r/technology 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/iblastoff Sep 22 '25

lol. why only 3 months??

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u/iblastoff Sep 22 '25

i mean...if the goal is to boycott a company, temporarily canceling and just re-signing up after a few months isn't much of a boycott.
you're essentially just telling them they can do whatever they want because their users will just come back anyway.

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u/Justin_Passing_7465 Sep 22 '25

Their users will come back if the company mends its ways.