• obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip
    16·
    22 days ago

    Friendly reminder, boycotting Disney isn’t just a few streaming services. Everything from Spiderman Underoos to the Lego Millenium Falcon should be avoided like the plague. No Aladin on Broadway, or Theme Parks.

    When their partners start to complain and their residuals take a hit they’ll hear you a lot more clearly than just a drop in subscriptions.

    If for some reason you can’t cut them off, try to cut back. Disney made 91 billion in 2024, if everyone cuts back by 10% you can carve nearly 10 billion dollars out of their revenue stream.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    22 days ago

    I kind of feel bad for Americans who were/are very invested in American culture. A lot of people survive on consumerism, so now they have to decide if they want to change their habits (choose ethics and morality) or continue doing their thing (because they’re in denial/need a distraction). It’s not looking good…

    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
      7·
      22 days ago

      There’s zero chance this turns Americans away from consumerism. Hell, even in threads calling for boycotts most people are saying they’re going to still consume Disney products, they just won’t pay for it.

    • SoloCritical@lemmy.world
      3·
      22 days ago

      I consume like a motherfucker but I still cancelled Disney Plus and Hulu literally just now. Dropped my MAX/Hulu/Disney bundle and picked MAX back up because from what I understand they had nothing to do with this.

    • phx@lemmy.world
      3·
      22 days ago

      I’m kinda annoyed. My sub expired a bit before this and I didn’t renew. I was looking at whether to do so this month, but now I don’t get to tell them why they aren’t getting any more of my money

    • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      23 days ago

      Way ahead of you. Disney have been unworthy scumbags in my eyes ever since I read ‘Free Culture’ by Lawrence Lessig many years ago.

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
    9·
    23 days ago

    I said this in another thread but it’s frustrating as hell as a non American that your citizens are being vanished into gulags based on their race, free speech is being silenced, your rights are being pissed on and all your tax money is going to weapons and billionaires. And the best you guys can do is a Disney boycott.

  • myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip
    8·
    22 days ago

    History channel?! Where the hell do you expect me to watch pawn stars and American pickers knowing ripping people off like the assholes they are. If that ain’t some real American history.

  • demizerone@lemmy.world
    7·
    23 days ago

    Omg I went to cancel Hulu and I was paying $26 a month for the ad free package. It had dismey plus and ESPN too. I don’t watch any of those! I told my wife I was cancelling and she was like yea fuck those fascists.

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
    7·
    23 days ago

    Yay, Disney hate is finally mainstream! I’m basically inline with popular opinion by virtue of maintaining my firmly held beliefs I developed decades ago and held even when it was inconvenient and unpopular!!! It’s my time to shine for the short period of time this transient fad plays out!

    Kidding and current events aside, Disney media has given me the creeps since I was a kid. The popular cartoon movies just felt like propaganda. I’m not saying everything Disney hits that note, but so, so much of it does.

    Then I started meeting Disney adults and, while I understand that Disney has no control over how these people act and choose to represent them, all I can say is OH MY GOD. Crazy cat lady, bizarre couple who live in Christmas themed home decor and wardrobe year round, homeless person who’s still got money for meth and thinks he’s Jesus vibes all wrapped up into one with sprinkles on top.

    Then they took over local news stations and started presenting “Disney” as news – entire segments dedicated to Disney intellectual properties disguised as “breaking news” kind of bullshit.

    And finally they wrapped their slimy tendrils around the neck of super heroes and Star Wars and squeezed until blood poured out every pore while the corpse dried out and rotted.

    So, thank you, I’ve had enough, and at least now maybe a few more people will see what kind of monster they’ve been supporting all along and decide to sever the ties.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      23 days ago

      It’s a bit funny and sad that the most innovation I’ve seen from Indiana Jones and Star Wars has been from video games - a cinematic medium they contract with, but don’t have as much twisted control over.

      When Cal picks up a “crossguard” in Jedi: Survivor it was at first a moment of sequel cringe, but then they had the idea of having him wield it like a two-handed bastard sword where it has more weight, and it gives it such a cool identity.

      • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 days ago

        Even without a usenet indexer, public bittorent gets you pretty far.

        Also funny how some of the nicest container stacks I’ve been seeing are fully decked out pirate ships with upwards of 20 containers handling various things. Some dude even published his insane 10k USD 320Tb plex server build on pcpartpicker with consumer priced server grade tech like 28TB HDDs and ECC RAM.

  • canajac@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    22 days ago

    I just filed a complaint to ABC. Free speech is important especially in todays world.