Disney is about to own all of Hulu
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Disney expects to pay $8 billion to get full ownership of Hulu.

Disney is about to own all of Hulu | Disney’s paying more than $8 billion for Comcast’s stake in Hulu.::Disney and Comcast have reached a deal on Hulu’s buyout. Disney expects to pay about $8.61 billion to get the 33 percent owned by Comcast as a result of their agreement in 2019.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago

    Neat. I cancelled Hulu a few months ago, and this doesn’t make me regret my decision. I like some Disney content, but they’re corporate vultures and, based on their practices, they don’t deserve any loyalty.

    And Comcast, of course, can fuck themselves to death. I wish this wasn’t an amicable takeover and Comcast would lose badly, but that’s just my murderous mouse fanfic.

    • AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      I dispise Comcast because anything dealing with customer service takes fucking hours. Once youve spent a good hour dicking around on chat, you will search the internet for a live operator number. This will also take an absurd amount of time while you get switched from accounts to tech support. Seriously can’t stand it. Only game in town really, and they still suck.

      • LillyPip@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        There’s kind of a cheat code.

        First, always call, don’t bother with chat. The first prompt you get, say ‘agent’. Don’t say anything else, and keep saying that until you get a live person (it should only take 1-3 times in the menu.

        Once you have a person, threaten to cancel your service. You have to mean it (I always mean it if I’ve got to this point). They will escalate you to the customer retention team and they will listen.

        e: oh, and also be nice, but firm. Angry tirades never work, but exasperated friendliness does.

        • AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          Thanks for the walkthrough. I haven’t decided whether I am going to pull the trigger or just return the equipment so this may help.

          • LillyPip@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            It’s worth trying, even if you think you’ll end up cancelling anyhow. The last time I had to deal with them, they dropped my monthly bill from $150 to $80 for their highest speed broadband, and now I get roughly 1gb download speed for $80/mo. (eta in case it’s not clear: that wasn’t based on hypothetical sale prices; I’d been paying $150/mo out of pocket for half the speed; I now pay $80/mo for double the speed I had been getting.)

            Your results will probably vary – I have 25 years of uninterrupted customer loyalty to leverage. (eta: not like I have a choice where I live, it’s them or dial-up, but their international agents don’t know that lol).

            🤞

            e: also if you follow this blueprint, let us know if it works. I didn’t come up with this pattern, but it did work for me.

        • AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          I don’t know if my first response went through but I want to take the time and thank you for this well thought out response. It is deeply appreciated.