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[+] 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)
  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nah, my country just does not allow these kinds of clauses. You know.. like a sane country does.

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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.)

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  • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    anyone who has seen the news on this and kept their Disney+ subscription should be, for moral purposes, treated as someone who condones murder

    Bro, not gonna lie, this is a bad take. My grandparents just want to watch their soap operas, my parents really like star wars.

    It's like global warming. Blaming individuals for not recycling is not the move - taking action against huge corporations is the only realistic way to make change. By blaming random people, we end up looking like crazy people.

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