#boycott streaming services

[unapologeticmelancholy]

Instead of paying actors and writers a fair wage, Netflix has just listed a few AI job postings with extremely lucrative salaries on their website. At this point, I thought, I don't wish to support such a greedy and unethical corporation with my own money. The writers are on strike but my subscription is still generating revenue for Netflix even though Netflix isn't making any new content. This isn't exactly helping the actors and writers.

So I cancelled my subscription. I encourage everybody to do the same: cancel your streaming service subscriptions for the time being. Starve them out just as they themselves admitted to doing the very same things to their actors and writers: real people for whom that may even mean starvation and homelessness. See how those executives like the taste of their own medicine.

And if you come back to Netflix within 10 months, you'll be able to restore all your account information, watched shows and all. You don't lose anything. But imagine the impact on Netflix if it rapidly lost a huge chunk of its revenue. It won't even take 10 months for those money-obsessed CEOs and executives to start talking to actors and writers differently.

Money is power. Those companies have that money FROM US. Let's take it away and see what happens.

[khepiari]

I truly enjoyed KAOS and Dead Boy Detective this year. Now I realise why I stick to KDramas, JDramas, Turkish Dramas, and Lakorns: They wrap it up in one season. Even if there are multi-seasons, each season gets a good, solid wrap-up.

Moral of the Story: Support Non-Hollywood, and cancel all your streaming Subscriptions!

[h0t-p1nk-ch33tah-pr1nt]

Wtf is jjk even about

[cieric-of-chaos]

I wanna watch echo.... it's look interesting

Tbh Idk what's actually going in the who mcu timeline rn.....and idc

And I also haven't watch gotg vol.3 and I am so late for it..... it's on my watchlist for like....a long ago now...I wanna see it so bad but I like...I don't have the energy??

[stilesssolo]

Gonna pull my hair out at all the misinformation I’m seeing about supporting the strike on this website this morning 🙃

[repugaytion]

Eras Tour Movie or not, here is your daily reminder to Boycott Disney + for their support of Israel.

[vettelbee]

i’m not watching the brawn doco cause i want to support the disney boycott but if anyone wants to be really kind to me could you please send any and all new james content please and thank you i will be forever indebted to you

[splodey-goat]

I do love that Tumblr is the only place on the internet I consistently see people still be like, really pretty steadfast morally on not giving the Harry Potter any money, but honestly the best part of that being site culture is people equating literally any media they don't like who's creator was on Newgrounds once with JKR.

Absolutely no sense of when to choose your battles. Like some IPs are uniquely massive and their creators uniquely destructive so even if the other media you're complaining about is legitimately the worst thing ever like, don't act like it's the same thing you know? Rings a lot of "I learned the words to sound good when I complain but didn't internalize the message" bells.

[lifblogs]

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[tea-earl-grey]

PSA: im gonna be tagging "dw spoilers" for the new episodes for 1 week after they air. you have been warned!

[pyjamac]

people on the internet are on an "making everything about ai" any% speedrun and it's truly an incredible sight to behold

yes. they did talk abt ai tbf but my understanding is it’s not don’t use ai it’s abt the way in which ai should be credited (as a tool not as a writer in and of itself). but it’s really secondary it is not what the strike is about at all.

[hashtagloveloses]

so SAG-AFTRA finally released some official guidance for fans, viewers, creators/influencers, critics, and more during the strike. here's what you need to know:

if you see a publication/news source/journalist talking about a piece of struck work, that's ok. they're allowed to do that.

2. they're asking regular viewers and fans to DONATE TO STRIKE FUNDS, SHOW UP TO PICKETS IF YOU CAN, and please do NOT boycott streaming services or movies in theaters.

3. influencers, content creators, cosplayers, and anything in between is still a bit of a grey area, but they're asking people to use their best judgement. "organically" means UNPAID promo (like an invite to a premiere without being paid, being sent a publicity box, letting the company's social media post a photo of you in cosplay, etc).

obviously this doesn't answer every question, and isn't hard and fast rules for fanworks, but it can at least inform how you personally choose to move forward when posting online and moving publically. i hope this helps!

[fans4wga]

Is it true Tumblr is crossing the picket line by marketing One Piece?

It's unfortunate to have that show's ads blasted on all our dashboards, to be sure, but it doesn't exactly fit the definition of "crossing the picket line", which is specific strike terminology that's been muddied a bit by talk on the Internet.

Crossing a picket line generally means crossing an actual, physical picket line to work at a struck company, thereby disregarding the strikers. [Updated 1 September to clarify that crossing a picket line is specifically referring to workers crossing picket lines, not patrons.] (Recent example in the news: hotel workers on strike in California picketed hotels and called for a boycott; therefore, staying at those hotels was crossing a picket line.) It can also be used figuratively, and in that case it differs from strike to strike, depending on the specific union demands.

[Side note: there's no call for a boycott from WGA/SAG-AFTRA, so subscribing to streaming services/going to movie theaters isn't crossing a picket line at this time; however, people canceling streaming services in solidarity and leaving a note that explains they're canceling in support of the strikes is a move we wholeheartedly support! See WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser's interview about that here.]

Tumblr is a company, not a person, so SAG-AFTRA can't discipline it for marketing a Netflix show like it would discipline an individual (a stern talk from the board, or prohibiting them from SAG-AFTRA membership, etc.) There's no legal way for any union to enforce a no-marketing rule for companies. If Tumblr had a strong solidarity ethic, they'd turn down studio marketing campaigns, but that's a lot to expect from any profit-driven company and shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

So, tl;dr: crossing the picket line? Not exactly. Still a not-great thing to do? Absolutely, and you can always send Tumblr a feedback form expressing your disapproval that they're marketing for Netflix during the strikes.

[neil-gaiman]

Hi Mr. Gaiman, I've seen a few tweets and posts about not crossing the picket line for the WGA strike but nothing actually explaining what that entails for this strike? Is it not watching streaming services since that's one of the main issues? All tv? TV and movies? only new stuff or reruns too?

No, it's to not cross the picket lines literally. If there's a writers guild picket in place, you don't cross it. (But you can always join it -- especially if you are in LA or NYC.)

The WGA hasn't called for a boycott of streaming services or TV or anything like that, and until and unless they do I wouldn't push for that.

What the WGA would like is for people to make their support for the writers clear and loud -- write to the networks you watch on and tell them to treat their writers fairly, post your support on every social media outlet you can. Let the producers know that public opinion is against them.

[scribeofmorpheus]

also, exercise solidarity where you can; use social media platforms and boost a # [like: Disneyland Strike], suspend disney+ accounts as a pressuring point, @ their socials with articles/images of the strikes, if you're local: offer to provide water, tents/shelter during the heat, and making posters (it also helps other very important movements going on right now if you abstain from going to the parks [water crisis], buying merch [discourages price hiking by directly affecting sales; disney loves their toys, ask any butchered IP with a cute mascot character] and streaming [yes, this includes me and my Oshamir obsession]).

If you love Disney, its parks, its media, and its merch, listen up.

So I work for Disneyland, and we are talking about striking very soon. So soon, in fact, that we've been hosting rallies just outside of the parks. Yesterday was the 69th birthday of Disneyland Anaheim... it was also a monumental rally.

I haven't seen anyone on tumblr talking about the impending strikes against Disney. Not even going through the Disney tags or searching tumblr for "Disneyland Strike."

Let's talk about why we're striking:

Cost of living in the immediate SoCal region is nearly 2x as much as we are getting paid.

Cast members that have worked for the company for long periods of time are still paid as mucha s new hires.

Disney has showed up to union negotiations with insulting offers, including at 25 cent raise. Most cast members make $19.90

Disney rarely schedules you. In some areas and departments, you are fighting with your fellow cast members for hours. I have heard of cast members who are only scheduled for 1 4-hour shift per week. Many of those cast members have upwards of an hour commute to and from work.

Disney Admin has told attractions castmembers [so: rides, rollercoasters, and anything fun you get to do and see at the parks] that we are losing them money, which is why they refuse to schedule us and pay us. In the words of my partner, who also works at the parks, Disney without attractions is an over glorified mall and a food court. Disney needs us, and they know it, but they do not respect us.

Disney has an unfair attendance policy. It can be very difficult to get a needed day off, even when it has been requested weeks or months in advance. When you do take a day off [with-out accrued sick or vacation time] it counts against you. You can have 3 a month, 6 in 90 days, 9 in 180 days, or 12 in a year. How do you accrue sick/vacation? Hours worked, which can be impossible with the scheduling practices mentioned above. (Most cast members trade shifts among themselves to get around this.)

Cast members feel unsafe and unsupported in the parks. Many cast members have felt threatened by entitled guests upset that they are following policy. Disney Leads and Managers have to say yes to these guests and make things happen, though. [Which only makes this behavior worse and more dangerous for cast members who are only doing their job.]

Cast members also report feeling threatened, or even being literally threatened, by management in the parks. Especially cast members who have a second job. Especially cast members who know their rights.

Further, cast members work in hazardous conditions with pay that does not reflect that. Many cast members report losses of hearing, sore throats, and severe back and shoulder pain. Cast members are also exposed to infectious diseases at a much higher rate.

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/union-button-contract-dispute-19515296.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2u5o_mvU3i6jpIyHxBUZpEzD2GRSKFf5Pem4uRXqa6vKWDgZuffvINd1g_aem_AA1L0fI1phugJIluYMcDSw

[cr-ok]

that new Netflix show looks cool and all, but isn’t the writer’s strike still going?

update (July 30):

To those explaining WGA has not called for boycott and why, thank you, I genuinely appreciate you all. Sorry this response took so long. I just figured out how to view reposts.

To those who do not know, it is extremely likely a mass drop in subscriptions will turn into an excuse to say “streaming services are not a stable way to get revenue, so your work does not hold any real value for us”. A boycott has not been called as a result.