The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers
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去年秋天针对迪士尼的抵制呼声，源于ABC因吉米·坎摩尔涉查理·柯克遇害案言论而停播其节目，引发言论自由争议。作者虽支持抵制，却发现实际操作困难：迪士尼旗下不仅拥有Disney+，还控制Hulu，后者独家上线多部常用以放松的剧集。文章借此指出，流媒体整合使消费者难以真正避开某家公司，抵制行动因此成为对 streaming 并购风险的警示。
There was a call to boycott Disney last fall. The owner of the ABC network had taken Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air over comments Kimmel made about responses to Charlie Kirk's murder, sending free speech proponents into a frenzy.
Those free speech proponents include me, who, as a reporter, has clear stakes in protecting that right. Although I was on board with halting support for a company I felt had acted wrongfully, truly boycotting Disney proved harder than I expected.
Disney's ubiquity
Canceling Disney+ was simple but threw a hefty wrench into my evening routine. I tend to end many weekdays laughing at comforting sitcom reruns and adult animation. I usually associate Disney with princesses, kids' movies, and, more recently, comic heroes. But Disney also owns Hulu, which exclusively streamed many of my favorite shows for unwinding at the time, like American Dad, Futurama, Living Single, Fresh Off the Boat, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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