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“If we don’t let you leave you might forget you were mad at us and keep giving us money”

the thing to understand is that for Disney it's not always about the money. they control so much power over all media that they can inflict their world view on everyone through their propaganda streams. the performative wokeness that still sits within overall metanarratives about the value of the status quo? that's for the dollar. cutting Jimmy Kimmel loose? that's in alignment with their core values

Nah, cancellation resources are always minimal. Doesn't make sense to pay for serious hardware to please people on their way out the door. Every service I've ever had to cancel has always been a maze and generally more annoying, slow, and cumbersome than the signup process.

but let's see where the boycott is in 6+ months after everything has cooled down

It seems to me that once folks have discovered the joys of piracy, they rarely return to streaming.

I wouldn't know, because I wouldn't download a car unless it was fully copyleft licensed.

Even if they get back two thirds of the people who quit while the other third have discovered "other" ways to get their Disney content, that's still a third of a loss of revenue. A small dent is better than no dent. And whether the website crashed because of all the people quitting or they intentionally crashed it to prevent people from quitting, that means its a significant amount of people, and a third of that is still significant to them.

At this point, just pirate.

There's always sailing the high seas

I mean, I finally quit Hulu over this, and neither my husband or I had even watched Hulu in about a year at this point. I'd always kept the subscription going "just in case,". I was the only one paying and neither of us has any qualms about letting it go.

I can't believe that we're the only ones in this bracket of users.

StremIo is the move

o7

Beautiful guide. A vote was not enough. I salute you.

Do it from their website (settings then account)so that you can fill out the exit survey and tell them why.

Also delete the apps and use live chat to get them to delete your account.

Let's not talk as if it's all we can do; it's one action amongst many. Besides, let's not forget that these companies would 1000% be in favor of democracy if they thought it was profitable. They're fascists, but if their ideals hurt their bottom line, they'll change their tune, because they have shareholders to appease.

It's not all you can do but it's one of the easier things you can try

Let’s be realistic: not preventing, more like protesting

Talking with your wallet is the best thing you can do, honestly. Against any company.

They only care about money. Hit em where it hurts.

They use AWS and specifically design their software to be able to dynamically scale, ever since Wandavision crashed their playback.

Is it possible that they never entertained having to make their cancellation page scalable? Sure. Is it more likely that they intentionally haven't made it scalable? Yes.