Disney+ has changed the game for streaming services. Investing a lot of money in high-quality original programming, the service hit over 164 million subscribers, and it continues to grow. With that growth, Disney is looking to shake things up, offering a new tier of the service which is ad supported. It’s not actually a money-saving option, however. Disney has raised the price for non-ad supported tiers, and replaced the original low-cost option with this new, ad-supported one. So what is this new ad supported tier, how much does it cost, and what else do you need to know about it?
The Price:
Disney+ with ads costs $8 a month. If you don’t want ads, there is a little bit of a price hike, as the ad-free experience will cost $11 a month. Prior to the launch of Disney+ with ads, the service cost $8 a month, so users who have been paying the same amount for months with their ad-free Disney+ experience will now have to pay extra to avoid the newly-added advertisements. Yes, that is a bummer.
Ad length:
Depending on what you’re going to watch, you’ll have to watch a series of ad breaks. It’s pretty uniform throughout the service. Movies have no more than four ad breaks, even if the movie is Avengers: Endgame. TV shows typically have three ad breaks throughout each episode. For the most part, it’s all separated relatively evenly throughout the piece of content you’re watching.