1 pointby ummonk15 hours ago1 comment
  • ummonk15 hours ago
    This was reported in July but seems to be happening again
    • toomuchtodo15 hours ago
      Might be because of folks trying to cancel their Hulu because of Kimmel being pulled off the air. ABC and Hulu are both owned by Disney.

      https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/life/2025/09/1...

      • ummonk15 hours ago
        That's why I cancelled but I'd be curious about the technical reasons that something like this could happen, given that I'd expect cancellation to not be that much of a load on the servers compared to all the other actions users take on a streaming platform. Perhaps subscription changes go to a specific microservice that got overloaded? Or to an unsharded database that got overloaded?
        • toomuchtodo14 hours ago
          "Turn it off or make it hard to cancel until the angry people go away."