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[–] logi@piefed.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A drove has at least 4 people in it so we can establish an upper bound of 2.4 billion droves.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think your upper bound is too many droves, the limit is total Disney Plus subscribers.

Here is some potentially useful data: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095372/disney-plus-number-of-subscribers-us/

To me it looks like their numbers may be trending down already so a boycott could be extra effective. If they have lots of customers already considering leaving then giving them an excuse like participating in a boycott in defense of free speech could help accelerate that trend and make a bigger impact.

[–] logi@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago

Well yes, it's not a very tight upper bound, but I was bringing it down from infinity. I'm glad the scientific process is working and we're refining this (in droves) over time.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Given that each person can hold as many accounts as they like, the number of accounts that've closed is anywhere from 8.01 to (2.4billion-.25)*4infinity (because I had only one account). I can see why they’re panicking