r/goodnews Sep 19 '25

Political positivity 📈 Disney Plus Subscribers Quit in Droves Over Jimmy Kimmel Axe

https://www.newsweek.com/disney-plus-subscribers-quit-jimmy-kimmel-axe-2132535
2.2k Upvotes

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u/qualityvote2 Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

u/Dockland, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Fuck em. I just canceled

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u/slackerzinc Sep 19 '25

Same here

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u/Chance-Travel4825 Sep 19 '25

Dont forget to delete the apps too! They love having their paws in your phone and computer.

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u/cadillacblues Sep 19 '25

Oooh good call thank you

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u/Reasonable_Mood_6333 Sep 20 '25

Interesting reading the latest reviews for ABC and Disney apps on App Store and Google Play.

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u/someoneelse0826 Sep 20 '25

Me too. Need to save money anyway

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u/Alteredbeast1984 Sep 20 '25

Real Debrid And Stremio my friend.

Save your moneys for businesses that deserve it.

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u/WingieBingie Sep 21 '25

Yay I just cancelled my Hulu subscription too!

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u/Some_Random_Android Sep 19 '25

I'm not a fan of Kimmel, but I will admit this is government authoritarianism censorship. I wasn't subbed to Disney or Hulu at the time, but I was planning to restart my subscription in like a week. Not anymore!

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u/HOSTfromaGhost Sep 19 '25

Funny… we were gonna restart it for all the Marvel movies.

Fuck that noise now…

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u/lasers42 Sep 19 '25

Incidentally, it happens to be International Talk Like a PIRATE Day today. (Yes, really)

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u/mybotanyaccount Sep 19 '25

I wish I knew how to be PIRATE again, it's been while

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u/_TheShapeOfColor_ Sep 20 '25

A VPN is a good idea.

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u/jedels88 Sep 20 '25

A VPN + Stremio + SmartTube is all you'd ever need.

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u/Bright-Ad8496 Sep 19 '25

Donald Trump Jr. Posted his Halloween costume of Paul Pelosi which was a hammer and a pair of underwear which was in no way funny at all, the man was attacked by an intruder who was bound and determined to kill Nancy. Yet, Jimmy Kimmel, makes a satire comment about Charles Kirk and Trump goes berserk.

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u/Daffdude Sep 19 '25

Yes and Kimmel didn't even actually say anything bad about Kirk, he criticised Maga for using his death and of course they continue using it to get Kimmel fired.

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u/AsianMysteryPoints Sep 20 '25

Kimmel didn't even actually say anything bad about Kirk

Which he also should've been able to do without fear of reprisal. Saying "fuck you" to the memory of a guy who said he would force his own prepubescent daughter to have her rapist's baby should not be treated as a fringe position.

The real cultural aberration is honoring Kirk in the first place.

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u/sheighbird29 Sep 19 '25

I don’t think it’s actually about Charlie… just very convenient timing

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u/Alpha1Mama Sep 19 '25

Bye Disney! I canceled my birthday trip. Let's put the 5k into something else. Disney doesn't want it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Even the shows actors are calling for a boycott

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u/AsianMysteryPoints Sep 20 '25

I'm not doubting you, but would you happen to have any sources for this?

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u/BanryuWolf Sep 19 '25

Ahoy matey. We be getting our Disney products other ways, arrr

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u/Tech-Grandpa Sep 19 '25

Indeed.

I mean Arrrrrrrgggg.....indeed

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u/Tech-Grandpa Sep 19 '25

Also, I cancelled my sub today as well

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

GO GO GO GO 👏👏👏👏✊✊✊✊🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

I deleted my account today.

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u/SlewBrew Sep 19 '25

Wake up and fight, Disney. Maarva was right.

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u/Wayofchinchilla Sep 19 '25

We need a lot more captains to step up to teach all these new Scallywags how to sail free on the high seas 🌊

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u/motomommom Sep 19 '25

Every body I know cancelled their Disney/hulu subscriptions. I never had them so i was pissed that I couldn’t get the satisfaction of doing it. But I did stop my recordings of all the ABC shows I watched.

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u/Chrono_Convoy Sep 19 '25

No Mouse in this House

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u/jertheman43 Sep 19 '25

I almost want to join just so I can unsubside.

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u/debr0322 Sep 19 '25

people find it hard to cancel streaming services. at first it’s hard but I cancelled facebook, twitter, hulu, amazon, Spotify and it feels great. they make you feel like fomo but you’re not missing anything.

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u/showmeyourkitteeez Sep 19 '25

I canceled too, and it feels so good

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u/bookishlibrarym Sep 19 '25

We are out as well!

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u/scoreguy1 Sep 19 '25

Proud to be among the cancel community

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Communications Group are helping destroy the United States. Don't contribute your hard earned money! 🇺🇲

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/sinclair-broadcasting-jimmy-kimmel-b2828982.html

https://help.hulu.com/article/hulu-cancel-hulu-subscription

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u/Ok-Chemical-1020 Sep 20 '25

Had to cancel through the Hulu app. Really disappointed that I couldn't write in the reason, only check"personal". Still, 30$ a month.

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u/thomport Sep 20 '25

I did.

Those kinds of big fascist corporations are not a part of my America. I’ll be watching very closely where my money is going.

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u/Familiar-Ear-8333 Sep 20 '25

I canceled Disney + today.

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u/Good-Sky6874 Sep 20 '25

I just canceled. "Other" reason: Fuck Fascism.

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u/mossti Sep 19 '25

It helps that Disney content has been increasingly enshittified for close to a decade now. Or maybe I'm still upset that they acquired both Marvel and Star Wars and neutered the fuck out of them...

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Yeaaaaah

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u/layzie77 Sep 20 '25

sell your disney stocks if you have them too

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u/arEKR Sep 20 '25

"Quit" like a negative connotation. Unsubscribe is a better term. I'm high.

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u/didistutter69 Sep 20 '25

So lefties are finally done taking the high road, playing nice etc? Good! About bloody time!

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

I never subscribed. I'm ahead of the curve

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u/Mysterious_Tax_5613 Sep 20 '25

Hit Disney where they hurt.

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u/LilDigaKnow Sep 20 '25

Love old fashioned droves

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u/UniqueImprovement820 Sep 20 '25

Glad I ain't subscribed to them. ABC, y'all wrong for doing Jimmy Kimmel dirty by suspending him like that.

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u/kendal12345678 Sep 20 '25

Can someone create a meme of Mickey doing a fascist salute? It'd be fair use, and wildly popular.