I’ve seen some behind the scenes numbers for a different streaming service when “people are canceling in droves”. For every article I saw, I never once saw a significant number of cancellations.
So, I would take these articles with a grain of salt
Hey, did you guys all get the invitation to see the inside of a people powered Disney world heating system?
I heard that it was just a big box with steam tubes running on the top. You just need to people to power it. They call it the Great Accessible Steam Chamber!
Can’t wait to see you all there with me powering the world!
I love this for Disney!
I was never a subscriber, and barely care about any of their products, anyway. If I never see another Disney-produced show again, I’ll be just fine.
Fuck 'em.
If I was a subscriber, I’d quit. But I’m a pirate instead. Fuck all of ‘em.
Never much liked Jimmy Kimmel but he earned some brownie points here haha. Not sure any of this counts for a lot, the “droves” number seems to a few twitter accounts that said they cancelled and one that said the website was slow when they tried to do it.
Next step: “It is un-American not to have Disney+ in your household. Only members of Antifa or trans people don’t have Disney+. It will be mandatory for every patriotic God loving US citizen to have Disney+ in their home and on at least three hours per week. Anyone found not to be watching the party approved level of Disney programming will be taxed $21.99 per month and the proceeds put into a new ‘Mickey Patriot Fund’.”
Be aware: Newsweek has a history of posting stories that placate and reassure the non-MAGA crowd. I don’t 100% trust their intentions as an organization. Kamala Harris was definitely going to win according to Newsweek, the week before the election.
I didn’t have a Disney channel to unsubscribe from so I cancelled my Apple subscription.
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.
A bigger deal to them is the theme parks and cruises.
Not only are those big money makers, they’re also easier for news crews to see and report on.
I wrote to them and told them that ABC has been my news supplier for decades, but now I’ll be switching to NBC. I’ll also be cancelling my HULU sub.
As for their broadcast content, I told them that I will either pirate it, or watch it in TIVO, and skip the ads. That’s what really hurts them.
All media companies do not serve entertainment as their core business. They are literally nothing more than advertising platforms. That’s where 100% of their revenues comes from. The entertainment is just bait, to make us sit on our couch, and hopefully be too lazy too move our fat asses when the ads come on.
So threatening to consume their expensive bait without consuming their revenue-producing ads, really hurts.
Nothing in the article mentions how many people actually unsubbed…
DROVES
Damn American units
It’s the car culture I tell ya
Best steer clear of that
It’s the cowboy culture I tell ya
Best ride clear of that
You are driving your point home there.
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 biblical droves or Roman droves?
Are those doves that drive?
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
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.
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.
Of course not. This article was written using vibes.
It’s vibe reporting.
There’s a guy in the comments who posted a picture of an unsubscribe email.
So… at least one person.
How do you propose a journalist reveal numbers only Disney has access to?
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.
I thought she was hot before I realized she was a nazi
Let me guess without opening: it is based twitter screenshots are quotes from users who are supposedly cancelled their subscription
But people are talking about it on Twitter, and what happens on Twitter is more real than reality itself!
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?
I don’t even like Jimmy Kimmel, but I cancelled too. Don’t fuck with the 1st amendment.
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.
Would signing up for the free trial and then instantly canceling it count?
yep. not gonna subsidize them caving to fascism.
“Freedom of speech for me, not for thee”
If you’re boycotting, here you go. Ahoy!
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.
Nah, just watch them through YouTube shorts in a random order, that’s how I watch movies now.
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.
You could care less? You mean, you care, possibly a lot?
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.
I went to look at the 538 Trump opinion polls to compare to his first term, then I remembered ABC bought and destroyed 538.
Nate Silver has been shitty for a long time though too. I used to get his newsletters and you could watch the digression.
He’s kind of an ass but someone I always found credible.
Though after the 2016 election when he got more annoying.
His numbers are maybe good, don’t know since I haven’t really kept up with him. His opinions are definitely shit.
Studios should not own TV channels.
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 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’ll miss Kermit, but I was already skipping most of that.
