Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Disney+ and Hulu

I told Disney+ to cancel my subscription on October 27th, which is my renewal date.  My motivation is that if I want to take advantage of any Black Friday deals in November, they *might* let me do it.

Two years ago on Black Friday, I signed up for Hulu for $1 per month, which also offered Disney+ for an extra $2 — a deal I took advantage of.  A year later, they didn't allow me to renew Hulu with the same Black Friday offer, but I was still able to get the deal through Disney+ for $2 per month, with the option to add Hulu for an extra $1.  So I went with that.

I don't particularly like commercials, but the low cost makes it worthwhile.   And since I watch most of my shows on my computer, I can multitask while the ads play.

As of this month, Disney+ and Hulu are no longer separate services in some countries — they've been combined under Disney+.  Disney plans to roll out this change in the United States by mid next year.   As I previously wrote, I think that this is a cost savings measure.

Something I'm considering is subscribing to just one full-priced streaming service at a time — watching it for a while, then switching to a different one at full price. However, the thing about Disney+ and Hulu is that their Black Friday prices are so low that I might as well get them anyway, regardless of whatever other subscription I have at the time.  

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