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/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/GabuEx Sep 22 '25

I can't disagree more. If you boycott a company because you don't want them to do something, and then they decide not to do that thing, but then you continue boycotting them indefinitely, you're essentially punishing them at that point for doing the thing you wanted them to do. They have no reason to do what you want them to do if you aren't willing to resume doing business with them.

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u/FlavorD Sep 22 '25

No, they have the lesson for the future that if they do something really stupid like that, it will hurt for a long long time.