• garretble@lemmy.world
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      35 minutes ago

      I cancelled today.

      Disney+ and Hulu have been two of my staples that I have subbed to for years and years.

      But oh well, they don’t deserve my money right now so screw 'em.

      • apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe
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        34 minutes ago

        “Right now”

        See you in a few months when something new is released and you decide to forgive them.

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            30 minutes ago

            But you had it, so you do, and when you find a new show you will get it again. You’re going back eventually, and they know this.

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              26 minutes ago

              Yeah, I had it for years before they just showed their whole ass. So I canceled.

              At this moment, I’m not going back. And, no, I can’t predict what’ll happen in five years or whatever, but that’s not some gotcha you think it is.

              If there’s a show I REALLY HAVE TO HAVE, which is unlikely, my library will probably have it.

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                  23 minutes ago

                  You’ve asked that to several people, but that’s irrelevant to this discussion.

                  I Imagen you’re trying to do some “Aha! You subscribe to [x] and they did [y], so you are a hypocrite!” type shit. But let’s be honest: no one has time for that.

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      15 hours ago

      My FB feed (I know) had at least 4 of my friends posting their cancellation. I’m doing my tomorrow only because I was one espisode away from finishing a series.

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        15 hours ago

        So what you’re saying is you aren’t currently watching a show and so you feel this is a good time to stop that service and get another service which is probably what you’re usually doing anyway. Tell me the other streaming services you have and I will judge you based on what those streaming services have done in the past, and question why you still have them.

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          6 hours ago

          See, there’s a large flaw in your assumption there: That I care who you are to even be judged by you. You couldn’t be more wrong.

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      17 hours ago

      That’s half the joke. Disney has the market cornered and fully saturated. What we’re seeing is a slowdown in the consumer economy, not a boycott.

      But pretending a recessionary wave is some kind of political movement makes the austerity feel righteous.

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        15 hours ago

        Right, no one is canceling Disney for political reasons, they’re canceling it because they need to eat.

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          3 hours ago

          I just canceled last night because of this. I’ll just have to find the time to finish Andor S2 in the next couple of weeks.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      Nope, cancelled my Hulu/Disney the other day.

      Technically it runs the rest of the month, but a shit ton of people are all doing it.

      Fuck the mouse.

      And since the right gave up on them like a decade ago, the left cancelling is really going to fucking hurt.

      It’s not just about getting Disney to back down, it’s to set an example so the next corp re-evaulates if bowing to trump is worth it.