In today’s letter: Joanna pleads, “Make phones small again!” David faces off against the algorithms that control our lives, Julie shares the pitfalls of high-tech baby monitors, and we contemplate humankind’s future in space. But first ...

Geeks like us would willingly fork over at least $15 a month for unlimited access to all the movies and newly scripted shows in the Star Wars and Marvel universes. But Disney thinks $7 is fair for that plus Pixar movies, animated features, “The Simpsons,” nostalgic teen fare and much more.

The lowball price is a sneak attack in the streaming war. It seems aimed at positioning the Disney+ service as additive, so penny-pinching potential customers don’t feel it’s a choice between that and Netflix or HBO. Presumably, Disney also hopes the price is low enough that people don’t quit for months between series releases.

Our TV programming 📺 nowadays looks less like a Soviet Bloc and more like a Balkan region, but the hoped-for savings from the disruption is dissipating. Netflix is raising prices. YouTube TV, a cable-television replacement, jumped to $50 a month. T-Mobile launched a $100 a month TV service that feels a lot like ... cable. Disney shareholders are clearly happy with a price that cuts through the chaos.

Disney could add yet another wrinkle if it ends up bundling Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu, which—if Hulu’s live TV offering were included—could account for a large chunk of available programming.

As with any introductory offer, it’s fair to be skeptical. Disney will want to onboard as many customers as possible in Year One. That would give it a solid foundation to then set about tweaking the dials. It’s leaving itself plenty of room to raise prices without drawing too much ire. HBO and Netflix cost nearly twice as much—or more, depending on the plan.

So, where do you stand? Are you in for $7 a month come November? Will you drop something else? What’s your monthly subscription budget? And did you get the Yoda reference in the email subject line? Reply with your thoughts.

 —Brian Fitzgerald & Wilson Rothman

‘It’s Personal’: The Apple-Qualcomm patent dispute has become one of the ugliest corporate battles in history. A frosty relationship between CEOs Tim Cook and Steve Mollenkopf has deepened the divide.

Tough Ride: Uber has talked up its expansion into new businesses beyond ride-hailing. But as it readies for its much-anticipated IPO, competition around the world is taking its toll.

At What Price? Tesla stopped online sales of the lowest-priced Model 3 version weeks after introducing it, its latest shift in tactics as the company struggles to deliver long-promised affordability and avoid losing money.

Paging Alexa: Amazon is positioning its artificial-intelligence assistant to track consumers’ prescriptions and relay personal health information, in a bid to insert the tech into everyday health care.

Tech companies promise to track baby’s bedtime well-being so parents can follow that longstanding parenting adage: Sleep when the baby sleeps. But advanced baby monitors are causing parental anxiety, too.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Joanna “bumped into” the chief of the online discussion forum and asked about its efforts to curb hate speech, its plan to go public and the most controversial AMA question of all time.

• A regulatory framework for the internet (Stratechery)

• Tracking pregnancy on an app may be more public than you think (WaPo)

• Google’s next big money maker could be maps on your phone (Bloomberg)

• Tracking phones, Google is a dragnet for police (NYT)

• How a professional gambler broke “Jeopardy!” (Wired)

Never mind how to get there—what will we live in on the Red Planet? When you send humans to Mars, you have to deal with a set of decidedly human problems.

• Hate Your Internet Provider? Look to Space
• Can Jeff Bezos Make Money in Space?
• What’s Next for the Global Space Race
• For $50 Million, Book Your Vacation in Space
• The Hunt for Alien Life Starts in Earth’s Most Extreme Places

MORE FROM THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING 

This week, Personal Tech columnist Joanna Stern answers pressing tech questions. Got one of your own? Reply to this email or write to us at personaltech@wsj.com.

Note: Questions are edited for clarity and length.

Every time I pick up Samsung’s new Galaxy S10e, I want to hold it like a little baby, feed it a bottle, even change its diaper. That’s just how darn cute and small the phone feels in comparison to its giant brother, the 6.4-inch Galaxy S+—or even my 6.1-inch iPhone XR.

Now, I realize calling a 5.8-inch phone “small” is like calling a shrimp “jumbo,” but this is the world we’re living in. We need to connect PopSockets to our phones to hold them properly.

The fact that you can actually reach across the S10e’s beautiful AMOLED screen without straining your hand is just part of it. With Samsung’s essentials-only phone (that’s what the “e” stands for), you still get multiple great cameras, a speedy Qualcomm processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage—plus a headphone jack—for the low price of $750. Yes, more irony: A $750 phone is now “cheap.”

Similar to my colleague David, I’ve been wholeheartedly impressed with Samsung’s clean, simple new One UI software. It makes everything from settings menus to home screens easier to figure out. No more ugly and annoying overlays, widgets and popups.

There are some things I’m not a fan of. The fingerprint sensor embedded into the side power button works fine but isn’t as cool as the ultrasonic version built directly into the screen on the Galaxy S10 and S10+. While there are two cameras on the back—a wide and an ultra-wide lens—I would have preferred a wide and the 2x telephoto lens for zooming in.

Still, if I were buying an Android phone today, I’d go with the S10e based on the size and price alone. It’s just so cute, if it had cheeks, I’d pinch them.

“Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it’s our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?” —Evan Osnos (@eosnos)

Mr. Osnos did eventually emerge from the device wilderness.

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