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When they cancelled Jimmy Kimmel, Disney saw a 436 percent increase in streaming cancellations, leading to a loss of 1.7 million subscribers, an insider has told journalist Marisa Kabas.
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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/disney-subscribers-face-wave-cancellations-063700463.html
@randahl This is unfortunately only a drop in the bucket. I was at Hulu until 2024, and the sub count then was ~50M; it is also a US-only service, almost by definition a smaller subscriber base than D+, which is global.
At best, this is maybe 2-3% of total subs—which isn't nothing, and I'm thoroughly in favor of hitting craven corporations exactly where it hurts—but it's unlikely to make a sizable dent in revenue. It was nonetheless spectacular to watch.
@randahl
I substituted already
Tesla
Microsoft
Spotify
Napster
Meta
Paypal
Next on the cancellation list
Apple
Amazon
And I am still alive😉
@randahl That headline is very hard to parse. No, they are not canceling a bunch of shows. Subscribers are canceling. So it's not like any subscriber is standing there having to deal with a shit ton of cancellations.
But the article does make it sound like a big pain in the ass for Disney.
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@randahl they will just keep increasing the sub cost to make up the shortfall. There are people who will keep D+ no matter how much it costs. Disney's gonna be okay.
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@randahl - Don't get entertained at Disney land and Disney world while on Vacation for the duration of this TACO Administration and watch these two dumpsites crumble.
@randahl Large companies cannot continue to do everything with impunity, such as following their leader. That will cost the company dearly. The people have a weapon—turn off the revenue tap.
Keep boycotting!
@randahl I cancelled Disney+ that month but it was before/unrelated to Kimmel
Now the same please for newspapers and tech companies for bending knee to this dictatorship.
Now do Koch Industries, the folks funding fascism globally.
@randahl ✊ Yes! Boycott works. But people are stuck in their comfort zone. They keep using Meta platforms, buying Teslas, buying through Amazon and so on.
The power of the broligarchy, Joker included, is based on money and more specifically on company share values. This value is probably highly overestimated compared to their 'real' value AND people have the power to take it down through boycott.
But what they keep saying is (apart from those who praise Joker), "you know, it's easier for us"
@thierry_van_kerm "THE" people don't exist. Tesla is another good example that #boycott works.
After installing one of their biggest factories in Germany, they were on the top. After Musk's fascist politics and #boycottTesla, they fell: a plunge of 49% in spring, struggle and dropping stocks in Europe again now. And the prices for used Teslas fall immensely because nobody wants to drive them!
https://electrek.co/2025/09/25/tesla-tsla-down-22-europe-while-evs-were-up-30/
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/used-tesla-prices-tumble-as-embarrassed-owners-look-to-sell/
@thierry_van_kerm The electrec article *IS* recent. 11 days old.
And these figures are recent, the article is just 2 h out: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/electric-cars/tesla-s-german-car-sales-fall-in-september-though-wider-ev-sales-jump/ar-AA1NWMom
And no, he is not silent, he tries massively to influence/finance the ultra-right in Europe for the next elections, like the AfD in Germany.
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