Great then that I have been pirating content ever since I remember.
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leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 months agokept 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.)
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 months ago
That’s correct on pragmatic grounds. I’m talking about moral grounds - if you’re giving them money you’re basically condoning their murder.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Yeah, the question is how long until they make it illegal to quit. As I said Musk is already trying, with advertisers.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 months ago
At those times I’m glad that Musk is a muppet and that his “they’re violating anrichrust!” will likely not roll well in courts, since he has a previous backstory of pissing off advertisers. And accordingly I don’t think that Disney will be able to enforce their “ackshyually they cannot sue me lol lmao see Disney+ clause” redditism. (And they likely wouldn’t be able to make contracts “valid for an eternity”, i.e. illegal to quit.)
But I get you. They’re still trying to violate human agency for profit. And I think that legal systems around the world should be curbing down those very attempts, not just telling them “no, you can’t do this” but also “your company is acting on bad faith and should be prevented from conducting businesses under the jurisdiction of this government”.