Disney + Content Is Already Being Secretly Removed

Prior to Disney +, Disney had the vault, a system that kept their collection locked up behind a paywall, where they could control the release and price of every classic piece of cinema they created. With Disney +, that vault essentially became a reasonably priced Disney streaming service. However, streaming fans are beginning to fear that titles are once again heading back to the vault after all.

Fans first began noticing that movies were disappearing from the app in the last few days. Movies like “Home Alone,” “Home Alone 2,” “The Sandlot,” and “Dr. Dolittle” have since left the Disney + streaming app, according to Polygon.

This comes after Disney promised that their classic films would always be available on the app, no matter what. However, the films that have been taken down aren’t actually considered Disney classics at all. They may have the Disney banner but were, in fact, other properties. The issue though is that Disney hasn’t made an announcement that any content would be disappearing from the app and they also have yet to reply to comments about the recent purge of films.

It’s typical of streaming services like Netflix or Hulu to make press releases or updates to which films and televisions shows would be hitting or leaving their streaming service that month and Netflix even releases a monthly schedule for titles arriving and departing.

A Disney + spokesperson previously stated that there wouldn’t be a rotating lineup of streamable content. CEO Bob Iger stated and then clarified that not all movies constitute as the “classics,” either, with classics being “the movies that you speak of that traditionally have been kept in the ‘vault’ and brought out basically every few years.”

So, while movies like “Pirates of the Carribean” and “Black Panther” may be popping in and out of Disney + (to make other appearances on Netflix and Hulu), the actual classics like “Cinderella” and “Snow White” are likely here to stay on Disney +.