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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 109 points 3 months ago (7 children)

How do you boycott a network if you already don't watch any other shows on it?

[–] Klox@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago

Spread the boycott.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Block them at the dns level

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

thier power lies in thier subscriptions, the less people subscribed to paramount+, which apparently is already hemmorhaging money from the streaming services, thier costs get higher. Also nutrek is likely whats keeping it alive for the moment, even though they cancelled most of the shows.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

This is most effective when people pick one at a time.

[–] homes@piefed.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you’re watching Colbert on YouTube, you aren’t watching anything on CBS

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago

You're just trading one terrible company for another.

Best practice is to pirate that shit. 😌

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

of course if you have to watch it, USE adblock, so youtube and cbs does not get any ad revenue.

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[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 67 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You people can't do anything right.

Boycott Paramount AND all their assets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Paramount_Skydance

[–] homes@piefed.world 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (26 children)

I’ve been running a Plex server for 20 years, and subscribe to zero streaming services nor cable. I’m pretty sure I’m doing at least something right.

Edit: and before you jellyfin evangelists dogpile— i’ll migrate when it is ready. I look forward to that day, I really do, but it’s just not mature enough yet. I’m keeping my eye on it, and I’ll switch when the day comes. ❤️

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[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Well ......

You mean Comedy Central? Home of The Daily Show?

I think I'll continue to enthusiastically support The Daily Show.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I’m not 85 years old so I’ve been unintentionally boycotting CBS for years now

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago

“Where’s Heehaw? When’s Kojak on? Tonight they’re going to reveal who shot JR. Goddamit the clicker’s not working.”

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

don't you hate it when you want to boycott a product, but you never used it anyways?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel it about Chik-fil-a. I would boycott them for their anti-LGBTQ+ bullshit, but I already boycott them for having the most basic bitch chicken that only marginally surpasses Cane's (the blandest chicken ever) in terms of flavor.

On the other hand, I grew up drinking more coke than water. it was always in my house growing up. And was my go to drink until a few years ago. Boycotting them was a pain for me. I'm so happy some shops now sell Palestine Cola. Besides that using a boycott app makes groceries a pain in the tusch

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Pretty easy to boycott CBS when the only thing on CBS I watched was Colbert 🤷‍♂️

[–] TrumpetX@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Star Trek stuff on Paramount wasn't terribad, but it's all canceled now so /shrug - Colbert was the last thing remaining for me.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, the Star Trek on Paramount predicament has not made me a "happy camper."

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Same except I only watched Colbert on Youtube.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 35 points 3 months ago

I wasn’t watching it anyway, but I’m gonna not watch it even harder now

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

I will continue to never watch network TV.

[–] Thom@discuss.online 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

CBS cancelled it's best show to lick a pedos nut

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

It would be great if the Kimmel Show hired him as a regular guest, or a small segment each week. Trump would lose his mind.

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 months ago

Already have been comrade🫡

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I already cancelled my Paramount+ subscription and told them exactly why. 🙂

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I started boycotting CBS the moment the Ellisons bought it. I won't watch any of their news programs, local or national. There might be an occasional TV show, but I'll try to download it instead.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I may pirate NFL games even if they are on local TV. Fuck em

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Stop watching CBS, cancel your Paramount subscription. Hurt them were it hurts most, their wallets.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I cancelled my CBS+ the moment they fired Colbert.

I haven't seen any new Star Trek since.

[–] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago

Piracy is awesome

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 5 points 3 months ago
[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

Larry Ellison and his hellspawn are a blight on society.

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

The fact that businesses sell or are allowed to be taken over by bad actors is a direct failure of capitalism. Companies operating with no regards to reputation is only beneficial when operating as service providers in a monopoly. Why so many allow mergers and buyouts from the worst of society are common truly speaks to the comically stupid system where stockholders would some how prefer their investment be overwritten by a comic book villain who's going to use the company for villain shit to just not doing that... is it that the stockholders aren't like us, that it's CEOs chasing a bonus, that relationships we're not provvy to overwrite business interests, or all of the above?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't watched broadcast TV in over ten years I think the last thing I watched was the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The only way I can currently get broadcast TV is through Famelack.

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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

I've been boycotting CBS since 2004!

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Easiest boycott on my list.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I'm already years ahead of you on that one

[–] WorldTravelerAll7@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

i've been boycotting CBS since they announced Stephen's cancellation. as of last Thur, my CBS watched dropped to 0 👍

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Already have.

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