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>It's not really possible to boycott Disney at this point

How not? I consume nearly no Disney media. My biggest consumption right now would likely be hulu, and that's a shared account that I don't pay for

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Because they own so many things. ESPN, Marvel (movies and comics), Photobucket, the History channel, 8 local TV stations, a documentary The Trial of Adolf Eichmann which aired on PBS, Vice Media. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Disney and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_production_companies_o...

To be honest, and I admit that this is just me, but you described a whole lot of media I don’t consume and never will. I didn’t even realize that my viewing/listening habits amounted to a Disney boycott, but there it is. I guess they helped me along by being such crap.

It's just an example of their breadth. It would be difficult to intentionally boycott them because you'd have to cross-reference everything against a huge list of random junk like that.

Disney also has partnerships with studios behind Youtube channels who make money by mocking Disney. Epic Rap Battles has a lucrative (to all parties) partnership with MCN Maker Studios. Maker is owned by Disney.[0]

[0]http://newmediarockstars.com/2015/08/did-epic-rap-battles-pi...

How about ABC or ESPN? If not them I'm sure there are a dozen other examples of things Disney owns that may or may not be common knowledge.

I'm not saying it's impossible but it is sure hard at this point. Personally I'd really feel like I was missing out by boycotting Star Wars or Marvel. I know not everyone likes the direction Disney is taking these franchises but I continue to enjoy them, especially when sharing with my kids. I'd miss out if I tried to boycott Disney.

Doesn't mean I like them as a company though!

Never cared much for the original Star Wars, and certainly don't care for the new ones. Don't care for the vast majority of movies, or even traditional media. I don't consume sports, so the only ESPN I view is Five-Thirty-Eight on election cycles. Meanwhile I haven't watched TV, or ABC in 8 years. Apparently I'm (accidentally) boycotting a lot of media.

I actually didn't realize it was so hard to avoid most of those things. They're full of the same old same old, and produce nearly no satisfaction for me. It's like eating fast food, very tasty, but of no quality. Though I say that, and yet regularly consume fast food. Goes to show my opinion of most "mainstream" media I guess

Disney owns 30% of Hulu and is purchasing 21st Century Fox which owns an additional 30% of Hulu.

Yes, and I didn't __need__ hulu. If it was my choice, I wouldn't have the account.

It is your choice, especially if you don't pay for it.

My mother pays for the account whether I use it or not. I cannot affect her purchase of it (I've tried). I don't have a choice on whether or not disney makes money from that account.

Do you ever go to any Marvel films?

I've seen very few of them since Iron Man 2. I don't particularly care for them. I have paid out of pocket for a single Star Wars film. I don't think I purchase much media they are connected to, more out of apathy than purposeful boycott, and I think it would certainly be possible to boycott them, just disappointing to some friends who enjoy their content. I took issue with "nearly impossible to boycott"

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