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Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension
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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2025
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I'm ready to bet that only a 0.something% of customers will actually cancel, there will be a barely visible bump in Disney's KPI this month, and in a month half of them will subscribe again to watch the latest Avengers vs Star Wars: the Invasion of the Ducks.
Yep, most people don't care
It's not about caring but about effectiveness. Even if I'm one of those suckers that "vote with his wallet", I know that it's naive to think that cancelling a subscription will move the needle for corporations like Disney.
Consider also the collateral damages of a hypothetical successful anti-Disney campaign: layoffs, drop in the stock market with impacts on pension funds, projects cancelled with third parties (so more layoffs and drops in the stock market), ...
The right protest here (IMHO) is against Trump, MAGA, and especially who voted for them. That may be more effective and with less collateral damages than trying to bankrupt Disney by cancelling Disney+ from the couch.
You think the global economy is going to collapse because Disney collapses? They make a lot of money as a corporation but that's not important because they don't pay any taxes.
No, I don't, but Disney could easily be a 5% of a pension fund, and its price fluctuation can have a significant impact on common people.
That's actually ad advantage for investors such as your pension fund.
Won't some think of the poor shareholders?!?1?
I thought you guys want megacorp to fail?
"You guys" who?
I don't want megacorps to fail. I want them to be ethical.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Lol good luck, it's like saying I'd like Roquefort cheese to taste like pineapple.
Of course, but it's a more realistic goal than shouting "let's burn the megacorps" and it can be achieved through regulations.
You know what's even more realistic? Reality, the one where megacorps are funding a new wave of nazifascism around the world, just so they won't get regulated.
Wake the fuck up.
The only way to get any resemblance of that is through govt. regulation. Since that's impossible with the current levels of wealth inequality and moral bankruptcy, them failing is for the best! That and the noggin removal of the highest earners.
The issue with that is that half of the jobs are in those companies. To that half, you need to add all the small business in the supply chains, and don't forget the pension funds and personal savings invested in their stocks and bonds.
It doesn't make much sense what you wish for.
Besides that, sorry, but they won't fail. Regulations are much more likely to happen.
They are, it's just not your ethics.
I'm gonna tell you something you shoulda heard a long time ago:
Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which one fills up first.
You're on a hiding to know where with that one
I have far fewer fucks to give about the "impact" of my boycotts than I have for my integrity.
I refuse to give my money to fascists if it's at all avoidable. I will inconvenience myself and pay more for alternatives, or forego things completely if I can't make a compelling argument for having them.
I have yet to hear such an argument for a streaming service.
highly likely
Probably, but if it turns out on the higher end of that, say 0.8%, then that's also not nothing, considering that it's the result of firing one (1) dude.