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VidAngel is a streaming and video-on-demand platform that allows users to filter objectionable content from movies and TV shows on their favorite streaming services, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. Users can choose to remove or mute specific content such as violence, profanity, nudity, and more, according to their preferences.
Founded in 2013, VidAngel gained popularity for providing a way for families and individuals to enjoy mainstream entertainment while avoiding content they find offensive or inappropriate. The company believes you have the right to watch your digital movies and TV shows the way that you want, within your own home, as iterated in the VidAngel slogan, “Watch more stuff, without the bad stuff”.
VidAngel provides users with a wide variety of content filtering options for their streamed movies and shows. You can filter entire categories, including sex/nudity/immodesty, violence, and language. More granular filtering is available, allowing you to target levels of graphic violence, as well as specific scenes and words. Filters can be edited at any time, allowing you to tailor content to your individual and/or family preferences.
VidAngel is primarily intended to be integrated with your streaming services of choice, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. The platform has filters available for upwards of 15,000 movies and TV shows across major streaming services, but filtering may not be available on all available content.
VidAngel can be connected to the following streaming services:
It’s important to note that VidAngel doesn’t doesn’t filter shows produced or distributed by Disney or Warner Bros. due to agreements with those studios. Thus, you won’t be able to connect VidAngel to Disney+ or Max (commonly known as HBO Max).
VidAngel offers monthly and annual subscription options. The monthly subscription is $9.99 per month, but you have the opportunity to save more on a VidAngel Annual subscription. Currently, the Annual plan is the discounted price of $99.99 per year (the equivalent of two free months when compared to the regular VidAngel monthly subscription). The Annual Subscription includes unlimited use of filters and access to content available from Angel Studios.
You can choose an Annual subscription when you sign-up for VidAngel or you can switch to it at a later time.
VidAngel allows their users to cancel their service at any time. This provides users with freedom from a constricting contract and gives users the option to leave for any reason at any time.
VidAngel doesn’t offer a free trial period which you might typically see with other streaming platforms. While this may be off-putting to some users, it’s important to note that VidAngel does offer a 30-day money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied with the platform and its services.
VidAngel offers a small library of content included with your subscription, including access to available content from Angel Studios. However, if you'd like to filter a movie or show not already on VidAngel, you must connect another streaming service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
In December 2016, VidAngel entered a lengthy lawsuit with four major Hollywood studios — Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. — in which VidAngel was accused of copyright infringement and violating the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). The lawsuit lasted for more than four years, during which time the company shut down entirely in 2016 and relaunched in 2017 without content from the suing studios. In 2020, a settlement was reached and in 2022 VidAngel launched a campaign to draw users back to the platform.
While the VidAngel lawsuit didn’t occur between the company and its users directly, the extent of the lawsuit, including a bankruptcy filing shortly after the 2017 relaunch, affected consumer trust in the platform. In recent years, the company has been working hard to bolster its public image and is hopeful that Disney (now including Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox) and Warner Bros. might have a change of heart, allowing VidAngel to provide users with an even wider range of content.
For those who want to “watch more stuff, without the bad stuff”, VidAngel provides a platform through which you can connect your streaming services and filter objectionable content, including sex/nudity, violence, and language. VidAngel filtering options are entirely customizable, allowing you to target levels of violence, as well as specific scenes and words.
VidAngel offers two subscription options: monthly and annual. The monthly VidAngel plan is $9.99 per month and the VidAngel Annual Subscription is $99.99 per year. The Annual plan may offer you more savings because the discounted price of $99.99 is the equivalent of two free months when compared to the regular VidAngel monthly subscription.
It’s worth noting that due to a lengthy lawsuit that began in 2016 (settlement was reached in 2020), VidAngel doesn’t filter shows produced or distributed by Disney or Warner Bros. due to agreements with those studios. Thus, while VidAngel supports connection with a variety of streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, you won’t be able to connect VidAngel to Disney+ or Max (commonly known as HBO Max).
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