Comment on Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension

JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Mihies@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yep, most people don’t care

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  • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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    • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨34⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I have far fewer bucks 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 avoidable.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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      • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You think the global economy is going to collapse because Disney collapses?

        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.

        They make a lot of money as a corporation but that’s not important because they don’t pay any taxes.

        That’s actually ad advantage for investors such as your pension fund.

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    • krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I thought you guys want megacorp to fail?

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      • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “You guys” who?

        I don’t want megacorps to fail. I want them to be ethical.

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• xiao@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  highly likely

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• rustydrd@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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