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Disney is taking cues from another Netflix move.

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im so torn as i absolutely hate all of the players involved. i guess what it comes down to is... the swashbuckler inside me laughs in your general direction

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly good.

I think they are all crap but one of them sticking it to the other due to the closed garden crap is a good thing.

All that being said this message was “Sent with my iPhone”

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It’s not really a closed garden when you can subscribe to the service from outside the app store and it still works.

I’m guessing this change was made because tv channel purchases made through AppleTV are subject to “family plan” sharing rules. I seriously doubt that this is about the 15% to 30% convenience fee Apple charges the provider.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/108380