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Disney reportedly lost 1.7 million paid subscribers in the week after suspending Kimmel
(www.engadget.com)
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They lost $6.4 Billion in valuation.
I'd like to know where those numbers are coming from, but it is believable.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was an internal leak. There’s a lot of hands around this data it’s easy for someone to slip.
Probably from Disney, there's no way for anyone else to know.
Bend the knee again. I dare ya. I double dog dare ya.
That number is encouraging.
That number is a lie, mate. Disney doesnt give those numbers out, for very good reason. Its some random on bluesky chatting shit for internet points. And for some reason people are repeating it like its fact.
Welcome to the new mainstream media...
Good. May it continue to hurt.
The sad part is that these numbers are made up and Disney probably won't really be affected by this.
Unless a majority of D+ unsubscribes, stay unsubscribed, this will be little more than a blip on their financials.
I really want to cancel Disney, but my wife won't let me because her currently bed bound mum likes to watch it.
Set up the arr suite and never look back. With jellyseer allowing users to pick whatever content they want, all the complexity is obscured behind the scenes. It just shows up in jellyfin or plex.
Thanks I'll take a look. Might be something I can do easily enough for me, but she doesn't live with us and trying to get a pair of 70 year olds to figure out new tech ain't easy!
If you need to expose outside your network, it can be done, but it requires much more care. But when it comes to usage, these consumption apps are crazy good ux these days; feels much like Netflix or Apple TV.
If you can't, get other people to cancel in your place.
You could boycott Sinclair and Nexstar instead since they were the networks who pressured ABC to drop him in the first place.
I'm in the UK, I dont know what either of those are
Now that they brought him back, there's going to be another wave of revenue loss. A political pincer movement lol.
This is why staying out of politics is usually in a business’s best interests. There is no winning move where pissing off one side or the other is a good thing for $$$
The right was pissed at Disney years ago though (I can’t even remember what BS for); they’ve weathered that storm before.
I think this all started when Disney DARED to do the unthinkable and put a light saber in the hands of a Black actor for about 2mins. On top of that Disney RUINED EVERY CHILDHOOD EVER by making a female the main protagonist of the SW sequels. That was a bridge too far for the cheeto dust covered sad bois who were living with their parents at age 42, and the rest is history.
Disney opposed the "don't say gay bill" at the behest of employees and fans.
Right! Thanks for the reminder (even if it’s more pleasant to forget).
They also made a black Ariel
A decent start
Don't go back.
I'm doing my part!
Cause fuck’em, that’s why!
That's a fuckload of lost solid revenue.