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Back in times of old, when we could go places, one of those places was the movie theater. The smelly, cramped, outdated movie theater. One of those movies to be played in the theater was Disney's "Artemis Fowl". When worldwide hell broke loose, it was banished to Disney+. I have waited too long to see it - More than 15 years - And won't be deterred by watching it upon a smaller screen. Before we can get to that story, let's peel away the application layer tech and take a look under the hood. I think ,even before COVID-19, that this was headed to a digital grave.

Ammo for the Streaming Wars: Verizon Customers Get a Year of Disney+ For Free

  Article That's an even better deal than one offered to us D23 Members  Well, $140 for 3 years, A year's subscription for D+ is 69$, which is 138$, more or less the cost of one person's service per month when I sold Verizon plans back in 2013. Is this an effort to bolster numbers in the face of T-Mobile and Sprint's approved merger? Perhaps not, as the deal is also given to existing customers of Verizon with 4G LTE and 5G Unlimited Service. Maybe 5G will be capable enough before the deal is over for us to stream from anywhere. Apple also has a deal ; Buy one of their expensive pieces of hardware that costs far more than a year's worth of their service, and get a year for free. No word on if HBO+, or DC Universe, or Quibi, or whatever else I'm missing will break out such deals.