A peculiar decision surrounding child accounts on Disney+ and a new feature-length movie has families wondering what’s going on.
This is an initial report. Changes can and do happen on streaming platforms all the time. As of publication, we believe this information to be correct.
Lightyear opened and closed at the box office with a failed theatrical run. Now, the movie is on Disney+ but a very peculiar thing has happened. For whatever reason, and I don’t pretend to know what is going on with this one, it seems that children accounts for the platform are unable to access Lightyear OR it is at least hidden in some way. A very helpful reader sent us this information which was then verified by one of our admins.
One of the curious things about this issue is whether this is an oversight or purposeful. If this is purposeful, for what reason? While I understand that two mommies being pregnant could cause major questions for kiddos, I don’t see a clear-cut way to ding the movie based on a rating. It seems to me that it’s an ideological issue rather than an issue of obsenity or inappropriateness. In other words, some families will greatly enjoy what is in Lightyear and what it is about — other families may find it very problematic.
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Stream #Lightyear only on @disneyplus. pic.twitter.com/XE3pCFMRAl
— Pixar (@Pixar) August 3, 2022
So far there’s no statement out of Disney or Pixar as to why Lightyear seems unavailable for children accounts on Disney+. Should they release a statement or change the availability, we will update this article.
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