Living In Interesting Times

 So I read on Yahoo yesterday that so many people are canceling Disney+ subscriptions, the cancellation page was constantly crashing. (Yahoo even included instructions on what to do if that happened to you.)  And I wondered if that was really a thing.

Turns out, it is.

NBC News is also reporting more alarming news for the conglomerate.

“A number of celebrities, including NSYNC band member Lance Bass and ‘Transparent’ star Amy Landecker, have shared screenshots to social media that show their cancellations of their Disney-affiliated subscriptions,” NBC is reporting before adding, “As the message gained traction over the last day across social media sites, Google Trends showed an uptick of searches for the terms ‘cancel Disney Plus’ and ‘boycott Disney,’ as posters declared they were leaving the streaming platforms behind.”

That led popular podcaster Bill Simmons, who was doubtful about Kimmel’s ABC future to have second thoughts.

“What changed over the last 24 plus hours is there was such a groundswell,” he explained. “This just felt like this became the moment. If we stand by and let something like this happen, what’s next? Where do we go?”

Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the…

— Michael Eisner (@Michael_Eisner) September 19, 2025

Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.” By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

It appears authoritarianism isn’t all that popular.