One thing I’ve learned working with streamers is that’s it’s almost always the tech platform and mental oversight that causes stuff like this. Disney+ US was obviously not promoting this sort of thing until recently, so nobody thought this would happen. It’s probably not even baked into the code to be able change it on the fly. They would need to fix some backend some stuff to be able to change this default setting. That’s my two cents. Solid piece as usual though Trav
I’m thinking it’s not a difficult fix that Disney can implement across age rated accounts, surprised it was not already done beforehand!
However, I do see your point on the brand side of things. My head says they need to promote the ‘+’ a bit more to remove that nuance, and show they are still Disney just with more…
I see the parents' point about the promo showing up on kids profiles. It sounds like bad design to me if there's no way to have a kid safe profile where this would be hidden.
Having the promo on a normal profile next to animated movies is not an issue though.
I’ve noticed this as an issue with the Hulu integration in general. The kids profile seems to have full Hulu access. Not sure if they’ve fixed that since I last looked though.
One thing I’ve learned working with streamers is that’s it’s almost always the tech platform and mental oversight that causes stuff like this. Disney+ US was obviously not promoting this sort of thing until recently, so nobody thought this would happen. It’s probably not even baked into the code to be able change it on the fly. They would need to fix some backend some stuff to be able to change this default setting. That’s my two cents. Solid piece as usual though Trav
I’m thinking it’s not a difficult fix that Disney can implement across age rated accounts, surprised it was not already done beforehand!
However, I do see your point on the brand side of things. My head says they need to promote the ‘+’ a bit more to remove that nuance, and show they are still Disney just with more…
I see the parents' point about the promo showing up on kids profiles. It sounds like bad design to me if there's no way to have a kid safe profile where this would be hidden.
Having the promo on a normal profile next to animated movies is not an issue though.
I’ve noticed this as an issue with the Hulu integration in general. The kids profile seems to have full Hulu access. Not sure if they’ve fixed that since I last looked though.
"Disney is on a role this summer"
Should be "on a roll"
Thanks! Do you have anything to say about the actual post or do you only reply to people with minor corrections?
I have nothing to say about this particular post, but I like this blog and I think you should keep doing it (if you want to).