Disney Has Ended Free Trials for Disney+ and ESPN+
The Disney+ and ESPN+ video streaming services used to come with a free-trial period for new subscribers, but Disney (NYSE: DIS) ended that practice over the weekend. New subscribers are now on the hook for subscription frees from Day One, just ahead of the July 4 holiday that includes the Disney+ premiere of Broadway phenomenon Hamilton.
Disney didn't actually announce an end to its free trials. Instead, Numerama, a French tech and culture website, noticed the change on June 19. The policy change appears to have taken place simultaneously across the local Disney+ and ESPN+ services in North America and Europe.
The Disney+ service used to come with a free week before the credit card charges started. ESPN+ ended free trials for the stand-alone sports video service a few weeks ago, but the streaming platform still had a brief trial period available as a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu. The company also cut off free trials for this bundle last week.
Source Fool.com
