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This was reported in July but seems to be happening again

• toomuchtodo 1y ago
  Might be because of folks trying to cancel their Hulu because of Kimmel being pulled off the air. ABC and Hulu are both owned by Disney. https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/life/2025/09/18/canceling-disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel/86220528007/ https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/life/2025/09/1...
  • ummonk 1y ago
    That's why I cancelled but I'd be curious about the technical reasons that something like this could happen, given that I'd expect cancellation to not be that much of a load on the servers compared to all the other actions users take on a streaming platform. Perhaps subscription changes go to a specific microservice that got overloaded? Or to an unsharded database that got overloaded?
    • toomuchtodo 1y ago
      "Turn it off or make it hard to cancel until the angry people go away."
      • toomuchtodo 1y ago
        Additional citation: Disney Plus Subscribers Quit in Droves Over Jimmy Kimmel Axe - https://www.newsweek.com/disney-plus-subscribers-quit-jimmy-kimmel-axe-2132535 https://www.newsweek.com/disney-plus-subscribers-quit-jimmy-... - September 19th, 2025