Disney bends the knee to fascists, then asks for more money. Bold strategy.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2025
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They did the math and turns out they got enough disney chucklefucks to keep giving the mouse money. Pathetic.
Methinks this is some poor timing all things considered.
All things considered, and not just the Kimmel/FCC incident. People are having trouble making ends meet, and somehow I don't think after a bit of time they will favor keeping that Disney+ vs. eating more than Ramen. Then again, the public has amazed me with what they will accept. Maybe they like what Disney+ and the rest offer no matter the cost.
Oh yeah the constant bleeding dry of everyone while wages have stagnated cannot be understated.
what an excellent read on the room. these guys should be in politics…oh wait-
I’ve canceled all of these services because of their endless greed.
Asshole execs can’t just leave something that’s working alone.
I mean that’s just the pump and dump business model that US companies have nowadays. Also makes the economy look amazing on paper while in reality only a few profit off of this greed. Can’t wait for this scheme to collapse in on itself.
If they didn't keep themselves constantly busy sabotaging stuff we use we might start to wonder what we're paying them hundreds of millions of dollars for
And for the less technologically literate: https://yams.media/
Which is just an automation tool to build one of the above
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And a VPN to torrent behind. Pressure on torrenting prosecution is growing and AI tools to detect piracy are being developed.
From packet size, you can tell who's using wireguard, there are forks that alter and randomize this, but there's a good chunk of the pool.
The human error problem. I've googled game isos and film names, I know. Someone can incriminate themselves without even needing torrents or a log.
Let's say you're Mr. Knowitall, behind TOR, on your own relay, on a remote vps, remote Qbittorrent, vpn on a dedicated port, all wrapped up in security. You only search on a dedicated TailsOS install on a private vlan on unbound dns, over https, with selinux on top.
Judge: "You downloaded 43TB of what, exactly?"
In a court of law - they need to be able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt to charge you. If they can’t prove you were going to the torrent site to download illegal content, a good lawyer will get you off. They may try, but don’t make their job easy. The more obscured you are, the harder it is for the content owners to sue and they will likely move to an easier target.
In a court of law
Lawsuits are won with money in the US. I'd lose before I walked into the courtroom. They'd be on script the entire time and rehearsed if the entire operation wasn't planned to make an example of someone to begin with.
"Well, your honor, I wanted to have Wikipedia available offline for if my connection went out"
Bold move Cotton, raising prices after having mass cancellations due to being collaborators.
Worse content, higher prices. They really are punishing the people who got rid of their DVDs, aren't they?
No. I replaced mine with 20tb hdd's and I'm fine.
The people who doesn't torrent.
I'm buying games on Steam, because it's all in one place, cloud saves, easy mods installation and shit.
I'm paying for music streaming (just left Spotify for Deezer because Spotify's owner is investing in strike drones), because it's convenient to have everything together, lyrics and recommendations.
But like fuck I will be choosing which 3 video streaming services to pay for depending on what just came out. Rutracker, "Murderbot Diaries 4K" sort by seeds, go! Btw, if you lack VPN, just for one purpose of going to ruteacker I am using Opera's internal vpn
Shiver me timbers
Gotta make up the lost revenue from cancelations somehow
Disney has always been greedy. Let the oligarchs support them, cancel all your services.
Everyone’s cancelling! What should we do? I know, let’s raise prices. That should fix it.
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Is there even a chance this cash grab wasn't caused because they started hemorrhaging customers and investors?
Trump supporting mergers and cracking down on unions caused this.
Mergers and union crackdowns certainly are to blame, but they predate the current president.
At least, the zombie remains of Ronald Reagan would love some credit for his efforts.
and yet our fav shows like Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy have how many eps a season now?
I don’t watch those, but judging by the “evolution” of others…. 4? And such a season made once every 3 years?
the wrap didn't credit or mention it but this story broke by marisa kabas
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kimmel-reinstatement-disney-price-increase-scoop
I wish popcorn time was still a thing!
Stremio is a thing
Good to know!
Who?