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

• JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought you guys want megacorp to fail?

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    • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “You guys” who?

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

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      • kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Lol good luck, it’s like saying I’d like Roquefort cheese to taste like pineapple.

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      • regedit@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The on 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.

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      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I want them to be ethical.

        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.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re on a hiding to know where with that one

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      • _core@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They are, it’s just not your ethics.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Won’t some think of the poor shareholders?!?1?

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  • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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