Thinking of canceling Disney+? You’re not alone—after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, so many people rushed to quit that the cancellation page itself started crashing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/28397398

The suspension triggered strong responses across social media and beyond. Hashtags like #CancelDisneyPlus and #CancelHulu trended as users shared screenshots of their canceled subscriptions.

With cancellations surging, many subscribers reported technical issues. On Reddit’s r/Fauxmoi, one post read, “The page to cancel your Hulu/Disney+ subscription keeps crashing.”

  • Luouth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    19 minutes ago

    Walt Disney used to attend meetings of the German American Bund. They have a long and deep relationship with fascists.

    Like many are saying, don’t give them your money back if they bring Jimmy back. Hopefully, Jimmy knows how well he could do away from the influences of such people, and he’ll say “nah thanks”

  • logicbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    53 minutes ago

    I canceled my Hulu/Disney+ subscription two days ago. A long time ago, I had an absolute boycott on Disney because I hated their hypocrisy when it came to copyright law. They tried to extend their copyrights indefinitely, even though the majority of their IPs came from the public domain. They were like a dog who only knows how to fetch the ball, but won’t ever release it.

    When Disney acquired Pixar and was the American distributor for Studio Ghibli, and bought Star Wars, and distributes Marvel, at some point I eventually relented and stopped my boycott. I stopped caring as much about hypocrisy, in general. But never again. It was obviously a mistake to ever give them money. They will never get anything from me again.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    40·
    2 hours ago

    crashes

    Maybe, but could it also be an intentional dark pattern to make it difficult to cancel?

  • JumpyWombat@lemmy.mlEnglish
    193·
    2 hours ago

    I’m ready to bet that only a 0.something% of customers will actually cancel, there will be a barely visible bump in Disney’s KPI this month, and in a month half of them will subscribe again to watch the latest Avengers vs Star Wars: the Invasion of the Ducks.

      • JumpyWombat@lemmy.mlEnglish
        36·
        1 hour 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.