Google Play Ghosts Movies Anywhere; Disney Shrugs
Starting October 31st, 2025, Movies Anywhere pulled the plug on syncing movies bought from Google Play and YouTubeābasically ghosting users who thought they owned their digital libraries. This breakup was announced in a cryptic help page with the elegance of a band-aid rip: 'Google Play/YouTube will no longer participate in the Movies Anywhere program.' Since 2017, you could see your Google Play movies alongside Disneyās empire, but now itās Netflix-level chaos. Disney and Google are keeping mum like they're dodging questions from Avengers HQ. Meanwhile, your Google Play movies aren't lost, just rescheduled to streaming purgatory on YouTube or Google TV. The timing couldnāt be weirder: all this drama coincides with Disney yanking channels from YouTube TV over contract fights, because why make a breakup any less 'magical'?
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Movies Anywhere just kicked Google Play and YouTube to the curb the same day Disney ghosted YouTube TV channels. Congrats on the ultimate digital friendship breakup no one asked for, powered by Netflix-level passive aggression and no reunion tour in sight.
Google Play and YouTube just flexed the digital equivalent of 'I thought we were friends,' while Disney quietly sips its contract drama cocktail. Streaming wars or just breaking up via text in 2025? Tune in for the sequel that nobody wants.
Imagine spending years building your digital movie library only for Disney and Google to pull a sudden breakup on October 31 like it's a bad Halloween prank. Spoiler: the only treats here are contract disputes and a vanished sync button.
Source: Theverge | Published: 11/5/2025 | Author: Stevie Bonifield
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