We’ve Really Got To Become Media Literate (Or, Marty Rants About The Weekend’s Disney+ Controversy)

So, over the weekend, you may’ve seen something like this: Disney+ has altered its user agreement to clarify that ads will be allowed on all subscription tiers. https://bit.ly/4hhOjBo— IGN (@ign.com) 2026-09-21T00:01:01.999089314Z On Bluesky alone, nearly 2,000 people have quoted this, cursing the skies at Disney+ and the streaming movement for once again fucking over us, the loyal customer. So… …guess what? It’s not that at all. IGN has since updated their headline, now reading “Disney+ Clarifies European Subscriber Agreement to Confirm Ads Can Be Shown on All Plans Before and After Playback”. So let’s break that down. This is effecting Europe This is an indication that they can. Not that they are. Not that it starts today. None of that. But that they can. Already, very different from DISNEY+ IS GIVING EVERYONE ADS AND SAYING FUCK YOU, SPECIFICALLY, YES, YOU. But wait, there’s more! Kourtnee Jackson over at Cnet did the legwork, and has put together a story called: “Is Disney Plus…