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Re: Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit

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What about what he said was so controversial? It seems entirely in line with everything else I’ve seen happen on these kinds of shows.

It criticized the potus, and threat of his ire is enough to scare corporations in 2025. A fairly concerning development

Re: Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit

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What about what he said was so controversial? It seems entirely in line with everything else I’ve seen happen on these kinds of shows.

To those that are interpreting his comments in a certain way, the implication that Robinson is maga is highly offensive and textbook "misinformation".

Edit: there's clearly several ways to interpret what he said. I'm not making any kind of argument here, just answering op's question.

Re: Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit

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I'm sure it's an accident and not intentional! A big corporation would never, ever do something like cause a delay so people cool off and don't bother actually canceling later.

It's possible but I think Hanlon's Razor is more likely. I saw this happen myself and the form submission was successful on the second attempt. I just don't think they had the capacity to handle this surge of traffic to this endpoint/service.

It can be a mixture of both. It's extremely easy to Cover Your Ass while intentionally dragging your feet when a bug works in your favor. The manager simply has to decide that other tasks are higher priority.

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I hope people realize that paying for streaming is optional. vpn is all you need to pay for.

Have you tried using a VPN? I installed the free ProtonVPN I got with protonmail and half the internet stops working. VPNs look like bots with high exit traffic so they are blocked. Plus countries are cracking down on exit nodes.

Re: Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit

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post #12
post #10

What about what he said was so controversial? It seems entirely in line with everything else I’ve seen happen on these kinds of shows.

To those that are interpreting his comments in a certain way, the implication that Robinson is maga is highly offensive and textbook "misinformation". Edit: there's clearly several ways to interpret what he said. I'm not making any kind of argument here, just answering op's question.

Not so much offensive, as utterly puzzling given the information we had on him by Monday night.

Not a fan of Trump or Jimmy, and I don’t think this is a proportional or good response. I’m pretty stunned that there was actually momentum enough to take him off the air. I also don’t understand why he left that little dig in his monologue.

Re: Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit

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post #12
post #10

What about what he said was so controversial? It seems entirely in line with everything else I’ve seen happen on these kinds of shows.

To those that are interpreting his comments in a certain way, the implication that Robinson is maga is highly offensive and textbook "misinformation". Edit: there's clearly several ways to interpret what he said. I'm not making any kind of argument here, just answering op's question.

You don't exactly need to be MAGA to think that Kimmel's remarks were incorrect. From the economist:

>After the assassination Jimmy Kimmel, a comedian on abc, suggested erroneously that Kirk had been killed by a maga fan. Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasters, threatened consequences: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” Within hours abc took Mr Kimmel off the air indefinitely. Mr Carr then said all broadcasters should ease up on the “progressive foie gras”.

https://archive.is/ze4pD

You can check the other articles in the same issue and see they're not exactly cheerleaders for the Trump administration.

That said, the FTC shouldn't be in the business of strongarming critics, even if they're wrong.

Re: Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit

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I hope people realize that paying for streaming is optional. vpn is all you need to pay for.

Better to just not view it.

Best thing for a copyright holder is if people pay for their stuff. Next best is if people consume it but don't pay for it, as that at least preserves their relevance. Worst is to be ignored and become irrelevant/forgotten.

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