Disney+ Officially Makes Major Change to Ad-Free Subscription Plans

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Published Sep 22, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT

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If you're subscribed to Disney+, now might be a good time to review your subscription tier, as one of them is changing drastically. The Walt Disney Company launched the streaming platform in 2019, and since then it has gained over 131.6 million subscribers as of November 2025. But despite having millions of users, this change could push people to press the unsubscribe button.

Disney+ is home to almost every film and TV show under the Walt Disney Company, from Disney classics to content under its other corporate umbrellas, like 20th Century Fox. This would be the place if you want to watch all Marvel Studios content, especially during the lead-up to Avengers: Doomsday, as well as huge blockbusters like James Cameron's Avatar films, or classics like The Simpsons and Family Guy. Disney+ offers different subscription tiers and bundles depending on whether you want a service with ads or not, but it seems the "ad-free" label might be irrelevant in the future.

ScreenRant reported that Disney+ emailed subscribers to inform them of changes to its Subscriber Agreement. The email clarified that all subscription plans may include "promotional content," sponsorships, and advertisements, which could appear "before/after" content playback, as well as during live or as-live channels, special events, and third-party service content. In addition, the company reduced the notice period for subscription price changes from 30 days to 28 days and added wording about a subscriber's legal right to withdraw within 14 days of subscribing. This is what the email said:

"Changes to your Disney+ Subscriber Agreement include, in summary, the following (though we do encourage you to read the new Subscriber Agreement in full):

We've clarified that all Service Plans may include: (i) promotional content, (ii) sponsorships, and (iii) advertisements before/after playback of Content and in channels, live/as-live, special events, and any third-party services content.

"We have updated the wording relating to subscriptions, recurring billing periods, and payment plans. In addition, we have added new wording to cover service plans that offer discounted prices for a set promotional period (e.g. a six-month discounted payment plan) during the ongoing subscription. We’ve updated the notice period for price changes to your Disney+ Subscription from 30 days to 28 days. We have added wording concerning your legal right of withdrawal within 14 days of subscribing."

It was reported that Junior Mode profiles would be exempt from these updated subscriber agreements and that no ads and sponsorships would appear under these profiles.

Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Netflix Character Would Be Your Best Friend? Dustin · Emily · Wednesday · Gi-hun

Some friends drag you out of the house. Some sit with you on the worst night of your life. Netflix has written both, plus the one who tells you the truth you have been avoiding all week. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually do friendship, and find out which of them was always going to end up in your corner.

🧢Dustin(Stranger Things)

🗼Emily(Emily in Paris)

🕷️Wednesday(Wednesday)

🟢Gi-hun(Squid Game)

FIND YOUR BEST FRIEND →

01

How do you usually end up making a new friend? The origin story says a lot about the friendship that follows it.

AWe got loud about the same obsession and never stopped. BThey invited me somewhere before we had properly met. CWe bonded over disliking exactly the same thing. DThey noticed I was struggling and stayed with me.

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02

What is a perfect Saturday with your best friend? Friendship is mostly built out of very ordinary hours.

AA ridiculous plan neither of us should attempt. BSomewhere new, photographed heavily, ending very late. CSomewhere quiet, few people, zero small talk. DSomething simple, and a conversation that actually matters.

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03

You call them at two in the morning. What happens? This is the real test of a friendship, and everybody knows it.

AThey are already putting their shoes on. BThey answer instantly and turn it into a plan. CThey answer and say something unflattering and true. DThey listen for an hour and never check the time.

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04

What do you want from them when you are clearly wrong? The best friendships are the ones that survive being corrected.

ASupport first. We can review the mistake later. BA relentlessly positive reframe of the entire disaster. CThe blunt version. Do not soften it for me. DPatience, and no judgment about how I got here.

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05

What do your friends actually value about you? The friend you attract says something about the friend you are.

AI am all in, always, about everything. BI can turn almost any situation into a good time. CI say the thing nobody else in the room will. DI look after whoever is having the worst day.

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06

You have a falling out. How does it go? How a friendship repairs itself matters more than how it breaks.

ALoudly, briefly, then back to normal by Tuesday. BThey apologise first, enthusiastically, with a gift. CCold silence, then one dry joke that fixes everything. DWe talk until we both understand what actually happened.

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07

What do you actually need a best friend for? Everybody is missing something. The right friend fills that gap.

ATo make my life bigger than it would be alone. BTo push me out of the house and into my own life. CTo catch me when I start lying to myself. DTo be the person who never gave up on me.

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08

Ten years from now, what keeps the two of you close? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who you get.

AWe would still drop everything for each other, instantly. BWe still make plans, and we still actually go. CWe still cut through each other's nonsense in one sentence. DThey stood by me once when it cost them something.

REVEAL MY BEST FRIEND →

The Group Chat Has Spoken Your Best Friend Is…

Four Netflix characters, four completely different ways of showing up for somebody. This is the one who fits how you actually do friendship, and what having them in your life would be like.

Dustin Henderson

You do not do friendship at half volume, and neither does he. What you want is somebody who says yes to the plan before you have finished describing the plan.

  • Dustin is the friend the entire show runs on: loyal past the point of sense, enthusiastic about everything, and incapable of leaving anybody behind.
  • You have the same instinct. Your friendships are loud, specific and slightly ridiculous, and they last for decades because of it.
  • He is also the one person who would take your strangest interest completely seriously, which is far rarer than it sounds.
  • You would have a group chat. It would never once be quiet.

Emily Cooper

You are the friend who makes things happen, and so is she. Together you would be mildly exhausting to everyone around you and completely delighted with yourselves.

  • Emily treats an ordinary Tuesday as something that could be turned into an occasion, which is either the best or the worst quality in a friend depending on your energy levels.
  • You share her refusal to sit still. Neither of you has ever accepted a night in when something was happening somewhere else.
  • She is far more loyal than people give her credit for. She defends her friends loudly, publicly, and occasionally before checking the facts.
  • She would post the photo without asking. You would forgive her, because it is a very good photo.

Wednesday Addams

You have no patience for pleasant lies, and she has no ability to tell them. What looks like coldness from the outside is the most reliable friendship on this list.

  • Wednesday never says a kind thing she does not mean, which makes the rare ones count for an enormous amount.
  • You would rather be told the truth than be made comfortable. She is constitutionally incapable of offering you anything else.
  • Underneath all of it she is ferociously protective. She simply refuses to make a performance out of caring.
  • Do not expect a birthday message. Do expect her to ruin anyone who wrongs you.

Seong Gi-hun

You look after whoever is having the worst day. So does he. It is the least strategic way to move through the world and the best possible quality in a friend.

  • Gi-hun is not the strongest player in Squid Game, or the cleverest. He is the one who keeps choosing to protect somebody else, over and over, at genuine cost to himself.
  • You have the same instinct. You notice who is struggling and you stay with them, long after anybody would blame you for leaving.
  • He is a flawed friend, and that is part of why it lands. He lets people down, then comes back and tries again, which is more than most manage.
  • He would give you his last chance and never once mention that he had done it.

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What Are People Watching on Disney+ Right Now?

Disney+ streaming charts have a mix of old and new content that has dominated the global rankings. The top movies on the platform right now are the 2026 Star Wars film, The Mandalorian and Grogu, followed by The Devil Prada 2, Toy Story 1-4, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Practical Magic, and Avatar: Fire and Ash. Meanwhile, the top TV show being streamed on the platform were City of Blood, followed by Bluey Compilations, Furious, Chad Powers, High Potential, Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair, Loki, 9/11: Reunited, Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, and Adults. Disney+ has revealed the titles being added to its library next month, with its most anticipated title being VisionQuest, a new Marvel Studios series that would feature the return of Paul Bettany as Vision, who was last seen in WandaVision.

VisionQuest is scheduled to come out on October 14, 2026.

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Release Date October 14, 2026

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