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

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Post by Aurornis » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:58 AM UTC

thierrydamiba wrote: post #47

AndyKelley wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Call it HN’s rule: Never attribute to incompetence what can be attributed to malice

I’m amazed at the prevalence of conspiracy theories on HN in recent years. Even for simple topics like a website crashing under load we get claims that it’s actually a deliberate conspiracy, even though the crashes have turned this from a quiet event into a social media and news phenomenon, likely accelerating the number of cancellations.

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

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Post by novemp » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:58 AM UTC

thepasswordis wrote: post #54

Aeolun wrote: 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.

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> There’s a relatively narrow rule which prohibits fcc licensed stations from knowing broadcasting false information if it has the possibility of creating civil unrest.

Oh wow, I didn't realize Fox News wasn't FCC-licensed.

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

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Post by SoftTalker » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:58 AM UTC

OutOfHere wrote: post #44

epistasis wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The FCC chair threatening your broadcast license is a pretty good "excuse". There wasn't a public outcry, it was a government outcry along with threats along multiple lines of leverage.

> The FCC chair threatening your broadcast license That's a clear violation of the First Amendment.

Not necessarily. Broadcasters have a license from the government to use the airwaves and they are obligated to act in the public interest. So some restrictions apply to them.

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

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Post by blindriver » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

leakycap wrote: post #2

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.

Load shedding

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

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Post by thepasswordis » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

jiggawatts wrote: post #60

thepasswordis wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> was a claim that Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a “maga” supporter. I just watched the video. What he said was that MAGA supporters were too quick to blame anyone but the right, before there was any evidence about the shooter’s identity or political stance. That’s a fact.

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

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Post by wvenable » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #51

gruez wrote: post #27

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>It was all milquetoast, ??? It was a very obvious dig at the president. There's still not good justification for the government to step in, but claiming it's "milquetoast" is baffling.

Have you ever seen a late night show? Monologue jokes about the sitting president practically define the format. Every other president going back decades would just man up and take it.

Except Nixon.

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

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Post by skinnymuch » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

skatingaway wrote: post #43

gibspaulding wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As long as there’s a tpb mirror in the working half the point stands.

The previous poster said their VPN doesn’t work. How exactly does “the point stand” with actual evidence that it doesn’t?

Because torrent sites aren’t going to be blocking vpns as much as other things probably

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

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Post by gruez » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:01 AM UTC

AndyKelley wrote: post #16

ethagnawl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Why would any manager prioritize this when it's going to blow over in less than a day, as evidenced by other commentators saying the site is already back up?

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

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Post by sapphicsnail » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:02 AM UTC

thepasswordis wrote: post #54

Aeolun wrote: 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.

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Do you not think the decision was political?

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

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 2:02 AM UTC

OutOfHere wrote: post #44

epistasis wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The FCC chair threatening your broadcast license is a pretty good "excuse". There wasn't a public outcry, it was a government outcry along with threats along multiple lines of leverage.

> The FCC chair threatening your broadcast license That's a clear violation of the First Amendment.

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