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Disney owns a giant share of the media ecosystem. Time to cancel some services and let them know why.

Links:
Cancel Disney+
Cancel Hulu
Cancel ESPN+

ABC Feedback form

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[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

glad i dont have any of these the only streaming service needed is vlc and qbitorrent

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sonarr, Radarr, Sabnzbd, and your choice of an indexer = fully automated pirate ship 🦜 🏴‍☠️

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Even without a usenet indexer, public bittorent gets you pretty far.

Also funny how some of the nicest container stacks I've been seeing are fully decked out pirate ships with upwards of 20 containers handling various things. Some dude even published his insane 10k USD 320Tb plex server build on pcpartpicker with consumer priced server grade tech like 28TB HDDs and ECC RAM.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Reaching a real person at any of these companies' call centers will cost the company real money.

(It can also hurt the statistics of the call center employee, so it's morally wishy-washy)

[–] julysfire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Huh, I don't watch any of that garbage already. Nice

[–] Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hold up... Disney owns Vice?

No wonder they are so shit now.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Also FX? No more Sunny, or Wrexham. Fuck the house of the mouse.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Didn't this come from Sinclair media, the notoriously right wing, massive media conglomerate?

I'm not sure how it works, and not saying Disney isn't partially to blame.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group

Sinclair is the "ABC Affiliate stations".

From Wikipedia (Jimmy Kimmel): On September 17, 2025, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after Kimmel's remarks regarding the MAGA movement's reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk drew threats from FCC chair Brendan Carr and an announcement from station owner Nexstar that its ABC-affiliated stations were dropping the program "for the foreseeable future".[5]

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

To those of you that are canceling Disney+ and looking for animation alternatives, might I suggest anime, (Japanese animation, some based on comics.) Give crunchyroll a try.

might want to check out these alternatives also

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, now I can't see go see quatumania 2 on cinemas...

\s

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

marvel hasnt been pushing out good shows/movies, you arnt missing much. even if you really wanted to see it, i would just look for youtube clips, and save you the trouble when it comes out.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

My joke was more or less on that direction really.

After endgame, I don't recall anything really good. Wandavision might have been the best, but not great. Thunderbolt's was a decent movie for a flight, but hardly a recommendation.

I have skipped almost everything, so I might have missed something. Fantastic four had OK reaction I guess, might check it out eventually.

Actually, Spiderman homecoming was good, even if it was nostalgic fan service basically. Maybe deadpool 2, but I don't know it that counts.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I pirate their series because it's cheaper.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sell any shares if you have them as well.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Xactly. Tis a scam. His grandpa was a pimp & grifter. So was his dad. Matter o' fact, his g'pops certainly made his fortune next to Ruzzia. Odd. Something something, rhymes with Krasnov.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

sailing the high seas these days. fuck them all.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boycotts on their own are not effective. They are more of a sprinkling addition to a full fledged program that includes more heavy duty tactics.

[–] Lastangel@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boycotts aren't effective alone. Neither is one person deciding to vote for the other party. Telling your boss 'Uh, no, I'm not going to do that, that's illegal and immoral and probably a war crime or something' is not actually effective. Sure, I could switch providers or go sailing the high seas but that won't eradicate fascism, so why bother?

So I guess the only solutions are 1, carry right on supporting, validating, and participating in any bad practice or evil that comes your way, 2, some hitherto undiscovered way to Stop Evil in one fell stroke, or 3, engage in change as a process, on the understanding that the bad guys are hopefully not the only type of people who can work together to get shit done over a longer timeframe than 'now or never'.

I'm going for 3, because frankly if there aren't enough decent people in my community to put in a fraction of the effort the dangerous idiots are putting in, it's not worth saving. And I can't be bothered to do the whole 'judging myself, my family and friends and neighbours and country and society and finding it wanting' at the moment, so it's easier to just do what little good I can, wherever I see the chance

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[–] 3arthsDaughter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I don't know what have Disney done in particular. I've already seen something on it but *I can't understand what happened. * I'm sorry for my ignorance. Hoping someone will answer,

Bonne soirée.. Autumn V.

[–] punchmesan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jimmy Kimmel made a comment about how the MAGA gang was spinning the shooting of Charlie Kirk as a politically-motivated assassination by "Democrats", when the shooter themselves was part of said MAGA gang and was not, in actual fact, a Democrat.

In response, the FCC threatened ABC and encouraged TV broadcast stations to exclude their programming, and so ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show in response.

That just about sums it up briefly.

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