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Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension
(creators.yahoo.com)
I would imagine that the crash was mandated by management.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2025
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“Make that page accidentally crash right now!”
even that is a good sign. it means there’s was enough of an effect for them to take action.
Americans aren't very persistent over political issues like this. Stave 'em off a few days and they'll forget and give up.
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They took it down to stop cancellations. The mass exodus hopefully continues.
America is built on shareholders getting profits. If they don't make money, things change.
Yeah, there's no chance a company like Disney can't serve a SPA for cancellation at this scale. This is deliberate.
I definitely know what SPA means in this context but could you explain for everyone else?
Single Page Application. I usually associate it with a fairly complicate web "page" that dramatically remakes itself in the browser, but is typically lightweight on the backend.
I would assume this is even simpler than "SPA" would suggest.
Yeah I wasn't even aware of the term SPA, but in this case I'd have simply called that a form. Form web pages are almost as old as the web itself.
- Apple: Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap your Apple ID name, then Subscriptions. Select Disney+ and tap Cancel Subscription.
- Google Play: Open the Google Play Store. Tap your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions. Tap Disney+ and Cancel subscription.
- Roku: Press the Home button on your Roku remote. Highlight the Disney+ app and press the Star button. Select Manage subscription and click Cancel Subscription.
- Amazon: Go to https://www.amazon.com/appstoresubscriptions. Find Disney+ and click Actions, then Cancel Subscription.
Their phone number is on their page... (You don't seriously accept phone numbers directly from social media do you? Check the source!) Contact Us | Disney+ Help Center https://help.disneyplus.com/contact-us/account-billing?target
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That’s when you call your credit card company to let them know you want to cancel payment but the website isn’t allowing at this time.
Politely request cancellation of any automated payments going forward and if one went through recently see if it’s possible to initiate a charge back. Not sure if a charge back would work in this situation but worth a try.
Most people don't know that they can do this. It's a good reminder.
Just the cancellation page? That's not suspicious at all...
Walt Disney used to attend meetings of the German American Bund. They have a long and deep relationship with fascists.
Like many are saying, don't give them your money back if they bring Jimmy back. Hopefully, Jimmy knows how well he could do away from the influences of such people, and he'll say "nah thanks"
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It doesn't take a lot of pressure to make a company cave, the James Gunn saga is one example.
If this causes a noticeable drop in revenue for them, they will care.
The problem is, there was no reason to cave. Likewise there is no reason for Kimmel to even come back if they can waffle so easily, he doesn't need the money and could probably shop a show on cable somewhere to have more say in how he can make fun of a current administration however fascist they wanna play or how much they want to play the victim.
You're not wrong, I personally didn't even like Kimmel, but money walks, and I hope it still has some speech left to it.
Yeah honestly never cared much for him. Which last time I checked meant you just didn't watch him. But apparently that's just another difference between me and tangerine palpatine.
From what I understand based on Colbert's monologue, their motivations for suspending Kimmel is completely monetary based. ABC affiliate company Nexstar made a $6.2 billion deal to acquire TEGNA Inc and Disney which owns ABC made a deal to get some NFL assets in exchange for a 10% stake in ESPN (valued at around $3 billion).
Both of these acquisitions will need FCC approval to go through. Take a guess at what they're willing to do to get that approval.
Sinclair is already a monopoly that holds 100x more influence than any company should ever be allowed... therefore all participants motivations are entirely criminal; only to further entrench their pre-existing illegal monopoly.
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But they won’t really care, in a moral sense, they’ll just do what helps them make money. They’re all soulless.
Not to sound like a broken record, but this is again a real world example of why corporations aren't people. The entire point of forming a corporation is to make a company completely devoid of individual responsibility. It becomes its own entity, but that entity is a machine. Each individual within the company is just following a predetermined set of rules/orders.
They'll always just do what helps them make money over what is moral, but I don't even believe that's a disparaging remark as much as a factual one. It's just how corporations are meant to work.
Corporations are absolved of moral responsibility just like any machine. Since the ends have already been predetermined, the closest to individual autonomy humans have is the decision to participate or not.
Either they make money, or they don't survive. Starving corporations by not feeding them your money is literally the only way to force them to change their predetermined survival strategy or perish. It's also why huge conglomerates that take away any choice in support are such a threat. If we keep allowing them, ultimately, humans will probably be forced to either just give in to the machine or boycott modern society altogether.
I'd agree with your comment, if it were posted ten years ago. We are already there. I cannot get any of the materials I need as a science teacher without going through fucking Amazon. There isn't a single laboratory supply store I can find in the metro area I live in with a population of 5-million+. I can't purchase anything without going online. Every utility is run by a corporation actively grifting the citizens, because it has complete control over whether they live or die. Every single thing I do requires either completely cutting myself off from another aspect of society or capitulating to a corpofascist monopoly or cabal of pedophilic oligarchs.
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As disgusted as I am with the people that have been openly celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination, I don't think death should automatically make somebody immune from criticism. All Kimmel did was point out that the MAGA crowd are desperately trying to characterize Tyler Robinson as a dangerous leftist, despite evidence so far pointing to him being a Gropyer (alt-right white nationalist faction that has openly feuded with Charlie Kirk.)
Kimmel deserves better than to be cancelled because Trump is a twiggered wittle snowflake who can take about as much criticism as a Reddit or Discord moderator.
Thinking of canceling Disney+? You’re not alone
I already cancelled mine over a year ago because Disney tried to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the family had agreed to a forced arbitration clause, all because their daughter signed up for a Disney+ trial. Do I even need to explain how much of a cunt you need to be in order to wave a forced arbitration agreement at a grieving family whose loved one was killed by the gross negligence of a staff member?
(also, the fact that I can type this comment on Lemmy and not Reddit says it all.)
The guy was suing for $50K +expenses. That is not even a drop in the bucket for Disney and they fought it. That says plenty about the culture over there.
Why are you disgusted by people being happy a fascist cant cause more damage?
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I feel sad that I can't boycott these spineless cowards because I haven't been a customer since forever.
I never was a customer, so I'm not sure what to do in this situation?
Seed more?
I suggest more pirate hats. People should be pirating TV and NFL. They do not deserve the money especially the NFL since they love to dig deep inside trump ass .
For people that wanna watch football and not support them, try nflbox.
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Combined.
Football? The American version? No thank you...lol.
Hockey is better.
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Don't forget to put you reviews on app stores, with how many stars you deem appropriate
If people would have gotten this upset back when it was Medi Hassan and Joy Reid we might not have gotten here.
Me, who has been pirating without breaks since Limewire existed and the closest I got to these services was Hulu before they got sued (back when it was free): Yarr matey.
People forget Disney was founded by a nazi.
Release another popular show and people will come back. Political activism by not watching tv is the bottom of the barrel.
I think "thoughts and prayers" are the bottom of the barrel. This is actively withholding money from Disney. And Disney LOVES money. If enough people stop giving Disney money, then the "line goes up" people will not get tens of millions of dollars and they'll have to take some action. This isn't a meaningless gesture. Obviously it depends on how many people cancel their subscriptions. How's spotify doing nowadays?
You are right. There is always lower. But it would be naive to bet on internet hype for having any consequences. Yes , you, me, many here, might change purchasing behavior for longer. But this is a microcosm and such a tiny fraction of the mass.
Maybe you are young and full of hope and I am old and already disenchanted. Don’t change.
Maybe you are young and full of hope and I am old and already disenchanted. Don’t change.
i too feel old and tired. Sometimes i make comments like you did. We should change.
we should stay as allies of the young who have the energy to believe in change
MONEY is all they care about. So it matters.
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I can't believe the people who use Lemmy also subscribe to things like Disney Plus. 🤣
To be fair it's the best place for Star Wars and Marvel content. But there are other means of acquiring such media, which I will not divulge on the internet.
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