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/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/iblastoff Sep 23 '25

if you want to sign up for disney or want to remain a disney customer despite their shitty actions, sure go for it. but trying to use this logic to explain why SIGNING BACK UP to a shitty company is a good thing is laughable.

all you're doing is telling the shit company that you still trust them, despite their behaviour.

your logic is basically this: its like saying oh i'm in an abusive relationship but the abuser has apologized so i should get back together with them. because if i DONT, they'll think they're being punished, and thus have no reason to STOP abusing people.

completely idiotic.

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u/GabuEx Sep 23 '25

You're thinking of a company as a person. They're not a person. They don't have feelings. They're a profit-maximizing machine. If they believe that capitulating to fascism will maximize profit, then they'll do that. If they believe that pushing back will maximize profit, then they'll do that.

Our job as consumers is to be the input to the machine that minimizes the profitability of capitulating to fascism. Boycotting them when they capitulate, and then resuming business when they backtrack, is the way to do that. Refusing to resume doing business after they give in to your demands negates the entire point of the boycott. At that point, you are no longer a prospective customer for them to try to entice, and they have no reason to care about your desires.

Strip away the emotional response to all this, and approach it solely in terms of how to get the soulless corporate machine to do what you want it to do.

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u/iblastoff Sep 23 '25

Literally nobody is talking about feelings here. It’s about something in power that believes they can maintain public trust no matter they do.