don’t think they have a 6 dollar a month no ad for Disney with the Hulu deal. Just the 2 dollar a month with ads.

[Zenn7]

I think you're right. Annoyed they didn't offer me a cancellation deal and do not have any deals for no-ads for Black Friday. Holding out til after next week (can't watch it again before then anyway), see if they get something.

In the meantime, since wife can't stand ads, time to go cancel Hulu.

[Blackhawk]

I wonder which they (and other services) prefer - customers who watch ads, or customers who pay more and do not. I'm guessing the prior - they can always start slow until people are used to it, then start increasing the ads little by little (the YouTube strategy.) Most people would never notice that - while they'd notice a $1 increase to the ad-free rate in a heartbeat.

[stessier]

I wonder which they (and other services) prefer - customers who watch ads, or customers who pay more and do not. I'm guessing the prior - they can always start slow until people are used to it, then start increasing the ads little by little (the YouTube strategy.) Most people would never notice that - while they'd notice a $1 increase to the ad-free rate in a heartbeat.

Even now, all the sites say they make more on people who watch ads and they are trying to entice full price members over to those plans.

[Blackhawk]

I 'cut the cord' 16 years ago , and haven't seen a commercial since. I don't have much desire to return to random interruptions. After this long, I really would find them disruptive.

[hepcat]

If we want high quality series and movies, I think it's inevitable that we'll be forced to watch some commercials at some point on all these streaming services. Netflix has even introduced an ad supported tier, which I think was the final nail in the coffin for services without ads. Plus, the savings is rather significant when going with an ad supported tier.

What I'm not a fan of is limiting ad supported viewers to less than 4K. That seems wrong.

[Blackhawk]

Oh, there's no doubt that ads are the way it's going. There are still ways around it, but it's as much of a hassle as the ads.

[hepcat]

The reason I cut the cord over a decade ago was the mounting price. That's still the overriding reason for me. I've watched as prices kept going up and up, so I'm actually rather happy to see lower cost options. But as I said, I find it somewhat egregious that they won't give you 4K and other perks of streaming at those levels on some of the services. That seems to be biting the hand that feeds you.

[Punisher]

I just cut the cord this year. The main reason was price. I've had a Tivo for decad3s so commercials havent bern an for a long time.
If the pricing ends up getting close to my cost for getting cable again then I'll just cancel everything except Netflix and get a new Tivo and go back to cable. I don't have a sub to any live tv because it was clise to my cable cost so it didn't make sense.

[Blackhawk]

I originally cut the cord for price in 2007 right after my divorce (I literally couldn't afford cable at that point - nor heat), and only added streaming many months later. And it was price that caused me to cut the streaming cord several months ago. I'm no longer subscribed to a single service, save for Prime and Disney+ (neither of which I pay separately for.) If I feel like I'm in a phase where I want to watch a bunch of TV, I'll pick one channel, sub, binge, then cut again.

[hepcat]

Yeah, it's so much easier to do that than it is to do the cable company switch dance when they jack their prices.

[Blackhawk]

I expect that to change. We're already starting to see consolidations and discounts when purchasing subs in packages. I imagine that they'll eventually creep the price of individual subscriptions up to further encourage taking packages, while slowly phasing out ad-free options as people get used to ads (or making them prohibitively expensive.)

[Carpet_pissr]

I don’t think they have a 6 dollar a month no ad for Disney with the Hulu deal. Just the 2 dollar a month with ads.

They do for current customers…many of whom took advantage of the 12 months deal from last Black Friday, so if you cancelled say 3 months ago, and are trying to re-sub, you don’t get the option of D+ w/o ads.

I *think* there is a 30 day ‘Grace’ window but I might be getting confused with the HBO Max deal.

[hepcat]

I’m a current customer and it wasn’t an option for me even on Black Friday.

[Carpet_pissr]

You have to ‘act’ like you’re canceling and you will get the offer.

In your account, go to cancel and they will woo you with their offer.

[hepcat]

I tried that and didn’t get the offer either. I did get an offer from HBO for a sale price when I tried to cancel that sub though.

[Carpet_pissr]

Maybe check the last couple of pages in that epic thread I posted earlier, for Slickdeals.net.

It may no longer be in play, but seemingly everyone in that thread (including me) was getting the offer after ‘almost’ canceling.

You have the Hulu/D+ combo, right? Not just D+?

[hepcat]

Yup. When I cancelled my account prior to grabbing the 3 dollars a month deal with ads, it just cancelled. It’s like they don’t even want me.

[Max Peck]

I just got an email from Disney+ letting me know that my current plan was now Disney+ Premium and the annual subscription fee was increasing from $120 to $150. It turns out that the main difference between Standard and Premium is that the former is 1080p and the latter is 4K/HDR. I mostly watch on my phone or PC (with a 1080p monitor), so I opted to downgrade to a Standard annual subscription at $120/year. Still no ads -- Standard w/ads is $8/month with no annual discount offered. An extra $2/month to avoid ads is worth it.

[Isgrimnur]

Star Wars Skeleton Crew....

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Officially Announced for 2023 With Jude Law

‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Gets Earlier Disney+ Release Date

Disney+‘s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will premiere a day earlier than previously scheduled. The streamer announced today that the Lucasfilm series will launch with the first two episodes on Monday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. PST, with subsequent episodes streaming on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. for the remainder of the season. It was previously slated to premiere Dec. 3.

[Jaymann]

Has anyone watched Late Night with the Devil? Not what I was expecting. And even so I thought they would cut it off after:

Spoiler:

The hypnotic "worm" demonstration.

Then they could have maintained some plausible deniability.

[hepcat]

Well, the first episode has confirmed for me that children are taught at a young age to treat droids horribly. The problematic existence of a slave race in Star Wars continues.

Also, a side note that sometimes bugs me in all science fiction featuring aliens. Why would a race without a mouth and nasal cavity like a human speak just like a human?

Finally, when will someone post a NERD comment on my post? One minute? One hour? One day?

[Zarathud]

Hepcat: eternally torn between goober and ogre.

[hepcat]

Has anyone watched Late Night with the Devil? Not what I was expecting. And even so I thought they would cut it off after:

Spoiler:

The hypnotic "worm" demonstration.

Then they could have maintained some plausible deniability.

That’s on Hulu, not Disney +.

[Jaymann]

Has anyone watched Late Night with the Devil? Not what I was expecting. And even so I thought they would cut it off after:

Spoiler:

The hypnotic "worm" demonstration.

Then they could have maintained some plausible deniability.

That’s on Hulu, not Disney +.

Maybe also, but I specifically logged into D+ and watched it.

[hepcat]

Combined interface these days. Still Hulu though.

[hepcat]

Hepcat: eternally torn between goober and ogre.

I like Skeleton Crew. But I'm a sucker for any established franchise stepping outside the adult view to give the kids a chance to weigh in. Hence my love of Star Trek: Prodigy as well.

Now, let's get back to discussing how great Andor was and why the second season needs to come out tomorrow.

[Max Peck]

A pirate sidekick droid named SM-33? Someone in the Skeleton Crew writer's room lurves the classics...

[JCC]

Finally got around to checking out the first episode of Skeleton Crew. Someone please tell me this gets better because about 5-10 minutes in I was actively rooting for the kids to die. They are all either unlikeable, stupid, or both. I hear it gets better when Jude Law shows up.

[naednek]

I've seen 2 episodes or maybe 3. I think it gets better when they get discover the ship and takes off.

[Max Peck]

I've enjoyed it and am looking forward to the finale next week.

[JCC]

I checked out the second episode. It was both shorter and better. (Those 2 traits are directly related to each other.) I almost wept with relief when Jude Law finally showed up.

[hepcat]

I've enjoyed it and am looking forward to the finale next week.

I have too. It’s fun and light. And the kids are great together.

[Max Peck]

I have a theory about how the final episode resolves the story arc...

Spoiler:

It involves the true identity of At Attins's nameless Supervisor.