I’ve already started my journey to replace all streaming services with jellyfin anyway so i will be cancelling mine too.
This jimmy kimmel business just sweetens the deal.
got an old raspberry pi set up as a jump box with a tailscale vpn so i can remotely power up my pc from anywhere and watch anything i have downloaded. Just need to get a dedicated server and storage, either nas or internal in a larger tower. But for now its working really well.
Do you have a good, idiot-friendly, guide on how to set up JellyFin? I tried once but wasn’t able to get anything to stream.
God damn it, I JUST renewed my sub for a whole year…
You can still get back most of the year of you message them. This will give you time to setup a replacement on stremio + alldebrid
The suspension of the show has been met with condemnation and praise from both sides of the political spectrum.
Who on the left is praising it? Is this deliberate bullshit by Newsweek, or just careless copyediting?
It’s really sloppy wordmanship but I think what it’s supposed to be saying is that the news has been met with both condemnation and praise from across the political spectrum aka condemnation from the left, and praise from the right. So technically the statement is true, but clumsily written.
I guess it depends on whether you regard “Republicans Against Trump” as being on the Left. Trump probably does.
I cancelled my disney+ because of this.
This reminds me to cancel my Disney plus subscription. Anytime I ever actually have a subscription is when there’s new episodes of Andor. I’m genuinely baffled as to what other attractor Disney plus has.
I’m genuinely baffled as to what other attractor Disney plus has.
The Bear.
Welcome aboard matey?
In addition to cancelling, which is the MOST important thing:
What about uninstalling their apps?
App providers can see the number of installations on the different platforms (Apple, Roku, Android, etc). That count falling will further raise their disquiet. Leaving an app installed or continuing to use the service before the cancellation is processed could send an unintentional message that maybe this is all just temporary and we’ll come back in a couple of weeks after the news cycle plays out.
I think Marvel and star wars addicts might find it hard to cancel thier subscriptions, they are so obsessed with these franchised.
Disney is partially responsible for thier consequences, since they donate heavily to the GOP, we know they sustain the gop in FLORIDA, so it is likely they donate to gop national campaigns too.
Imagine actual oligarchs and nazis staying in power because people love stories they control about imaginary people defeating imaginary oligarchs and nazis to much to stop giving them money.
For those that can’t quit the content cold turkey, there are other avenues of consuming that don’t benefit Disney… 🏴☠️
Good for you Americans. Don’t reactivate even if Kimmel comes back!
Surely resubscribing if they reverse their decision is the strongest signal to go woke or go broke. That there’s money in allowing criticism of president, that can go away again if they engage with government censorship in America (of all places) again.
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Maybe I’m just cynical, but I feel like everyone cancelling is going to forget about this in a few months when the news cycle moves on and a new Star Wars show comes out or something.
Has a disorganized boycott like this ever worked? (honest question)
worked?
Depends on your expectations.
Will they say f’it and bring Kimmel back in the face of the government shutting them down?
No
Will they consider a 10% loss, even if ephemeral, in their next action? Sure. But they’ve already made this calculation, they already knew what was on the line and they weighed it against what the administration was going to do for/against them and it made financial sense.
I’m down to bash big corp as much as the next person, but this is a failure of the people in letting the government do whatever they want. If the people aren’t going to stand against the government, why do we expect the corporations to?
Cancel but setup stremio + alldebrid at the same time.
For me, it’s not about boycott to affect. I just don’t want to give my money to what I do not believe. It’s a personal choice, I can’t control anything, I am just trying to live my life. This is a small thing I can control.
It’s like why delete my Reddit account to be here.
Ye I don’t want my money to support fascism, simple as that.
I ended up being a bit of a hypocrite by not cancelling Hulu when Disney bought them. I gave money to Big Mouse. Not anymore.
A lot of us are only here because we wanted to join a consumer action against Reddit. The first few months I was on Lemmy every post was about how Reddit users were fleeing in droves and we were going to show those big bad corporate clowns over at Reddit not to mess with us and Reddit would collapse within weeks.
Welp. Reddit is doing just fine, so yeah, color me cynical as well. I like it better here though.
I agree and I thought more people would be frustrated enough to leave Reddit. But there are enough of us here now that there is an alternative to Reddit that is viable. Hopefully that becomes common knowledge and they realize leaving Reddit doesn’t mean not having a community, so they feel encouraged to switch.
I second this. From experience, I noticed more hyper local subs on Reddit are very active, but the more larger general subs seem to endlessly repost old content or share exaggerated titles/content. I do wish there were more of a local presence on Lemmy, not everyone wants to go to Reddit or Facebook Groups for that.
Lemmy does need to grow past everyone browsing on “all” (which I do) and then getting outraged for no reason that there’s a woman-only sub. Yes, we need specialist communities that aren’t for everyone too.
For what its worth, I am not browsing “all”. I have two communities in bookmarks and I come and check what was posted in those.
I was pretty late to come to Lemmy though…
What are the two communities?
I only ask out of general interest as its such a specific number, if you’re not comfortable sharing, don’t feel obliged.
Reddit had no monetary cost.
It’s much easier to stick to a boycott when it requires a layer of active acceptance and payment to acquiesce.
Reddit is just… there. A query on basically any search engine is going to serve you up reddit links, and clicking one of them costs you nothing.* Even you don’t have to commit to the decision there’s far less resistance to backsliding.
*Yes, I know, there is a privacy and personal content/traffic cost. We both know that’s not what I’m talking about.
A big plus is that I can actually interact with people here in a usually lighthearted manner. You can still find that on Reddit, but it is extremely hard to do now unless you have some extremely niche interests.
Target was affected by boycotts in a way that other retailers are definitely aware of.
Target definitely took a hit, but I think that actually proves the point of the question. The backlash was loud and visible, but do we know that shoppers haven’t already returned to normal now that it’s out of the current news cycle?
Target stock is down but it is hard to tell. There have been some mismanaged Target stores in my general area that have closed, but there are also many that seem to be run well and are always full of people. You can compare it to Walmart but I don’t think it is a 1:1 comparison since most Walmart locations are also full blown grocery stores and they typically have more locations in suburb/exurb/rural areas that have fewer shopping options.
My local Target has a serious Kmart-at-the-bitter-end vibe going. Lots of empty shelves, stuff sloppily displayed, sullen and unhelpful workers etc. etc. Everything in the grocery section is way more expensive than it is at local grocery stores. I just don’t get why anybody shops there. I only go there because I’m a school bus driver and a good chunk of the tips I get from parents are in the form of Target gift cards. But all I can find worth buying is cheap bicycle gear.
do we know that shoppers haven’t already returned to normal now that it’s out of the current news cycle?
Yeah man, otherwise we wouldn’t be participating in this conversation right?
The very personal and highly disorganized boycott of American goods and services by Canadians is definitely having an effect on several sectors including tourism, alcohol, and media.
Tourism alone has resulted in a loss of about 30 BILLION.
Because the regime and his sycophantic cunts are fucked and can suck our collective dick.
Tourism alone has resulted in a loss of about 30 BILLION.
fam in vegas is looking to move because the writing is on the wall. foreigners coming to gamble in this shit? yeah let’s go to munich 1940 for a happy time. :|
If they cancel Disney the same way they cancel amazon, this is gonna be huge(ly disappointing)
Yes. Boycotts don’t need to be organized to be effective. Some (def not all, and not usually Disney for that matter) to listen to fan and customer feedback.
Companies track their income trends extremely closely. Even a blip of 1% will be reported on in every shareholder meeting and need to be explained.
No, these boycotts have never worked.
I don’t even like Jimmy Kimmel, but I cancelled too. Don’t fuck with the 1st amendment.
yep. not gonna subsidize them caving to fascism.
“Freedom of speech for me, not for thee”
The only reason I’ve never canceled is because I’ve never subscribed.
But I wish I had something to cancel in protest of the egregious 1st amendment violations.
Track down the advertisers on your local ABC affiliate stations and cancel them!
I also don’t subscribe, but have paid to watch the occasional Marvel movie. I’m happy to pass on whatever they’ve got lined up next if it gets them to take their role in fostering free speech more seriously.
I did
Cancelled
Clickbait. Friggin article never mentions what"drives" means. I was hoping to find out 1 million people cancelled or something, but it just mentioned a few specific people.
Also, they didn’t mention me. :(
How exactly do you propose a reporter determine the number of cancellations?
If said reporter can’t present quantifiable data/evidence, then maybe they shouldn’t write the article?
Or at least not write it with that headline. Engagement bait has ruined journalism.
I guess, but inflammatory and sensationalist headlines have always existed.
inflammatory and sensationalist headlines have always existed.
Certainly, but they at least were confined to supermarket tabloids and other fringe publications. This is coming from Newsweek, which, believe it or not, was once a respected news magazine.
A journalism professor in the 1980s would have had veins bulging out of his forehead if a student’s headline asserted a claim that was not substantiated by any facts in the story.
Unlike a professor who would reject a student’s unsubstantiated claims, a for-profit entity won’t care about evidence unless its absence hurts profits. And you can say that about nearly any commercial news or journalistic organization. Establishing an equitable and high standard of education is the only true way to combat this, and that’s not happening in our lifetime
Oops. Once again I’ve started an argument about a mundane detail that is quite inconsequential to anything. I’m sorry. I can’t stop doing that. It’s OK. I don’t need you to agree with me that journalistic standards were higher 40 years ago than they are today. Nobody cares. I hope you have a good rest of your day.
Could start by at least listing Professorozone in the canceled subscriptions.
If you’re boycotting, here you go. Ahoy!
I was surprised to see Fox, looked into it on Wikipedia, and now I’m even more confused between Fox Entertainment, Fox Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Fox News [Channel], …
I’ll miss Kermit, but I was already skipping most of that.
I think this chart might be a bit dated, I’m fairly certain Disney has taken full control of Hulu, not 67%
You only need 51% for “full control.”
Their point is Disney owns 100% as of 2023
Got it, boycott half episodes
Nah. Gotta watch only odd episodes
At some point one can reduce consumption to ‘Previously on the show…’ and ‘Watch next…’ bits before and after an episode.
i always look at these seriously and then realize i havent subbed to a single one ever
Lol me either. Their services are not nearly as good as the unauthorized streaming sites.
I wouldnt say Im even trying to boycott, but I could care less about literally everything under that umbrella except for Pixar, and I havent seen a new Pixar movie in probably 10 or more years.
What the fuck does Winnie the Pooh Workbook even mean?
You mean you couldn’t care less.
I mean, I think it’s possible for them to care less
Then they must care a decent amount.
while ($care < 0) {$care–}
while ($care < 0) {$care–}
<? This would take any negative value and decrease it forever, but leave all positive and zero values alone, right?
maybe the integer will wrap around to max int and stop
Kids IPs make bank.
Winnie the Pooh is not a Disney creation. They had exclusive rights to it between 1953 and 2021.
Still do if it’s the Disney design, which is the one everyone recognizes.
Studios should not own TV channels.
Nothing in the article mentions how many people actually unsubbed…
Let me guess without opening: it is based twitter screenshots are quotes from users who are supposedly cancelled their subscription
DROVES
Damn American units
It’s the car culture I tell ya
Best steer clear of that
You are driving your point home there.
It’s the cowboy culture I tell ya
Best ride clear of that
It’s not that bad. But, really quick, how many droves in a fuckton?
Anything but metric
More than a handful, less then a metric fuckton.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US
Are those doves that drive?
Are those biblical droves or Roman droves?
Only Disney has those numbers, and releasing them would tank the stock that’s already dipping.
There is zero reason for them to admit what is happening.
Also of note, trump is pushing for it to go from quarterly to (I think) annual reports, so companies will be able to hide this stuff for longer, the whole time doing insider trading.
Because Newsweek is a rag. If they reported that the sky was blue, I’d go outside and check myself
Of course not. This article was written using vibes.
It’s vibe reporting.
It’s because nobody but Disney has that data, and they stopped sharing sub numbers because it fucks with stock price too much.
Talkin out their ass seems to be Newsweek’s brand identity these days.
thier stocks did drop 7%.
We’ll never know exactly how many. I suppose there’s a way for outsiders to estimate it, but that won’t happen for weeks or months. Disney certainly won’t tell the truth over this.
How do you propose a journalist reveal numbers only Disney has access to?
There’s a guy in the comments who posted a picture of an unsubscribe email.
So… at least one person.
I guess we’ll see the numbers in quarterly reports. If they release them, as the orange cunt babbled something about not needing those from companies recently.
But people are talking about it on Twitter, and what happens on Twitter is more real than reality itself!
How many people unsubbed isnt the point. The point is that you clicked. They did the same bait articles when Disney fired Gina Carano, and “the right” were all saying they were cancelling disney plus. I look around at the comments, and they are all pretty much the exact same. Just the political leanings have switched. Its both hilarious and incredibly sad at the same time.
Wow someone had a hard-on for Gina
Muscle mommy? Yeah, a little bit… Kinda fat now though… lol I wonder what Ill get down votes for on this comment… lol.
Thanks for the reminder!
“come back and cancel anytime”
What the fuck is that wording?
It’s very awkward. I think they mean you can stop the intent to cancel, so cancel the cancellation.
Hulu, is everything OK at home?
