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leakycap
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.
duxup
A website or service unable to handle traffic is still a thing in this day and age.
luxuryballs
“we have yet to prioritize scaling out the cancellation service”
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nabla9
I hope people realize that paying for streaming is optional.

vpn is all you need to pay for.

Aeolun
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.
sixtyj
And the second wave of subscription cancellations will be from people who are upset with Disney+ decision… Smart move of executive :) /s
tempodox
He dared to ridicule uncle Donald and his gang. That’s more than enough.
myvoiceismypass
It hurt the feelings of the "fuck your feelings" crowd, who started frothing at the mouth before even thinking about what was actually said.
duxup
Honestly I think most of the actually angry people only heard "about it". It was a very mild commentary.

The commentary about what Kimmel said was disconnected from what he said, hell the demand he give money seemed more like a criminal shakedown.

I think Trump's statement about going after anyone who has anything negative to say about them, that's the real goal / point. Doesn't even have anything to do with Kirk.

vharuck
Cancellation page worked fine for me around 11:30 EST. And here I thought I'd be late to the cancelling wave.
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ir77
just cancelled my hulu/disney bundle and requested to delete my disney account which was processed immediately and was very easy to find.

deleting the hulu account took me effort, had to search for it and log into a special site and only a submit request to yet to be processed.

so actually props to disney for not being user hostile.

adrr
I wonder how much money Disney is going to lose off the cancellations for all of Disney’s streaming. Let say it’s 10%, that’s $2.4b. Linear revenue which includes cable and broadcast is only $2.7b. So even if Trump pulls their broadcast license, they’ll lose more money from this boycott not including boycotts of their movies and theme parks.
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stelliosk
Even if you're not planning to cancel, if you cancel chances are you'll get an "offer" for the next few months.
rchaud
I remember the HP website crashing in 2011 when they cancelled the PalmOS device line and slashed the price of the HP Touchpad tablet from $500 to $99. I had to call their 1800 number and wait 45 minutes to place my order with a sales rep. I wonder if Disney+ even has a phone number alternative to cancel with now that call centers are considered cost centers.
khy
All The Simpsons episodes are on my YouTube TV DVR, along with a lot of the shows my kids like (although really what they care about is a couple channels on YouTube proper), so even before this I was wondering why I was paying for Disney+ at all.
keernan
My daughter is cancelling a one week Disneyworld vacation for 4 (w+h+2children).
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throwaway173738
I hope you realize the phrase “go woke go broke” is crafted to turn your brain off the same way “freedom is slavery” would.
tibbydudeza
I cancelled mine and I am not even in the US.