u/Longjumping_Pin9399

Disney+ updated the player on my TV this week and moved the audio and subtitle options. Now I keep accidentally pulling up the subtitle menu when I try to do simple things like pause or scrub.

I share an apartment with one roommate and we usually have Disney+ on as low-key background noise while I meal prep or wash knives and cutting boards. I am not staring at the remote - I'll glance up, hit what I think is back or down, and the little audio/subtitle panel appears and covers part of the screen. Then I fumble, change the subtitle style or language by mistake, and it takes a second to get back to the show.

It is not a huge deal, but it happens enough that it is driving me a bit nuts, especially when I am mid-cooking and my hands are messy and I am trying not to touch the remote too much.

For people who have the new layout, did you get used to it after a few days? Any remote navigation habits or tricks that stop you from triggering it all the time while you are watching casually? I am not looking for tech support, just tips that actually helped other viewers.

I'm just venting because this is starting to make me feel like I'm losing my mind.

I live in a shared apartment and we have Disney+ on the living room TV. I mainly use it for comfort rewatches while I meal prep since I'm in the kitchen a lot and like having something familiar on in the background. My roommate sometimes puts something on when he's home, and every now and then a younger cousin stops by and watches whatever they want.

Since one of those visits, my home screen and Up Next have been full of the same hyper loud, super fast kids stuff. It's not even classic Disney movies or normal animated shows, more of that modern, attention-grabbing algorithm bait stuff. I tried the usual fixes: removed items from Continue Watching, rated a bunch of things, and double checked I'm not on the kids profile. It seems to help for a day, then the recommendations creep back.

I do not need perfect suggestions. I just want the app to stop trying to turn my account into a daycare TV. I open Disney+ to throw on a chill movie while I chop onions, and instead I get a wall of content that makes me want to mute the entire house.

Is anyone else stuck in this weird, sticky recommendation loop? Not looking for detailed tech support beyond the basics, just wondering if anyone else is getting haunted by the algorithm.