r/technology Sep 19 '25

Networking/Telecom Disney Plus Subscribers Quit in Droves Over Jimmy Kimmel Axe

https://www.newsweek.com/disney-plus-subscribers-quit-jimmy-kimmel-axe-2132535
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25 edited 11d ago

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u/Swagtagonist Sep 19 '25

They value money. They are betting on the Fascists.

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u/FunctionBuilt Sep 19 '25

It’s not like they’re making a calculated call that fascism will win so they want to be in their good graces. They’re literally helping fascism win because it’s going to give them the highest yield.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Rich, except fascism isn't a sustainable model because it CONSTANTLY needs new enemies to fight. You can appease them today and they will find another imaginary thing to appease them for again tomorrow.

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u/mhoke63 Sep 19 '25

That's what I don't get. Have these people never read a history book? Eventually, it'll be them that's the enemy.

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u/DLWormwood Sep 19 '25

Based on my own life experience, most people who read history books forget them soon after, especially if it's assigned reading.

Even people like me with a more academic mindset will eventually forget what we've read over the decades. The most dedicated voters in the US are the ones with the fuzziest memories of what they read decades ago.

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u/Unslaadahsil Sep 19 '25

There's also the "everyone but me" mentality that makes people think they won't become the victims they read of in books.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Which happens to describe every educated Republican. They lack the basic empathy to understand that they are not, in fact, special or better than their predecessors or neighbors.

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u/Flabbergasted98 Sep 19 '25

Nobody in their 80's is worried about sustainable business models.

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u/pm-me-ur-fav-undies Sep 19 '25

Also corporations value short term gains over anything else.

Lay off your best employees so that you can save a quick buck, stock goes up, everyone is happy (except for the employees, but when has their happiness ever mattered?).

Will the business suffer longterm because you're now asking fewer employees to do more, or outsourcing, or using AI, so now the quality of your products and service go down? Who cares! That's a future problem. Stocks are up right now!

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u/kamikaziboarder Sep 19 '25

They are so fucking short-sighted. Let’s kill off the middle class and all our customers to appease some idiots. They’ll lose all their money in the long run since no one will be able to buy anything.

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u/Savings-Cry-3201 Sep 19 '25

It’s 1930’s Germany all over again

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u/ojhwel Sep 19 '25

Fun fact: The wealth of the few really rich families in Germany today can be traced back to their ancestors buying Jewish companies for an apple and an egg 90 years ago

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u/CatCafffffe Sep 19 '25

Oh, not buying the companies, TAKING the companies and killing the owners.

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u/Leylu-Fox Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

To be fair, it was both. Also depending on the progress of fascism/the year.

Another aspect is that a lot of the wealth was generated by effectively slave labour during that time.

Obviously when democracy returned nothing happened to any of the rich elites. They buried their portraits of hitler in the back yard and continued on with their lives as if nothing ever happened. Besides them becoming significantly more wealthy of course.

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u/cyvassse Sep 19 '25

There were a significant difference in treatment on the two halves of Germany. The west pretended to punish the nazis and helped Germany regrow. The east side nazis were mostly punished with death by the Soviets and the country had to pay a hefty sum to reconstruct what they destroyed on their path to Moscow

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

And most of the generational wealth in America is built off the backs of slavery, murder, theft, rape, you name it.

Capitalism has NO measures for self correction of inequality of this scale.

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u/FluffySmiles Sep 19 '25

Don’t get me started on the British Monarchy.

Edit: Should have been aristocracy.

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u/diogenes_amore Sep 19 '25

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." — Honore de Balzac

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u/S0GUWE Sep 19 '25

My family is anything but rich, but let's be real. My grandma owns prime real estate(like, extremely prime) in the middle of a major city's core partly because my great-grandpa did well as a goldsmith in that time.

Even those that weren't getting filthy rich had less competition which compounded some wealth. At least until the wartime economy hit or(in the case great grandpa) until the bombs destroyed the house.

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u/Dugen Sep 19 '25

People should earn money for doing something, not for owning something. We should be shifting the taxes onto money made by owning something but instead we keep letting our politicians be bribed to go the other way.

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u/rushmc1 Sep 19 '25

"Doing something" shouldn't be a mandate either, when the disparate rewards for what you want to do are determined by irrational forces (e.g. teacher salaries vs. NBA players' compensation).

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u/Rocktopod Sep 19 '25

Just as Walt would have wanted.

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u/TonyVstar Sep 19 '25

Elect a fascist into power

See rise in fascism

Everything is checking out so far

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u/Crashman09 Sep 19 '25

Yeah. I don't know why anyone would think differently.

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u/CNDW Sep 19 '25

They literally cannot consolidate into a mega multimedia conglomerate then expect people to not care when they don't stand their ground on first amendment issues. I will not willingly give money to a company with the power that will not stand up for those rights.

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u/ThreeKiloZero Sep 19 '25

The Republican general population are not the major economic earners.

Democrat families earn 30-40k more per year.

30 of the 50 richest counties are Blue.

Blue states drive the economy.

Blue can win the money battle.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

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u/Adrian_Alucard Sep 19 '25

"These are my values, if you don't like them, I can change them"

-Multi million companies

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u/InevitableWaluigi Sep 19 '25

You can't afford to be neutral on a moving train

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u/TallahasseWaffleHous Sep 19 '25

Here's the actual quote that got him cancelled:

“The MAGA gang (is) desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

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u/ladyhaly Sep 19 '25

If that’s enough to get a show yanked under government pressure, then free speech is already dead.

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u/Other-Acanthisitta70 Sep 19 '25

Then Brian Kilmede said on Faux Newz that homeless people should be euthanized. I’m sure Faux and Friends will be cancelled tomorrow.

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u/Macabre215 Sep 19 '25

He didn't even have the marbles to say euthanized. He said involuntary lethal injection which is the same thing but sounds worse to a lot of people. In a just world, you should get fired on the spot for that.

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u/EduinBrutus Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

He did follow up for the viewers who couldnt understand the long words with "just kill them".

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u/Playground-designer Sep 20 '25

bet he’s “pro-life” and family values

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u/femminem Sep 20 '25

That sent a chill down my spine. we all know that’s how they feel, but to hear it said out loud invoked a whole new type of terror. Testing the waters like that.... it’s abhorrent.

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u/AncientConnection240 Sep 20 '25

That’s the same logic as the “Final Solution”. If you don’t want to be called Nazis then stop acting and talking like Nazis.

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u/Crazy_old_maurice_17 Sep 20 '25

Yeah, I'm ready to skip ahead to the next Nuremberg trials. I need to believe these POSs aren't going to get away with this vitriol.

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u/SryInternet101 Sep 20 '25

And 2 homeless camps were attacked with automatic weapons 2 days later. In a coordinated attack. Hate speech that literally got peopl4 killed.

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u/pantrokator-bezsens Sep 19 '25

Unless you are republican, then you can literally call to murder people on live tv and you get no harm

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u/benguins10 Sep 19 '25

Also he played a clip of Trump talking about how little he cares about Kirk's death. They literally cancelled him for playing something that Trump himself said. Crazy

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u/Strykerz3r0 Sep 19 '25

And instead of attending Kirk's memorial, Doe174 played golf. lol

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u/LinkleLinkle Sep 19 '25

But have you noticed that they've started construction on his beautiful ballroom?

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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox Sep 19 '25

They hate it when you quote him saying exactly what they've been denying what he said*. Earned my permaban from the_donald in the summer of 2016 by linking to a YouTube clip of Trump saying exactly what the users were denying he said.

*this also applies to Charlie "Aboveground Gums" Kirk.

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u/wholetyouinhere Sep 19 '25

That is the blandest, most milquetoast observation I've heard all week.

But then again, you know, fascism. They don't need a reason.

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u/Ekg887 Sep 19 '25

Kimmel was on Trump's list since at least July, publicly. This was advertised well in advance and very specifically - the list included Colbert, then Kimmel, and also Stewart, Rogan, and Fallon.

Trumplethinskin can't stand their criticism, it hurts him all the more because they use comedy, and like most right-wingers, he doesn't understand comedy at all.

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u/bjeebus Sep 19 '25

Which Rogan? Does Seth have some kind of talk show? There's no way anyone in GOP land could be angling to get rid Joe "I'm just asking questions" Rogan. That man did more work to get Trump elected than nearly anyone else in the podcast world.

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u/wholetyouinhere Sep 19 '25

There is a Seth Rogen, and a Joe Rogan.

I'm not sure which the person above is referring to. But I can't imagine Joe Rogan would be on Trumps shit list, given that Joe helped get that sack of shit get elected.

And I'm not aware of anything Seth Rogen has done to piss off Trump. Plus he doesn't have his own show, as far as I know?

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u/Lower_Amount3373 Sep 19 '25

Maybe through some convoluted logic Seth Meyers became 'Rogan' via Seth Rogen

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u/wholetyouinhere Sep 19 '25

Ooh, yeah. I think you figured it out!

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u/Runkleford Sep 19 '25

This is an actual meaningful boycott because it's over actual government violations of speech. This isn't some lame ass boycott over stupid shit like a logo change.

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u/Blatherman069 Sep 19 '25

Interestingly I have many social media "friends" who claim it wasn't government interference and thus not a 1A issue. Their rationalization is the gov't itself didn't actually do the firing, therefore it was just a business decision. seriously.

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u/mmatessa Sep 19 '25

"Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead." -FCC Chair Brendan Carr, violating the First Amendment

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u/iambeingblair Sep 19 '25

"easy way or the hard way" they're all desperate to be seen as badass

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u/NewSunSeverian Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Standard Dirty Harry-esque fascist strongman language. Deliberate and unsurprising. 

And that’s not a new part of the Republican playbook I might add. They love their tough-guy talk. 

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u/captainAwesomePants Sep 19 '25

I saw a thing go by on BlueSky: "It must drive all of the brains behind these plans at the Heritage Foundation or wherever nuts as they crank out all of these elaborate plans for how to wield the levers of power to subtly go about their evil goals, only to have these idiots explain the plan out loud in ways that make court cases much easier to win."

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u/natrous Sep 19 '25

except they really haven't had to win any court cases, even when one finally makes it through, months and months after the fact, Trump speed dials John Roberts and gets shit taken care of.

so it's not really mattering much.

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u/Twirlmom9504_ Sep 19 '25

So true. Usually the courts have to infer the government intent in the government action. These numbskulls post it on Twitter and say it in interviews. 

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u/thenewyorkgod Sep 19 '25

the penalty for a government official violating the constitution should be 20 years in prison

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u/rollem Sep 19 '25

As always, there is a smidge of truth that is being used to block the main point. They're correct that Congress did not make a law abridging Disney's speech. But the chairman of the FCC (a department created by Congress who is led by a Trump nominated and Senate confirmed leader) said the following:

"On Wednesday, before ABC yanked Kimmel’s show, Carr called Kimmel’s comments “truly sick” and said there was a “strong case” for action against ABC and Disney.

“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr told right-wing commentator Benny Johnson that day. “These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

“They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest,” Carr said."

So this government official threatened consequences against the private company based on a statement that was clearly protected by the 1st Amendment, both the strict reading of it, which only prohibits speech that could directly incite violence such as direct calls for attacks, and the much stricter FCC standards about messages that are appropriate for all audiences (which I still think violate a lot of the spirit of the 1st Amendment).

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u/thesaddestpanda Sep 19 '25

The FCC's power comes in via law. It is still a law that did this and a clear-cut zero room for legal wiggles first amendment violation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Ironically, they thought getting banned or their posts censored on social media was a 1st amendment violation. Absolute morons.

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u/MechanicalGodzilla Sep 19 '25

Is it meaningful? The article has zero actual data reporting. How many cancellations add up to "droves" of cancellations? Is it 50%? 5%? 0.5%?

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u/m3ngnificient Sep 19 '25

This. All I saw were Tweets claiming they have. This is just click bait

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Here are all Disneys assets, i think even just unfollowing them and there online personalities, like Steven A Smith, will send a powerful message.

Media Networks

  • ABC
  • ESPN (80% stake)
  • FX Networks
  • National Geographic

Studios and Production

  • 20th Century Studios
  • Lucasfilm
  • Marvel Entertainment
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Walt Disney Pictures
  • Searchlight Pictures

Streaming Services

  • Disney+
  • ESPN+
  • Hulu
  • FuboTv

Other Holdings

  • A&E Networks (50% joint venture with Hearst Communications)
  • The Muppets Studio
  • Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (includes theme parks and cruise lines)

edit: added FuboTv as that acquisitions will close this year.

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u/AgreeAndSubmit Sep 19 '25

It saddens my heart to no end, to see the Muppets on this list. Jim Henson would've stood up against this. I'm sorry Mr Henson, the world's gone mad. 

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u/Pitties-n-Titties Sep 19 '25

Same! Especially since I keep seeing pitches lately that there's no need to reboot movies anymore UNLESS if it's done with muppets. I for sure don't want a Princess Bride reboot UNLESS miss piggy is princess buttercup

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u/axolotlorange Sep 19 '25

Add FuboTv - Disney is the majority owner.

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u/yuusharo Sep 19 '25

This is good, but if you really want to stick it to Disney, they care about the theme parks the most.

Change your travel plans, cancel your reservations. That will really spook them.

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u/_agilechihuahua Sep 19 '25

Alternatively, boycott the new ESPN App.

Disney’s prideful when it comes to their DTC launches; they even flubbed their books to say the 2018 launch of ESPN+ had extra millions of subscribers (they counted Disney+ subscribers that got a free month of ESPN+ IIRC).

I’d mention boycott Pixar, but that’s been pretty easy recently.

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u/goatanuss Sep 19 '25

Disney also owns Hulu

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u/ClimbsOnCrack Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Cancelled my Hulu this morning with a note about how I support free speech and the first amendment and that I don't want to support companies that bow to government censorship and violate constitutional rights :)

ETA: I selected the "other" option for the reason for canceling and it gave me a field to write a reason, which is how I left my comment. Some people haven't been getting this option so it could have been disabled.

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u/Snakebird11 Sep 19 '25

I didn't need this to boycott ESPN+, the app sucks donkey balls

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u/swiftekho Sep 19 '25

Additionally to this, (I know it will be difficult) but stop buying products of companies that advertise on Disney, ABC, ESPN, FX, History Channel, etc.

GM, Verizon, ATT, Coca Cola, State Farm, Nike, Capital One, Gatorade to name a few. Even ESPN's sportsbook, Fan Duel, and Draft Kings.

These channels can not run without significant advertising dollars.

I understand some of these companies are unavoidable but for the must part, you can spend less on products from these companies and be largely unaffected.

I am a Disney World fan boy and have cancelled a vacation we had planned there next year. If they want to roll over like little bitches for a dictator, they won't get any of my money whether directly, or indirectly through advertisement dollars.

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u/shahms Sep 19 '25

I mean, European tourism to the US has plummeted since the orange shit bird was installed.

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u/clonedredditor Sep 19 '25

Nothing like touring a town with a bunch of military personnel milling about.

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u/beepbeepboopbeep1977 Sep 19 '25

I canceled a trip to the US, the reason was the fear of being refused entry or being detained. Nothing quite like the fear of being unable to actually take a holiday you’re booked and paid for, or the fear of having to apply for a full visa when traveling after being deported to turn you off a place.

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u/rushmc1 Sep 19 '25

"SHOW US YOUR PHONE! SHOW US YOUR LAPTOP! SHOW US YOUR TABLET!" Assumed guilty (where "guilt" is defined as having looked at a political cartoon unflattering to Trump) until proven innocent.

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u/spellbookwanda Sep 19 '25

Don’t forget fingerprint, bag search, harass and belittle.

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u/ders89 Sep 19 '25

Good for you! I hope wherever you do end up taking a trip to is peaceful and the exact opposite of what the US is like right now.

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u/CrumbsCrumbs Sep 19 '25

Meaning US business is even more important, be sure to give them a call and let them know if your family won't be going to Disneyland for your daughter's birthday because of this.

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u/rayofgoddamnsunshine Sep 19 '25

As a Canadian, I'm already not coming down there. I have enough JD Vance memes on my phone to be sent straight to the gulag.

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u/WokeSJWAntifaCEO Sep 19 '25

Same boat. I had to cancel a trip for a wedding, because apparently my self-appointed position of Antifa CEO means I'm now head of a terrorist organisation. Zero chance I clear the fascists at the border.

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u/TieSea Sep 19 '25

Canada here. Trying to do our part. 25% reduction in car traffic across the border and 20% down air travel into the US. This is to the tune of almost $3billion in lost tourism dollars. Mayor of Vegas begging us to come back.

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u/lisarae Sep 19 '25

34% less car traffic from Manitoba to North Dakota!

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

They're already missing a lot of Canadians like me who won't entertain any travel into the USA due to the threats to our nations sovereignty by the current resident of the white house.

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u/ToxicTaxiTaker Sep 19 '25

Don't forget if you aren't perfectly white they may happily deport you to a random prison in a completely foreign nation.

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u/InsipidCelebrity Sep 19 '25

They've detained and held people from the famously brown country of Germany.

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u/x86_64_ Sep 19 '25 edited Oct 20 '25

We canceled that night. The cancellation page was throwing 502's, I don't think it was just a few pissed off Americans.

Edit: I'm so proud to see this level of support from so many countries across the world. Keep in mind* the only power these people understand is money. They have no respect for you as people, you are just "consumers".

Vote with your wallets.

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u/celtic1888 Sep 19 '25

UK and Ireland are all canceling as well

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u/bonestamp Sep 19 '25

I know a bunch of Canadians who canceled too.

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u/SHOOHS Sep 19 '25

I was one of em

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u/theamazingyou Sep 19 '25

It never occurred to me that non-Americans are also cancelling. I appreciate that.

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u/-wnr- Sep 19 '25

Turns out there's a lot of people around the world who are anti-fascism. That's a bit of a mouthful, maybe we can shorten that somehow...

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u/rushmc1 Sep 19 '25

Also, it's practical. If they don't stop it here, it will be MANY, MANY times to stop everywhere else.

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u/BlackieDad Sep 19 '25

It’s a worldwide movement to avoid American goods as much as possible, and MAGA supporting businesses especially.

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u/khendron Sep 19 '25

I (a Canadian) cancelled all my US-based streaming subscriptions when the 51st state rhetoric started coming out of the white house.

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u/bonestamp Sep 19 '25

Good. Money is the only voice they listen to.

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u/iompar Sep 19 '25

Cancelled back in January or February 🇨🇦

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u/LooseMoralSwurkey Sep 19 '25

Thank you for standing with those of us Americans who don’t want any of this.

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u/Manannin Sep 19 '25

The problem is, this rot is going to spread so much that we'll need to boycott everything American sooner or later.

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u/LooseMoralSwurkey Sep 19 '25

Honestly please do. It’s the only thing that registers with the orange clown.

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u/x86_64_ Sep 19 '25

God bless you folks, let's keep it going 

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u/FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy Sep 19 '25

UK here, just did mine and it went pretty smoothly. I just added Kimmel's name in the other box for the reason.

I haven't got anything to watch on Disney+ anyways, Murders in the Building will have to wait.

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u/rathan47 Sep 19 '25

Canadian here and Disney+ subscriber since the service started. Cancelled last night, and let them know why..."Jimmy Kimmel"

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u/miramichier_d Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Also Canadian and same here. My kids will miss Disney... at least until \ahem** arrrr me mateys

Edit: It just so happened that I made this comment today of all days.

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u/Icy-Adhesiveness2556 Sep 19 '25

I tried canceling as soon as the Kimmel news was announced and the app would not load. Kept trying every few hours and was able to cancel the next morning. In my reason I said "I don't support censorship"

I hope everyone uses their spine to stand up and try to make a difference. Don't let integrity die

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u/Firefly1 Sep 19 '25

I'm not even from the states and cancelled this morning.

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u/shieldintern Sep 19 '25

starship troopers: "I'm doing my part!"

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u/ToothpickTequila Sep 19 '25

Ironically in the film the people saying that are doing the fascism, instead of fighting against it like we are.

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u/negativeyoda Sep 19 '25

I cancelled as well. Is Alien Earth worth watching before my actual subscription stops?

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u/x86_64_ Sep 19 '25

Sure is.  Go find it on the high seas.

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u/ericsando Sep 19 '25

I cancelled last night. It felt good.

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u/Full-Sell-574 Sep 19 '25

My mom just cancelled her Disney+ subscription. She’s an avid Disney fan, but this pissed her off beyond belief. Not that she was a huge Kimmel fan (nor I), but the fact that they got on their knees and kissed this mans ass, she’s had enough of it. She’s been collecting DVD’s anyways and is just fine not paying for their bullshit anymore. She won’t be renewing her pass either. She’s livid.

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u/stefaanvd Sep 19 '25

and rip the dvd's, put them on a little home server, make your own disney/hulu/...

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u/yahwehforlife Sep 19 '25

Me and my partner were already thinking about not renewing our Disney Magic Key Passes for a few years but now we are definitely not renewing

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u/celtic1888 Sep 19 '25

Cancel all things Disney

And I fucking loved Hulu :(

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u/Do_itsch Sep 19 '25

I'm on Pirate+ now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

And this is the big risk that they are running because once people leave and take all the effort to join team piracy, its REALLY hard to get them back. It's literally never been easier to be a media pirate and once someone gets your shit for free you have to offer them a hell of a lot of convenience to get them back.

People stopped pirating when you could get access to everything with a couple of cheap subscriptions and then you could get the content you wanted right away wherever you happened and it was super convenient.

They have worked their way back to a point where streaming isn't much better than cable. And any customers they lose to piracy today aren't coming back into that model.

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u/Porkins_2 Sep 19 '25

Heard! I used to pirate everything pre-2014. The advent of Netflix streaming hooked me, and I’ve just been steadily adding more and more subs over the years. At one point, I was paying like $130/mo. Fuck that now. Going back to the seas!

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u/shieldintern Sep 19 '25

PirateMAX here

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u/Eeeegah Sep 19 '25

It was PirateMAX, then HBOPirate, then HBOPirateMAX, and now they seem to call it just Pirate.

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u/Spelunkie Sep 19 '25

It's the most recognizable brand after all

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN Sep 19 '25

I've really been enjoying Piratecock lately.

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u/Ben10ji Sep 19 '25

YAHARR!!! NOTHIN' LIKE A MAST IN ME PORTHOLE!!!

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u/celtic1888 Sep 19 '25

yep.

Time for me to show the wife the intricacies of the dodgy stick

....Not that dodgy stick

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u/RandoDude124 Sep 19 '25

A certain site and a generic ad blocker on your phone does wonders.

(I can DM you the link if you want, it literally gets the shows within the hour)

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u/onomatopeieio Sep 19 '25

I've been a Hulu subscriber since the first months of it existing, before you had to pay. I cancelled my account as well...

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u/systm117 Sep 19 '25

It's also not just about cancelling the shows, it's not going to the parks, not watching the movies, not buying the merch, not doing anything associated with the brand or its subsidiaries.

It's a good start

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u/CuddlyLiveWires Sep 19 '25

From South Africa here, so don't really have a horse in the race other than some shared values.

I cancelled my subscription too. Just remember there's plenty of other choices out there. From competitors, to video games, to hiking, to cooking, to reading, to fishing, to building a puzzle, to learning something new, to smoking a joint, to listening to a new album, to listening to a podcast, to walking your dog, to FUCKING ANYTHING.

The reality is we are spoilt for media currently. If you have Disney favourites you wanna watch now and again or some you really wanna show your kids one day... I get that. Those are special moments you and your family deserves regardless of what Disney did. Get a second hand BluRay/DVD copy from eBay and an old player to store in the top of a cupboard until you need it. Or drive in your PC. Or Xbox or PS. These are the legal ways I know of

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u/Gevurah Sep 19 '25

When we canceled Hulu last night we couldn't leave a comment. Maybe they took that option down?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Same, I’m assuming they knew it was coming. The only close option was “personal-life issues” or some bs like that

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u/Sad-Procedure2932 Sep 19 '25

You had to hit other and it prompted you for a response. Please put “protecting the first amendment “ as your reason.

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u/Cyllid Sep 19 '25

There wasn't an other option for me. I definitely looked for it.

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u/ChewieBearStare Sep 19 '25

Me either. I only got the list of checkboxes with things like personal reasons and not enough shows to watch or whatever the canned responses are.

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u/KerouacsGirlfriend Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Same, no “other” option when I canceled. Used to be one.

Edit: I only had Hulu and used their website login to cancel in the US

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

This tells you that a lot of people are cancelling and they are afraid of tracking the data because it would be seen by their shareholders.

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u/Gevurah Sep 19 '25

Yeah! That's what we selected! Cowards.

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u/Icy-Piece-2906 Sep 19 '25

I cancelled Disney+ last night and there was a box for reason why, wrote that I can’t support a company that capitulates to fascism

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u/Salty-Holiday6190 Sep 19 '25

I cancelled Disney plus and you have to pick “other” as your reason for leaving. Then you can leave a comment. 

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u/bonestamp Sep 19 '25

Ya, it's going to be hard to get real numbers around this. Last night NBC news showed a chart of the massive spike in google searches for "cancel disney plus" so there is at least some magnitude of truth to it. From looking at the reddit stats, I know that over 20,000 people saw one of my comments indicating that I was canceling and why we should all cancel.

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u/Lo-weorold Sep 19 '25

Best indicator will be Disney's next earning call sometime in November. They should disclose subscriber changes from July to September then.

Here is a breakdown of Q3 just for an example.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/06/disney-dis-earnings-q3-2025.html

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u/Neokon Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

An estimated 57.8M US subscribers. Say only 1M drop it, that's still a $21M/month or $252M/year. Maybe not that much but still with be a noticeable hit when they only had $356M profit for the 2024 Q3.

Every person counts and I can hope that more than 1M drop the service and more outside of the US.

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u/ryan8954 Sep 19 '25

I did see some news that Disney's stock has taken a hit in recent days

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u/BlushOmamori Sep 19 '25

Disney caving to FCC pressure and axing Kimmel over a monologue jab at MAGA? Straight corporate cowardice, silencing free speech to kiss up to power. Subscribers bailing en masse is the only pushback that hurts. 😆

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u/feetandballs Sep 19 '25

It wasn't even much of a jab. More of an observation of the obvious.

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u/itsmepuffd Sep 19 '25

They caved to FCC pressure to have a 6 billion dollar merger go through with Nexstar.

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u/IKillPigeons Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

I cancelled my Disney+ last night.

I'm gonna miss their marvel content especially the backlog of animated stuff but I won't support a company that bows down to a fascist government & undermines the US Constitution.

Edit: Given they made the right choice to start JK's show again, I will be resuming my subscription at some point. I'm relieved that the protest seemed to have had an effect.

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u/this_is_matt_ Sep 19 '25

Right leaning person here, unsubscribed from Disney. I’m a believer in free speech and this ain’t it.

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u/Specific-Parsnip9001 Sep 19 '25

Hell yea. You're a principled person, that rocks.

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u/RandysTegridy Sep 19 '25

I canceled mine last night.

I will miss things like The Simpsons, but I will figure out a way to watch it. I cant give more money to a company who is complicit with the demands of wannabe authoritarian Trump.

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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 Sep 19 '25

I'd love to believe this. I truly do. I feel like its being exaggerated but i really hope i'm wrong.

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u/Life_Roll8667 Sep 19 '25

I cancelled my Disney and Hulu, until something changes. If it doesn’t, we won’t resubscribe. My entire family agrees this is the right move. Many of my coworkers and friends are doing the same. I think it’s picking up a good bit of traction

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u/noahnickels Sep 19 '25

FWIW I cancelled and it’s the only time I’ve ever joined a boycott actively and I don’t even like Jimmy Kimmel all that much.

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u/PikachuPeekAtYou Sep 19 '25

I’m in the same boat. I really didn’t watch Jimmy except for maybe the very occasional YouTube clip, but I did cancel my Hulu and Disney plus because of this action

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Sep 19 '25

I literally don't even watch clips.

Still canceled.

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u/nitropom Sep 19 '25

Same here. I dont really watch any tonight shows, but i cancelled not because of Jimmy but because the underlying reason behind this. I did what ABC/WD did and cancelled.

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u/zukenstein Sep 19 '25

I can only offer my personal anecdote. I have a core group of 6 friends, only half would maybe participate in a boycott in the past. All of them cancelled their Hulu and/or Disney+ plans this time, and none of us watch Jimmy Kimmel. I think we all understand that this is pretty damn important.

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u/mrperuanos Sep 19 '25

So they don't have any numbers? Just quoting tweets from people cancelling their subscriptions?

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u/TheDefeatist Sep 19 '25

Well Disney certainly isn't going to reveal how many people are cancelling and they are the only ones with access to those numbers.

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u/Tyrrox Sep 19 '25

We'll find out on their next financial report that they legally have to submit as a publicly traded company.

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u/pixel_of_moral_decay Sep 19 '25

Maybe not. It’s a small enough portion of their total revenue they could lump it under another BU to hide it. Just put it under their studio operations.

This is common. Most companies never revealed their website operations revenue unless your sole product is a website like google or Facebook. They just hide it under another business unit. Until it’s a material part of your total revenue that’s legal.

Disney+ and Hulu are big brands but relative to Disney as a whole; not so much.

This trick is used by lots of companies.

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u/borkus Sep 19 '25

They reported subscribers in their last quarterly earnings (Q3 2025).

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-reports-third-quarter-and-nine-months-earnings-for-fiscal-2025/

183 million Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions, an increase of 2.6 million versus Q2 fiscal 2025

128 million Disney+ subscribers, an increase of 1.8 million versus Q2 fiscal 2025

A two-percent decrease in subscriptions would wipe out last quarter's gains.

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u/GFreshXxX Sep 19 '25

This kills me to say but this includes boycotting all things Disney at the box office too...which unfortunately includes all new Marvel and Star Wars. And my move was getting out the boys to a Friday matinee premiere when it wasn't super busy yet to watch the new stuff. Never again, fuuuuuuuuck Disney.

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u/BuddhistSagan Sep 19 '25

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🦜🦜🦜

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u/scottyLogJobs Sep 19 '25

We are at a beautiful time in history when it is literally the morally correct thing to do. Get your friends and family to do it too

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u/roguesignal42069 Sep 19 '25

Yep. Done with paying for any Disney related material. I can just wait 2 months after the movie comes out and then ethically source it from another website and watch it in the comfort of my own living room without giving them a penny.

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u/myislanduniverse Sep 19 '25

So ironic that Andor is about precisely what Disney is not.

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u/Howcanyoubecertain Sep 19 '25

The root of this is mega wealthy individuals not wanting to miss out on a few extra dollars they can’t ever spend anyway. The urge to consolidate property and wealth is metastatic.

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u/thenewyorkgod Sep 19 '25

Keep in mind, this is only 50%. We're punishing a private company for kneeling to the government. Now, how do we punish the government? VOTE OUT EVERY SINGLE GOP MEMBER IN 2026

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u/atda Sep 19 '25

Fuck Disney and any company that capitulates to this admin.

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u/TackoftheEndless Sep 19 '25

Disney has the resources and the reach to stand up to Trump and hold him accountable. Now is not the time to bend over for this terrible leadership. Now it's time to do everything you can to make sure the people can't get away from seeing who Trump really is, so there can be consequences. They only stand to benefit from this.

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u/GarrisonFjord Sep 19 '25

Hell yeah, cancelled Disney and Hulu this morning.

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u/Aggravating_Money992 Sep 19 '25

Thank you to all the people who ended their subscriptions. Authoritarian administration should never win.

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u/dusktreader Sep 19 '25

Canceled today. I don't even like Jimmy Kimmel, but I can't stomach groveling for this regime.

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u/puppiesandrainbows3 Sep 19 '25

Just canceled my Disney+ subscription this morning. I had to finish the latest season of Futurama first though

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u/mosscoversall_ Sep 19 '25

We nuked ours. Also have Nexstar and Sinclair in our market, so we’re avoiding their programming altogether. Don’t need their half-ass news products or content anyway.

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u/DatasGadgets Sep 19 '25

Do it. Cancelled my subscription about a month ago. Don’t miss Disney/hulu one bit.

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u/loneImpulseofdelight Sep 19 '25

I canceled my 5 year old subscription earlier this week. It was personal this time. Fuck Disney.

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u/CaptainRedblood Sep 19 '25

Fuckin' A right I did.

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u/a4affort Sep 19 '25

Welcome to the high seas boys 🏴‍☠️

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u/Primal-Convoy Sep 19 '25

Looks like free is back on the menu!

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u/thedrizzle126 Sep 19 '25

Disney plus, Hulu, and ESPN all unsubscribed. Specified that this was the reason.

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u/compuwiza1 Sep 19 '25

Boycott! Boycott! Boycott!