A disturbance in the force

DerekJohnson · October 31

Hi Derek,

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We know how disruptive it is to lose channels you enjoy, which is why it’s our goal to bring Disney content back to YouTube TV. We’re committed to continuing to work with Disney to reach an agreement, but if their content is unavailable for an extended period of time, we’ll offer our subscribers a $20 credit.

Canadawg · October 31

Put patches on the jerseys sell PE to the Saudis and enjoy you Friday night games in Piscataway because at the end of the day at least you can not watch your team play for less than $200 a month

WoolleyDoog · October 31

It might be time to chill on the beancounters, analytics guys, finance guys and shit and just live some life people. Jesus tap dancing Christ.

EsophagealFeces · October 31

I got that too. Fucking irritating. From what it sounds like, Disney is trying to charge google way more than they do everyone else, and google understandably told them to fuck off

PurpleThrobber · October 31

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2112217#Comment_2112217

Disney/ESPN want people to use their own paid streaming service instead.

BarbarasHedge · October 31

In case anyone needs some "Jack Sparrow" links for the weekend

https://crackstreams-v3.xyz/

https://allstream.cc/

With both of these sites, I highly recommend using Chrome or Firefox with UBlock Origin extension installed. The links and streams work great, but you need some aggressive popup/redirect/AD blocking action from UBO.

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PurpleThrobber · 12:28AM

http://twitter.com/claytravis/status/1984362318248230957

The day ESPN dies in a fucking fire will not be soon enough.

dtd · 8:28AM

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2112321#Comment_2112321

This is Disney. I mean it's both, but ESPN is a puppet at this point. They're losing money. Disney owns Hulu and Fubo. This is nothing more than a corporation taking something from their competition to better their bottom line. This is our society. We all act like we hate it and then keep paying them.

RaceBannon · 12:58PM

I'd like to have Hulu for shows like Justified but I can't justify a bundle with the great satan ESPN Disney

DTV wireless remains the play with a couple of streaming apps

PurpleThrobber · 5:00PM

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2112341#Comment_2112341

Apparently, the Throbber household had some fuckery bundle of Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Select (whatever the fuck that means). ESPN Select does not include ESPN live games. Fuck that.

Disney just lost the Throbbers downgrading the basic Hulu. Saves a couple hundie per year.

Throbber sounds pour.

WoolleyDoog · 5:31PM

It's pretty crazy, 15 years ago I worked at a PR agency that repped ESPN and Disney. ESPN was seen as like the golden goose that was basically fueling all of Disney as a brand and adding value. My how things change.

Can't think of a brand that made more and more moves that I didn't like than ESPN. 30 For 30 is a great example, for years it produced some of the best content I've ever seen and chose great subject matter their core audience would be interested in. Now the occasional time they make one it's about something like Dude, Perfect or esports or soccer/womens sports.