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don't believe a word of this
I think they barely cared, and still don’t care. It barely constitutes a footnote.
“A larger amount of subscribers will ‘churn’ this month and we have reason to believe most will be back to watch the next season of Andor.”
I thought Andor had been wrapped up.
The ending of Andor was so good that I haven't been able to watch another show. It followed through and paid off on every single thread with brilliant performances from everyone involved. It will be a generation before we get something so we'll made again.
Damnit, was looking forward to torrenting season 3.
It's already out, but they retitled it. It's called "Rogue One". Torrent to your heart's delight.
seen it and already torrented it nearly a decade ago.
Stop watching it out of sequence. It's going to get confusing.
Outcome predictions probably came from a room filled with bean counters at the behest of a soulless wraith in a suit saying that profits would be maximized because 51% of subscribers would continue buying Disney+. But now they're realizing that the blatant 1A violation profits were slightly below the 50% margin so they're all shitting their pants trying to fix the fuckup that came about because people aren't robots and MAGA cultists are less of their demographic than they'd anticipated.
A company that size makes predictions in terms of years and decades, this is barely going to be a margin-note in their long term plans.
I am shocked how much people underestimate huge organizations.
If you want this to actually surprise them, we need to do something that will actually surprise them, like not get bored with the entire story in 4 months time.
spoiler: everyone is going to get bored within weeks.
But shareholders always want money NOW.
The company at large might, but I wouldn't underestimate the stupidity of smaller divisions having problems if a single decision saw immediate financial backlash. I don't think you're wrong, but I also think companies often do stupid shit.
Voiceover: It took less than a week.
I mean, I'm pretty sure that Disney makes at least a little money outside the USA. I'm willing to bet that there are at least 2 other countries whose subscribers won't all cancel their subscriptions because the American political shitshow has touched upon a person they've never heard of (source: I'm in an English speaking country where people have Disney+ and watch Disney films and as far as I know, virtually nobody has heard of this guy and virtually everybody has exhausted their supply of 'wtf is the USA doing, surely they can't get away with that' for the year).
So unless you honestly think that the entire American user base is going to cancel - which seems wildly unlikely, given the political scene - AND that the number of Americans with subscriptions is at least equal to the number of subscribers outside the USA, then sorry bud, you aren't going to defeat fascism by pausing your Disney+ subscription for a few months.
It's a great start, and I personally think it's healthy to ethically curate one's free time where possible, but when October rolls around and Disney is still solvent, don't throw up your hands and say you gave it your best shot but the fight is clearly hopeless. You guys have let your corporations run unchecked for decades, if you want them to suddenly find a moral compass you need to settle in for a long game.
Thank you, I am so goddamn sick of these pandering headlines that are published simultaneously as the opposite spin which is algorithmically sent to right-wing viewers.
We have to start figuring this shit out as a society or we're sunk. For every headline that makes you feel a thing, there is a counterpart headline being circulated on the other side that makes them feel the same thing. Nothing can be trusted, everything is being made up to increase views and engagement and division.
Yep. They knew exactly what was going to happen and calculated that this is the best option.