kept their Disney+ subscription
No, no, the problem is that once you’ve had a Disney+ subscription, even a free trial, you’re fucked for life (and beyond), according to Disney. You (and probably any descendants you might ever have) are restricted to arbitration for ever. Cancelling the subscription at this point won’t help, you’re already doomed.
The only ones who can save themselves are people who’ve never had a subscription (and to be safe I’d stay away from anyone who’s ever had one, just in case Disney somehow managed to make the contract contagious).
(Of course you can still cancel on moral grounds if you’re already infected, but given the precedent Musk is trying to set with advertisers who quit Xitter, Disney will probably be able to forcibly arbitrate you into subscribing again. You and your descendants are Disney serfs now, for ever and ever.)
Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah, my country just does not allow these kinds of clauses. You know… like a sane country does.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 months ago
The government that I pay taxes to doesn’t allow this sort of abusive clause either. However, this is a lot like Nestlé’s slavery chocolate: it’s still harming someone in the world, and the business is showing signs that it would gladly do it against us if allowed to do so.
Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep, government needs to regulate businesses.
But in this particular case I would suggest the judge “asks” whoever signed off on this lawsuit to come to court and sentence that person and the lawyer to 60 days hard labor, just for thinking of the heinous use of this clause.
Besides that, clauses that extend beyond the duration of a contract should also be heavily regulated.