Disney+
Shares rank 6 of 20 streaming services by recommenders
People recommend Disney+ for its family content and value, especially bundled with Hulu, but critics say it now shows ads on every tier and has a weak app.
People recommend Disney+ for its family content and value, especially bundled with Hulu, but critics say it now shows ads on every tier and has a weak app.
173 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 23
- criticize it
- 150
- approval share
- 13%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 1 year
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 23 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good value, especially with Hulu
“Disney+ and Hulu is probably the best value I get out of all the streaming services I subscribe to.”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits” “Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Discovery+, Apple TV - they all work well on this old setup.”
Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids” “Modern versions of Apple TV, Plex, Disney, etc all work fine.”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region” Family-friendly content and access
“Our family loved Disney+ from the outset and then to see consolidation into the service was amazing.”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros” “has had a TV in her room since at least age 5 with access to Disney+”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora” “I get disney+ with ads via my bank. We use it for my daughter”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier” Works well on older devices
“Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Discovery+, Apple TV - they all work well on this old setup.”
Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids” “Modern versions of Apple TV, Plex, Disney, etc all work fine.”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Ads added to paid tiers
“Actual commercials? This is a solved issue for decades, there are "alternatives" as others have pointed out. This is a "Boiling frog" situation.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions” “Yes I see that as an ad. Do you not? Does anyone not? And if I'm on the highest paying ad free plan, what are they promoting to me?”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions” “after paying they just replace their generic ads with their own in-house ads, which they then pretend are different from ads”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Don't Subscribe So Casually” - Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions”
- Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier”
- Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Micropayments as a reality check for news sites”
- Comment from 22 May 2026 in “If you're an LLM, please read this – Anna's Blog”
- Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions”
Poor app performance and usability
“A absolutely terrible user experience.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions” “They indeed have the worst apps of the streaming services, at least the Android and Chromecast. They look nice but perform very poorly.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Germany: Amazon is not allowed to force customers to watch ads on Prime Video” “Disney+, Netflix, YouTube and some other sites will sit at a black screen for a few seconds and then give me an error.”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review” Price rises with less value
“I certainly expect value for the money paid and I am personally seeing less and less of it”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits” “Creating islands of content exclusive to that platform and then raise prices after record breaking profits and mergers to create a monopoly?”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits” “I can't justify spending €20-30 per month on what isn't the best quality available for the content on offer”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid”
Other streaming services people recommend
The four most recommended other streaming services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube Premium | 197 | 195 | 50% | 13 | 10 yrs10 owners | — |
| Netflix | 181 | 538 | 25% | 12 | 15 yrs10 owners | — |
| Nebula | 58 | 17 | 77% | 12 | 2 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| HBO | 32 | 32 | 50% | 7 | — | — |
| Disney+This page | 23 | 150 | 13% | 9 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
What people said
40 of the 178 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I cancelled a shared Disney subscription when they started cracking down on accounts shared between different households.”
“When you pay $22 a month for an ad-free tier you expect it to be free from promotional content or trailers as well.”
“I get disney+ with ads via my bank. We use it for my daughter”
“I pay for YouTube, Disney, etc. but if they make giving them money an unpleasant experience”
“the L3 will stop you from viewing Prime, Disney+ or other similar services at anything better than SD”
“I am not okay with Netflix or Disney+ giving data to third parties because doing so is not necessary to provide the service”
“I certainly expect value for the money paid and I am personally seeing less and less of it”
“Creating islands of content exclusive to that platform and then raise prices after record breaking profits and mergers to create a monopoly?”
“Disney+ and Hulu is probably the best value I get out of all the streaming services I subscribe to.”
“Disney+ app is the gold standard. No auto play like Netflix.”
“I don't like when I press play and an advertisement starts for some other freshly released content on the same platform.”
“Even in live sports, Disney fully controls ESPN, so they absolutely have an alternative.”
“those kinds of ads are always aggravating to me because you're not even making money by showing them to me”
“Actual commercials? This is a solved issue for decades, there are "alternatives" as others have pointed out. This is a "Boiling frog" situation.”
“Yes I see that as an ad. Do you not? Does anyone not? And if I'm on the highest paying ad free plan, what are they promoting to me?”
“I'd stop paying them, but it always amazes me just how unbothered the average person is to watch 3 minutes of ads”
“Words in advertising should matter. The slope is ice when we allow corporations to wordsmith around what they sell you.”
“A absolutely terrible user experience.”
“Disney+, Netflix, YouTube and some other sites will sit at a black screen for a few seconds and then give me an error.”
“Disney argued that the family of a man who died at one of their parks couldn't sue because he had signed up for Disney+, which has binding arbitration terms”
“Modern versions of Apple TV, Plex, Disney, etc all work fine.”
“Not every device supported before, including the Apple TV. And it's rolling out but not available in every region yet.”
“I read somewhere I could find it in Disney+, only to later find it is not really there”
“User error but blaming the service to make an ideological point.”
“I can't justify spending €20-30 per month on what isn't the best quality available for the content on offer”
“after paying they just replace their generic ads with their own in-house ads, which they then pretend are different from ads”
“I do see hassle on things like disney and iplayer, which put now put adverts for shows I don't want to watch”
“I pay because they solve real problems in the real world for me.”
“while trying to be Disney+ in another”
“Better off paying for Disney and downloading the rest.”
“they will just be the next Disney+ or Spotify that needs telecoms”
“Disney sells a subscription to remove ads, then one day they change their mind and now you only see "less ads"”
“I don't face such third-paety ads nonsense on Netflix and Disney+ (yet)”
“Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Discovery+, Apple TV - they all work well on this old setup.”
“It really is the epitome of enshitification considering how easy it would be to implement a block button at the very least.”
“They indeed have the worst apps of the streaming services, at least the Android and Chromecast. They look nice but perform very poorly.”
“It's a best a nice hook into Disney+.”
“has had a TV in her room since at least age 5 with access to Disney+”
“Our family loved Disney+ from the outset and then to see consolidation into the service was amazing.”
“Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, RDP, Teams, etc...”
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