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mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months ago

Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension

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Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension

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Thinking of canceling Disney+? You’re not alone—after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, so many people rushed to quit that the cancellation page itself started crashing.
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    38•7 months ago

    The problem is, there was no reason to cave. Likewise there is no reason for Kimmel to even come back if they can waffle so easily, he doesn’t need the money and could probably shop a show on cable somewhere to have more say in how he can make fun of a current administration however fascist they wanna play or how much they want to play the victim.

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      39•7 months ago

      You’re not wrong, I personally didn’t even like Kimmel, but money walks, and I hope it still has some speech left to it.

      • @PenguinMage@lemmy.world
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        24•7 months ago

        Yeah honestly never cared much for him. Which last time I checked meant you just didn’t watch him. But apparently that’s just another difference between me and tangerine palpatine.

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      From what I understand based on Colbert’s monologue, their motivations for suspending Kimmel is completely monetary based. ABC affiliate company Nexstar made a $6.2 billion deal to acquire TEGNA Inc and Disney which owns ABC made a deal to get some NFL assets in exchange for a 10% stake in ESPN (valued at around $3 billion).

      Both of these acquisitions will need FCC approval to go through. Take a guess at what they’re willing to do to get that approval.

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        Sinclair is already a monopoly that holds 100x more influence than any company should ever be allowed… therefore all participants motivations are entirely criminal; only to further entrench their pre-existing illegal monopoly.

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          1•7 months ago

          Disney has a lot of power though. They control alot of media. What food is an affiliate who can’t broadcast anything.

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