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

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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echodot@feddit.uk ⁨15⁩ ⁨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 ⁨14⁩ ⁨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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  - GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Won’t some think of the poor shareholders?!?1?
    
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krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I thought you guys want megacorp to fail?

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- JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
    
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  - regedit@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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    JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    them failing is for the best
    
    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.
    
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  - Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Lol good luck, it’s like saying I’d like Roquefort cheese to taste like pineapple.
    
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    JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Of course, but it’s a more realistic goal than shouting “let’s burn the megacorps” and it can be achieved through regulations.
    
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  - GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You’re on a hiding to know where with that one
    
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