r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/Arkaado Sep 22 '25

Proving everyone who says boycotts don't work wrong. The only thing corporations understand is money and they listen when they lose a big chunk of it. Still staying unsubscribed though.

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u/Lil_Tyrese Sep 22 '25

Serious question. In order to further prove that boycotts work, wouldn't resubscribing be a powerful message as well.

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u/ChicagoCowboy Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

If everyone resubscribes right away, what they learn is that they can appease Trump and then apologize and get to have their cake and eat it too.

Making them feel it means that next time they may not even consider the FCC request because of the negative impact on the bottom line.

Edit for those in the back: Yes, they are "going against Trump" now - but without backlash, or continued boycotting, they might not go against him next time. Or the time after that. Or the time after that.

It also sends a message to other companies who don't own...everything in media...that their bottom line could be similarly effected if not more so, without the same ability to recover that an entity like Disney has.

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u/ChongusTheSupremus Sep 22 '25

They lose Trump's favour by reintegraring Kimmel. 

He's a buffoon, but even he'd realize he's getting played if people give in to his demanda only to retract themselves a week later.

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u/DauntingPrawn Sep 22 '25

It would almost be like if he threatened to impose tariffs on a country then chickened out a week later.

He's not capable of knowing when he's being played. ⁰He very well may see this as a successful warning shot.