Hello Netzwelt: The psycho advertising on Disney+ is killing me

I have a standard Disney+ subscription with ads. Now I’m wondering about the advertising. Also at Hallo Netzwelt: What is allowed with cell phone tracking and why Star Wars almost triggered a real war. With a clear mind and no chip in the brain, greetings on behalf of the entire team, Michael.

1. The Percy Jackson Curse

2. How Star Wars almost once sparked a real war

3. These were other top stories of the week

4. The job of the week: Working at the German stock exchange

5. Chip in the brain and flying umbrellas

6. The joke of the week

7. A lot of effort goes into this. We look forward to a recommendation!

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Of course, many things don’t work without advertising. As a dinghy for the Internet world, this newsletter is ad-free. But we cross-finance it through our homepage, where advertising is placed. If you don’t want to see them, there is also a payment model. This is how most streaming services operate.

But for some time now, Netflix, Disney+ and Co. have had another variant. Here you pay a monthly subscription fee and still have to live with advertising. In return, the monthly subscription costs decrease. The Disney+ subscription only costs me 5.99 euros per month instead of 8.99 euros per month.

The Percy Jackson Curse

So I knew what I was getting myself into, namely advertising. What I didn’t know: it comes relatively often and it’s always the same advertising clips. Most of the time it’s self-promotion for Disney+ or a Disney+ exclusive series if it’s called Percy Jackson. Maybe it’s just me, but on a typical series or movie night with Disney+, I feel like I’m presented with Percy Jackson commercials five times and a Disney+ self-promotional clip five times. Huh? Do I have to understand that?

Is it really possible that no one else wants to advertise on the platform? Not a car manufacturer, not a detergent-please-don’t-store-near-children clip, not a soft drink manufacturer. No insurer? Where are you all hiding? Can’t you finally release me from the Percy Jackson curse?

“Welcome, Percy Jackson…” – I can now hear the two constantly repeating clips. However, I noticed something else. Disney always arranges these clips slightly differently. Sometimes a scene appears in the middle, sometimes towards the end. Just like a DJ who tries again and again to conjure up something new and different sounding from the same record. There can only be two reasons for this strange advertising tactic:

1.) Disney actually fails to attract new advertisers who want to advertise on the platform. I don’t think that’s realistic. Because very rarely, but regularly, new advertising gets lost on Disney+.

2.) Disney does this on purpose. At some point I’ll probably be so annoyed by the repetitive advertising that I’ll give up and switch to the full-price subscription. As a Disney+ customer, I feel like a criminal being interrogated, tied to the bed and having water dripped down the tip of his nose for hours.

I’ll probably just cancel and switch to Amazon Prime. Although: It shouldn’t be any better there. Or to Netflix. Naaah. YouTube Premium would still be an option. I’ll think about it. Oh, Percy…

How Star Wars almost once sparked a real war

I’m still waiting for my hoverboard from Back to the Future. Still, it’s a good thing that not everything seen in films becomes reality.

George Lucas’ first “Star Wars” film was released in cinemas in 1977. The then young director shot the film in Death Valley, California, and in Tunisia. Shooting the desert planet Tatooine required a real desert.

The desert area where Lucas filmed is on the border with Libya. Tunisia and Libya share a 460-kilometer-long border and the situation was extremely tense in the 1970s. The situation was almost brought to a boil by – unbelievably – the cute Jawas, who almost started a war between Libya and Tunisia. Read for yourself. If I now tell you how and where the toilets on the USS Enterprise empty, I can finally close the fiction chapter for this week.

These were other top stories of the week

The job of the week: Working at the German stock exchange

The Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt am Main – more economic life is hard to imagine. Anyone who works here can be sure that they are in the center and have their finger on the pulse of the economy. And there are actually open positions this week that make exactly that possible – such as a position as an Enterprise DevSecOps Architect. The job advertisement states:

Join our international team that drives positive change, united by a spirit of openness and curiosity. We empower you to have an impact and to grow – personally and professionally. With us, you work at the heart of financial systems and evolve the way markets operate. We’re excited about the future because we are the ones shaping it. Let’s do this together by sharing value!

Curious? Then apply for the job at this point before someone else is quicker. Already happend? No problem, below we list other job offers worth seeing that came in this week.

Chip in the brain and flying umbrellas

It must be this future that we live in and that we have always looked up to with such anticipation in the past. As a child (and later at festivals) I often dreamed of flying umbrellas. These would just always float above your head, you wouldn’t have to hold on to them and they would follow you everywhere. There is now (almost)!

And it was clear to me and my ten-year-old friends that we would all have a chip in our brains at some point. With this chip you could then open the garage door or control the microwave using just the power of your thoughts. It exists now (almost), thanks to Elon Musk!

The joke of the week

Friends of the internet world, the lights are slowly going out here. A craftsman got stuck in the mud in front of the door. I grab the flying umbrella and rush to his aid. Not without first presenting you with the joke of the week. Curtain up, here he comes. Take care, see you next Friday, bye!

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