If I was a subscriber, I’d quit. But I’m a pirate instead. Fuck all of ‘em.
Then you’re already doing your part.
Yar! Matey! Wish you good wind in your sails!
Right? Couldn’t pay me to use Disney. Even Netflix I only liked during the DVD era. Streaming selection was always crap with maybe 1 actual show or movie you wanted to see.
Be aware: Newsweek has a history of posting stories that placate and reassure the non-MAGA crowd. I don’t 100% trust their intentions as an organization. Kamala Harris was definitely going to win according to Newsweek, the week before the election.
I’ve said it before, but NW shouldn’t be used at all its a tabloid. Kinda disappointed in my fellow lemms that keep using it.
Almost the entire article here is reposting stuff from Xhitter. That’s the best they’ve got.
Yeah, unless they cite sources with real numbers I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Next step: “It is un-American not to have Disney+ in your household. Only members of Antifa or trans people don’t have Disney+. It will be mandatory for every patriotic God loving US citizen to have Disney+ in their home and on at least three hours per week. Anyone found not to be watching the party approved level of Disney programming will be taxed $21.99 per month and the proceeds put into a new ‘Mickey Patriot Fund’.”
Wait, do these guys seriously have beef with antifa to call someone out for being antifa like that? Or is that just an exaggeration? Genuinely don’t know what to believe nowadays lmao.
Thinking about the whole “Antifa is a terror organization” announcement from our dear leader.
I don’t even like Jimmy Kimmel, but I cancelled too. Don’t fuck with the 1st amendment.
The only reason I’ve never canceled is because I’ve never subscribed.
But I wish I had something to cancel in protest of the egregious 1st amendment violations.
Track down the advertisers on your local ABC affiliate stations and cancel them!
I love this for Disney!
I was never a subscriber, and barely care about any of their products, anyway. If I never see another Disney-produced show again, I’ll be just fine.
Fuck 'em.
Nothing in the article mentions how many people actually unsubbed…
DROVES
Damn American units
More than a handful, less then a metric fuckton.
Only Disney has those numbers, and releasing them would tank the stock that’s already dipping.
There is zero reason for them to admit what is happening.
Also of note, trump is pushing for it to go from quarterly to (I think) annual reports, so companies will be able to hide this stuff for longer, the whole time doing insider trading.
It’s because nobody but Disney has that data, and they stopped sharing sub numbers because it fucks with stock price too much.
Talkin out their ass seems to be Newsweek’s brand identity these days.
thier stocks did drop 7%.
There’s a guy in the comments who posted a picture of an unsubscribe email.
So… at least one person.
How do you propose a journalist reveal numbers only Disney has access to?
Because Newsweek is a rag. If they reported that the sky was blue, I’d go outside and check myself
How many people unsubbed isnt the point. The point is that you clicked. They did the same bait articles when Disney fired Gina Carano, and “the right” were all saying they were cancelling disney plus. I look around at the comments, and they are all pretty much the exact same. Just the political leanings have switched. Its both hilarious and incredibly sad at the same time.
Wow someone had a hard-on for Gina
Muscle mommy? Yeah, a little bit… Kinda fat now though… lol I wonder what Ill get down votes for on this comment… lol.
I thought she was hot before I realized she was a nazi
If you’re boycotting, here you go. Ahoy!
I think this chart might be a bit dated, I’m fairly certain Disney has taken full control of Hulu, not 67%
You only need 51% for “full control.”
Their point is Disney owns 100% as of 2023
Got it, boycott half episodes
Nah. Gotta watch only odd episodes
At some point one can reduce consumption to ‘Previously on the show…’ and ‘Watch next…’ bits before and after an episode.
Nah, just watch them through YouTube shorts in a random order, that’s how I watch movies now.
I was surprised to see Fox, looked into it on Wikipedia, and now I’m even more confused between Fox Entertainment, Fox Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Fox News [Channel], …
Studios should not own TV channels.
I wouldnt say Im even trying to boycott, but I could care less about literally everything under that umbrella except for Pixar, and I havent seen a new Pixar movie in probably 10 or more years.
What the fuck does Winnie the Pooh Workbook even mean?
You mean you couldn’t care less.
I mean, I think it’s possible for them to care less
Then they must care a decent amount.
I didn’t have a Disney channel to unsubscribe from so I cancelled my Apple subscription.
I’ve already started my journey to replace all streaming services with jellyfin anyway so i will be cancelling mine too.
This jimmy kimmel business just sweetens the deal.
got an old raspberry pi set up as a jump box with a tailscale vpn so i can remotely power up my pc from anywhere and watch anything i have downloaded. Just need to get a dedicated server and storage, either nas or internal in a larger tower. But for now its working really well.
Aoostar makes some really great tiny NAS devices based on the Intel N100/N150 series, and they also have an AMD unit if that’s your jam (it’s mine). If you buy the one with built in main storage it comes with Windows 11 Pro installed but you can wipe that and install Linux or a dedicated NAS OS if you wish. Or just save money and throw a NVMe SSD in for the OS and a bunch of HDDs for media and go to town.
The best part is you can buy direct from Aoostar, no need to buy from Amazon though they are offered there too.
https://aoostar.com/collections/nas-series
I also like UGREEN’s NAS offerings, they come with their own custom NAS OS that supports Docker so you can run all your *arrs and Jellyfin and other server apps as containers. The web-based interface is like using a normal Linux or macOS desktop.
See you on the high seas, matey.
Do you have a good, idiot-friendly, guide on how to set up JellyFin? I tried once but wasn’t able to get anything to stream.
I’ve had trouble getting Jellyfish to stream anything. The error message it gives you in the client GUI make it sound like the problem is client-side, but it always ends up being permissions on the server (for me, anyway).
I ended up having to move my media drive into /mnt/ (rather than /mnt//) and allow Jellyfin to access that folder - the Jellyfin service needs permissions.
The Jellyfin log files will show you that is having trouble accessing the files of this is the issue.
Need to stream at home or away from home?
Only at home.
Me and my wife both have desktop PC. The Windows version just has an installer as one would expect. The Linux version I used is the variety you just unzip in a directory and run from there which is about as easy.
I have configured each machine to have a stable IP on the LAN and bookmarked it and if we want to watch each others content we just click on the bookmark for each others jellyfin.
Oh! In addition, if you want to access it from a tv or mobile device you install the client on those devices and point them at the same IP and port. My lg tv has jellyfin in the store, firesticks have it, play store (i assume apple app store too) amd the server can be managed from there too.
You can set up users and allow each user to acces different content in the settings which is good if you have kids and want to keep them from watching john wick 😜
Anyone have a guide for remote Jellyfin access running on a Linux server? Been struggling to get it working.
Look into:
Talescale for an easy but limited option.
Wireguard with a dynamic DNS service for something that provides more flexibility with a little set up.
Don’t open a publicly facing port unless it’s for an encrypted tunnel. If you don’t want to open your computer to a lot of threats. Always use an encrypted tunnel when opening something to the Internet.
Thanks. I previously setup Tailscale but couldn’t quite get it to work. I’ll keep troubleshooting or see if there’s other options.
Oh no, people are ditching the overpriced streaming service?
Disney when they see people cancelling their subscriptions.
It used to be that you didn’t fuck with the Mouse. Trump’s admin has shown that they’re actually a paper tiger and have no bite.
A bigger deal to them is the theme parks and cruises.
Not only are those big money makers, they’re also easier for news crews to see and report on.
I saw this suggestion on the site that shall not be named.
Find a Nexstar or Sinclair owned channel, note the advertisers in there, and start shaming them for paying money to advertise on those networks. Literally 50% of their revenue comes from ads so gutting that would make a difference
Here’s Sinclair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
Here’s Nexstar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Nexstar_Media_Group
Edit: *David Smith, son of the founder and currently CEO of Sinclair, has a hilarious entry-
In an August 1996 prostitution sting, Smith was charged with committing an “unnatural and perverted sex act” (oral sex) in a Sinclair company vehicle. He was sentenced to community service, which was fulfilled by having Sinclair station WBFF produce reports on a local drug counseling program.[14][15]
Aaaaand not so funny-
Prior to Ajit Pai’s appointment under the first Donald Trump presidential administration as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Smith met with Pai to discuss deregulation of the FCC’s media ownership rules. This meeting, plus Sinclair having been granted additional access to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, resulted in accusations that Sinclair was currying favor with the Trump administration in exchange for deregulation of the industry.[16][17][18] Smith met with Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election year, in which he told Trump, “We are here to deliver your message.”[3]
“The site that shall not be named”
… Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down? (/j)
I assume Facebook. We all realised after that that social media was an evil business.
It was Reddit
Impossible. People name and complain about Reddit all the time. It’s like everyone on Lemmy’s bitch ex.
See also: setup a public wifi share box to help your neighbors scale back on subscriptions
The suspension of the show has been met with condemnation and praise from both sides of the political spectrum.
Who on the left is praising it? Is this deliberate bullshit by Newsweek, or just careless copyediting?
It’s really sloppy wordmanship but I think what it’s supposed to be saying is that the news has been met with both condemnation and praise from across the political spectrum aka condemnation from the left, and praise from the right. So technically the statement is true, but clumsily written.
I guess it depends on whether you regard “Republicans Against Trump” as being on the Left. Trump probably does.
Everything to the left of killing homeless people is radical leftism to them.
Exactly. You could check every box in MAGA Bingo, but if you have the slightest qualms about sending innocent people to a life sentence in a third world torture prison without due process, you’re as liberal as a San Francisco Homo or a Black Woman.
Thanks for the reminder!
“come back and cancel anytime”
What the fuck is that wording?
It’s very awkward. I think they mean you can stop the intent to cancel, so cancel the cancellation.
It was oddly easy. Click the cancel button and that was it. No “are you sure” BS. Not like SiriusXM, whom I’m also boycotting for being shit.
After careful consideration, I think their intent was to say…
You can come back anytime and if you do, you can always cancel at anytime.
… More or Less. Basically saying you can join and cancel at your leisure.
That’s a terrible way to say it, but ok.
