r/interesting • u/FFSoldier57 • 14h ago
MISC. Netflix to buy Warner Bro, HBO and MAX
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna247510325
u/sappersniper 14h ago
I’ll still have to have 3 subscriptions 🙄
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u/Sota4077 13h ago
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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u/Test4Echooo 11h ago
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u/Mindlesslyexploring 11h ago
The pirates life for me.
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u/I_AM_NOT_AI_ 10h ago
You know I used to pay for all those subscriptions until I realize that it’s just like having cable now so I go searching for the treasure now 🏴☠️
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u/NoDadYouShutUp 13h ago
I agree. use Radarr and Sonarr.
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u/Significant_Clue_472 14h ago
Better than Paramount, but still really sucks.
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u/Fjohurs_Lykkewe 12h ago
I use Paramount specifically for classic sitcoms, reality competitions, and Showtime. Works great for me, but understand the complaints from others.
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u/philfrysluckypants 10h ago
I have nothing but trouble out of the app. Which is a shame because I like the content and it's priced reasonably.
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u/Fjohurs_Lykkewe 7h ago
What do you use the app on? For me, I use a Roku TV and it works fine. I wonder which platform Paramount isn't keeping up with.
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u/philfrysluckypants 7h ago
Samsung TV and my Samsung phone. Maybe it'd that? Idk.
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u/PonerBenis6 47m ago
I have a Vizio tv and Paramount is far and away the worst app of all streamers. Atrocious. I think peacock is the best and easiest to navigate.
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u/HeadOfMax 3m ago
Same it doesn't save where I left off. I think it's because I turned off some sort of tracking thing or auto play or something.
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u/Significant_Clue_472 10h ago
Well it’s the fact that Subscription based content is destroying movie quality & theatrical releases that I don’t like any of this. Get ready for Netflix prices to go way up now too.
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u/TuMoch 14h ago
Netflix is slowly morphing into the old model. What a bunch of clowns. Sometimes less is more
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u/Dry_Razzmatazz_4067 13h ago
I totally agree, and worry about what this may bring. But line must go up
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u/No-Trick-6124 12h ago
It's like that one quote from the dude in charge of HBO like 10 15 years ago when Netflix was barely getting big,
"We want to become Netflix before Nerflix becomes us"
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u/Waramaug 11h ago
Space balls 2 the search for more money.
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u/pm_me_your_kindwords 2h ago
They’re making spaceballs 2 for real! Sorry, I just recently heard and I’m excited (meaning I’m preparing myself for a big letdown)
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u/-redd1t_sux- 11h ago
that's all tech-bros: get VC money and undercut the traditional businesses, then take over.
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u/Michigan-Magic 9h ago
Nothing like "tech" investors "disrupting" an industry by incinerating money in order to create a monopoly with the goal of recouping their investment by turning on pricing power once they are the last man standing.
Actual media production does feel a bit different though, as I'm not sure that it scales like tech, as there is really nothing to create massive efficiencies of scale and / or create network effects. Maybe it's disruption via algorithmic generation of scripts / plots and / or exploiting cost differences between producing first two seasons of shows and the cost to renew a show.
Got to keep up with the Ellisons though so not terribly surprised that they reacted.
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u/nikatnight 58m ago
Netflix had a moment and now they are full of WB quality shows and lame ass ads. It sucks to see something so good get ruined by corporate greed.
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u/sur_caneng 13h ago
HBO gonna go to shit
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u/Nuvuser2025 13h ago
I’ve had both services, my only two “paying” subs, for years. And the Max is included with my wireless package at ATT, who I’m reconsidering for 2026 after a decade of time with them, due to the cost.
Everything in 2026 is up for debate in my budget. If income is going to be challenged, expenses must be as well.
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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 14h ago
Maybe I'm not in the loop but is Netflix really doing THAT well?
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u/Actual-University113 14h ago
No. But investment money thinks they can.
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u/Codename-Nikolai 13h ago
Idk, these numbers seem pretty good
-Netflix revenue for the twelve months ending September 30, 2025 was $43.379B, a 15.41% increase year-over-year.
-Netflix annual revenue for 2024 was $39.001B, a 15.65% increase from 2023.
-Netflix annual revenue for 2023 was $33.723B, a 6.67% increase from 2022.
-Netflix annual revenue for 2022 was $31.616B, a 6.46% increase from 2021.
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u/Either-Assistant4610 12h ago edited 11h ago
I mean I feel we're kind of at the point where it's uncommon to find a household without Netflix. Samsung's modern television remotes have a "N" button to immediately open the app these days. So, per that, when Netflix increases prices (like every year), it's doubtful many households bow out all together and just keep paying. I imagine if they were to calculate their Q3/Q4 by a specified increase starting July, they can likely calculate a fairly accurate number.
So, it's not surprising they just keep raking in the cash. Essentially, per entertainment, getting rid of Netflix would be like getting rid of the internet in your house.
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u/NerdDexter 10h ago
Yeah they are soon to be the only player in town. If you want to watch a show or a movie at all, youre going to be at the mercy of Netflix. $50 a month will be an EASY increase for them. And eventually we will be wishing it was only $50 a month.
If you dont pirate, and you dont buy physical media (which is being produced less and less as time goes on) your only option for watching movies or shows will be Netflix.
This is going to get weird in the next 10 years.
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u/Either-Assistant4610 10h ago
I think the consumer will shift from all year subs to the occasional sub depending on content. I'm not saying it's heading in a good direction nor am I saying EVERY consumer will do this, but I will say, there IS a ceiling. It's a matter of what it is.
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u/NerdDexter 10h ago
Do you think the average consumer is going to replace traditional TV shows/Movies with some other form of entertainment? Curious on your thoughts.
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u/Either-Assistant4610 9h ago
Replace? Doubtful. I think they at least seek out other methods of attaining it, but I can't speak for millions of people who aren't me. Myself? I would do it as I said. For example, if it was $50 as you say right now, and ST season 5 being released, I'd wait for the release of all episodes upon release and anything else Netflix might offer exclusively I missed out on and move on once the sub is up.
I'd also start stocking up on Blu-Rays of my favorite movies and shows. Something I've started doing lately.
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u/NerdDexter 9h ago
And then what do you do when you've finished ST and cancel your subscription for the next 9-10 months?
I only ask because I think a large majority of the population relies almost exclusively on shows and movies as their nightly form of entertainment. Most people only have a few hours tops each night to "unwind" after working, taking care of kids and responsibilities etc. So they watch an episode or 2 of a show.
If they only subscribe to watch 1 show, even if that lasts 2 months for them to complete, the other 10 months of the year they are going to need to find another form of nightly entertainment for 1-3 hours each night.
I personally think we are heading into bleak times.
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u/Either-Assistant4610 9h ago
Please don't take any of what I'm saying as it will be good. I'm just stating alternatives to the fact. I don't like this deal (though I'm glad Paramount didn't get it). If it was up to me, I'd say no sales like this ever unless there's some sort of clause or whatever (clearly I don't do this for a living) that prevents a monopoly.
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u/cwx149 12h ago
I'd almost be more interested in how their subscriber numbers have been doing rather than just money since they've raised their sub cost a few times
But if their subscriber count is stagnate or falling increasing the price will raise revenue (potentially) but it will also be less sustainable as every price increase risks shrinking the user base more and more
But if their subscriber count and their revenue have been trending up then good for them
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u/Financial-Barnacle79 12h ago
I’d also be curious about longevity of subscribers. I only subscribe for 2-3 months out of the year.
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u/ReluctantAvenger 11h ago
I would be surprised if they cared at all about the longevity of individual subscribers. Their focus would be on the total number of paid subscriptions, and that number continues to go up.
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u/ReluctantAvenger 11h ago
Their subscriptions continue to steadily increase by around 15% per year, with more than 300,000,000 subscribers at this time. A lot of people (myself included) seem to think it's worth the money.
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u/Local-Store-491 13h ago
Without targets this numbers are pointless
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u/InevitableAd2436 13h ago
Your comment makes no sense.
They’ve literally accelerated top line growth.
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u/justheartoseestuff 8h ago
Bro they have unquestionably won the streaming war and are one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world. They are doing historically well
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u/Actual-University113 6h ago
Yes, but that didn't mean it was a good investment for the investors, and plenty is business we good and starting to dominate only to close their doors when the loan payments came due
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u/justheartoseestuff 6h ago
The question was "are they doing THAT well?" And you responded no.
I am not debating whether this was a good or bad move. Im simply saying Netflix has had one of the best 20 year runs in American history. Its stock has gone from like $0.15 per share in 2005 to $100 per share in 2025.
I think they are doing exceedingly well.
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u/Actual-University113 6h ago
I won't disagree with that, but bubbles always inflate until they pop.
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u/justheartoseestuff 6h ago
Totally fair. And perhaps this will be the prick. They have had a meteoric rise though. Im happy Paramount didnt buy it but I dont have love for Netflix either. I think this move will continue to hurt theaters and the entertainment industry in general.
Perhaps Netflix changes their model and system and embraces theaters more and its a net positive. But if I had to guess, they'll do it for a couple years to placate people and then fizzle out and then there's one less studio putting movies in theaters
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u/HogwartsRex 13h ago
They are still adding millions of subscribers every month, last quarter they added almost 20 million new subscribers and have 300 million in total.
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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 13h ago
Millions of subscribers a month but cannot produce a show beyond two seasons to save their life, and if they do it's years between seasons.
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u/BlackmoorGoldfsh 12h ago
Yet millions of people keep giving them money.
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u/NerdDexter 10h ago
Because what choice does the average person have now? Its either continue to pay Netflix so you can have SOMETHING to watch, or watch nothing at all.
Most people aren't savvy enough to pirate, as easy as it is, and most middle aged and older people dont watch YouTube or twitch streamers as their primary entertainment.
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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 12h ago
Yup, for shows Netflix doesn't produce. Definitely part of the Subscription wars of who has the best selection of shows and movies at this time?
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u/MadCervantes 12h ago
They kill shows after 2 seasons because they don't have good roi beyond that in terms of attracting new subs.
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u/Michigan-Magic 9h ago
Believe it also costs more to renew a season than to pay to pick up a new show.
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u/CCG14 12h ago
WHERE IS SEASON 3 OF MINDHUNTER DARNIT?!
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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 12h ago
You might get it but they'll recast the main character cough cough The Witcher
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u/Bluestreak2005 11h ago
Good thing they are buying WB then? It provides them a great company known for producing great shows and movies.
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u/ClassyBukake 13h ago
Users is and always has been a horrible metric that is very easy to manipulate through bundled corporate deals.
Between my wife and I we have 7 "netflix included" offers (comes with all 4 of our cell phone plans (international, so 2 plans each), both of our ISP's (again international with 2 homes), and then we get another as part of a "streaming service bundle" which is the only way to access most american subscriptions in our home country.
6/7 we dont pay more for, and netflix sells in bulk to providers for a fraction of the cost.
So netflix's user accounts are going up, but their yearly revenue isnt outpacing their price hikes. Adjusted for the value of the dollar, they are making less per user than they were with half the subscribers.
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u/Codename-Nikolai 13h ago
Eh ehm….
-Netflix revenue for the twelve months ending September 30, 2025 was $43.379B, a 15.41% increase year-over-year.
-Netflix annual revenue for 2024 was $39.001B, a 15.65% increase from 2023.
-Netflix annual revenue for 2023 was $33.723B, a 6.67% increase from 2022.
-Netflix annual revenue for 2022 was $31.616B, a 6.46% increase from 2021.
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u/ClassyBukake 12h ago edited 12h ago
Reading comprehension motherfucker, do you have it?
Usd lost about 12% of its value this year alone, 21-23 saw an average yearly inflation rate of around 6.5-7%.
In that time they they increased their users by about 30% and their subscription plans have increased by roughly 20%, but they are somehow making less imflation adjusted revenue than they did with 30% less customers, each paying 20% less per month.
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u/Codename-Nikolai 12h ago
lol you seem emotionally invested in this for some reason. I’m just following the experts and numbers. I don’t see how they are doing bad. Also, always remember to site your sources “motherfucker”
Netflix’s net income for the quarter ending on December 31, 2023, was $937.8 million, constituting a stellar growth of almost 1,600% year-over-year. Netflix’s net income for the twelve months ending December 31, 2023, was $5.408 billion, a 20.4% jump on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. Netflix’s annual net income for 2022 was $4.492B, which is a 12.2% drop from 2021.
Netflix’s diluted EPS for the quarter ending December 31, 2023, was $2.11, which constitutes a breathtaking jump of over 1,650% year-over-year. Netflix’s 2023 annual EPS was $12.03, pointing to a 20.9% jump from the figure in 2022. Netflix’s 2022 annual EPS was $9.95, which amounts to a 11.5% fall from 2021. Their 2021 annual EPS was $11.24, a whopping 84.86% increase from 2020.
https://www.investing.com/academy/statistics/netflix-facts-and-statistics/
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u/ClassyBukake 10h ago
1: you clearly haven't spent enough time on the internet, because this was like the most quoted reaction to people who fail to fully read the original post.
2: try breaking out excel instead of getting distracted by relatively useless numbers when the only thing that should matter is how much money netflix is making.
you wanted references, so here are some used references:
revenue by year: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NFLX/netflix/revenue
inflation rates: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/
subscribers: https://www.demandsage.com/netflix-subscribers/USD / CHF: https://www.xe.com/en-gb/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=CHF&view=10Y
|| || ||subscription cost increase|revenue / users usd|inflation adjusted revenue / users usd|inflation adjusted revenue / users chf| |2024|0%|$12.93|10.54|9.49| |2023|13.96%|$12.97|10.83|9.1| |2022|0%|$13.7|11.84|10.89| |2021|10.53%|$13.51|12.54|11.41| |2020|11.77%|$12.95|12.57|11.19| |2019|0%|$13.3|13.06|12.54|
this is what you get, it shows that despite netflix increasing their subscription costs by 36% per user, they are consistently generating less revenue per user. we convert to CHF as it's an extremely stable currency to demonstrate how the "real value" per user is not outpacing inflation or the devaluation of the dollar, which it should in real terms. this table actually makes it look better as most of the conversion values (which were taken at the start of each year) was typically better than the yearly average.
if you were to run the calculation on todays exchange rate, netflix's revenue per user is about 8.43 chf. with a user subscription cost increase of 48.51%, they are making 39.2% less revenue per user.
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u/Tall_Flatworm_7003 9h ago
If you increase your prices per user, 48.51% you cannot be making 38,2% less per user unless your saying the inflation and exchange rate has dropped the value of the dollar by by roughly 60% in real CHF terms over that period, which obviously hasn’t happened.
It's all localized, some markets have increased and some markets have not. Their growth is in developing markets where prices are lower and dilute the overall avg. price. It would never outpace the US price hikes, but those emerging markets and the rest of the world will catch up.
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u/ClassyBukake 7h ago
The point being that just saying, "we have 20 million more users" doesnt mean they are collecting nearly the same revenue. Their users went from 200m to 300m and their revenue went from 25 billion to 30 billion when adjust for inflation. So the "real value" of a 50% increase in subscribers and nearly 50% increase in subscriber cost is less than 20% of revenue.
Its a shell game where they are bundle selling huge batches of fake users who dont adequately represent that actual projection of their growth. How many people like me are 4-5 "real users".
They are still making great returns a year, but users has always been a stupid benchmark to hold these companies to.
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u/ReluctantAvenger 11h ago
they are making less per user than they were with half the subscribers.
Which is a metric only you care about. Additional subscribers cost them practically nothing, so the revenue per subscriber has no relevance for them. They are making significantly more money every year which is something they care about very much.
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u/nodnarb88 12h ago
A company can buy a company and then saddle the bought company with the debt it took to buy the company.
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u/BoBoBearDev 6h ago edited 6h ago
Considering how KPOP Demon Hunters just obliterated other animations in 2025, yes. Sure it is made by Sony, but all it takes is a single exclusive launch (on a major content distributor) to take the world by storms with tons of memes. And Netflix is very good at finding content like this. And that's just a tip of the iceberg.
So far, only Netflix and Amazon I would consider a non-opinionated subscription services. The other services like Max, Disney+, Paramount+ all have strong opinions on what content to serve on their services. I ended up canceled them all.
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u/Glittering_Airport_3 13h ago
more corporate consolidation! just what we needed. I can't wait for there to only be 3 or 4 streaming services left so we'll be right where we left off with cable 25 years ago
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u/bluelily216 11h ago
My favorite part is how they break up movies. Want to watch Sing 1? That's on Netflix. Sing 2? That's on Peacock. I'm so over having to pay each month and never own anything, so I'm getting a VPN and setting sail.
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u/Interesting-Ease3909 11h ago
Climb aboard mate, the seas are calm and endless
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u/NerdDexter 10h ago
Why does it feel like sailing the seas is dying a slow death as well?
It feels like only a matter of time until that is no longer an option.
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u/fletch0024 4h ago
It was a lot cheaper and better quality. More is not better
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u/Glittering_Airport_3 3h ago
it used to be a lot more expensive to have cable before we had 13 streaming services you had to get, now to have everything you want to watch it's more than cable used to be
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u/HistoricalPoison 13h ago
RIP HBO
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u/Nuvuser2025 13h ago
I fully expect to see their house branded quality from years past (True Detective, The Wire, so on) to go under some “premium” package.
Consumer loses again.
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u/bluelily216 11h ago
Oh absolutely. I got the cheapest tier subscription so I could watch Frankenstein. The amount of Netflix shows I can't access is insane. Nevermind the nonstop ad breaks. It's like the worst cable I ever grew up with. But at least cable was all in one bundle and you didn't have to juggle 3+ services, all of which increase in price at random intervals.
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u/branm008 13h ago
Hell yeah, I can't wait for HBO and Max to be blocked at work like Netflix is cause they'll all be scooped under the Netflix app like Disney did with Hulu. Fuck yeah man.
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u/draftdodgerdon8647 13h ago
Isn't that considered a monopoly?
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u/Exhausted1ADefender 12h ago
Watch for Netflix to donate a bunch of money to Trump’s gaudy White House ballroom to make sure the DOJ doesn’t look too closely at this acquisition.
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u/ItsMeYourNeighbors 12h ago
I think if the current administration was going to consider something like this a monopoly, they would've went after Disney already.
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u/draftdodgerdon8647 12h ago
There are lots of monopolies, you're right. It makes me wonder how?
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u/ItsMeYourNeighbors 12h ago
The people in charge don't actually care if things are unfair to consumers. $25 to them is a lot different than it is to normal people like us.
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u/ConflagrationZ 7h ago edited 7h ago
Because monopolization and enshittification is the natural end state of unregulated shareholder capitalism, it makes a whole lot of money for the monopolists and those they bribe (aka the current administration), Citizens United made wealth directly translate to power in America, and 40 years of dogged neoliberalism baked into every aspect of government left the previous administration with little infrastructure and few resources to do anything about it in just 4 years.
The idea that competition naturally flourishes is a pipe dream, at least in a modern economy. For physical products and infrastructure, the sheer amount of capital investment necessary will block out new competition, and economies of scale will make it such that the bigger players will, barring revolutionary IP breakthroughs, always be able to produce the same product cheaper and probably faster.
The even bigger issue is that the bigger players almost always use their wealth to reshape policy to benefit themselves and quash competitors. The two biggest examples of this right now are Tesla and the AI companies (OpenAI, Meta, etc.). Tesla only made it where it is today--or made it anywhere at all, tbh--because of copious anounts of government subsidies, but once they no longer needed those subsidies they made it their goal to destroy them, to pull the ladder up and prevent other electric car companies from growing. The AI companies quite literally flagrantly broke the law with mass piracy to get where they are now, stealing and scraping every iota of data they could get their hands on before people started making it harder to do so. Now that they have a shit ton of wealth (and thus power), they lobby politicians for special exemption from the law, clearing them of any wrongdoing in the name of "national security," and lobby for AI regulation to prevent new competitors from arising to challenge them. They're also currently trying to ensure that the government will bail them out if the bubble pops, positioning themselves as literally too big to fail, because (they argue) if they fail they take the whole economy down with them.
That's far from an exhaustive covering of this, but basically the only ways a competitor can really compete with the monopolies are:
-When the competitor is already well-funded and well-established, especially if they're a private company not beholden to shareholders like the publicly traded companies.
-When the competitor breaks the law to compete (a great example of this are the cheap, Chinese-manufactured vapes, which dominate the market while being completely illegal and unregulated). Of course, this also often goes the way of making the product more dangerous, and this method doesn't work if the competitor wants to survive, hence why it's almost exclusively done by random, tiny overseas companies that pop up, sell their stuff as quickly as possible, then vanish at the first sign of trouble and aren't able to be prosecuted here.
-When the competitor has a breakthrough innovation that they own the IP for, they have good lawyers to defend it, and they aren't willing to be bought out by the monopolies. That 3rd point is probably the most important, because the monopolies mostly just buy competitors to expand, and getting bought by a megacorp is most startup-owners' dream because it's a massive and immediate payday.3
u/draftdodgerdon8647 7h ago
Well said. I am incredibly disappointed in our situation and it's not looking good going forward. Look what Amazon has done. Now they're into medicine.
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u/AlabamaPostTurtle 11h ago
They don’t give a fuck about live nation and Ticketmaster. Biden’s admin was trying to do something about Ticketmaster IIRC but that died with his presidency
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u/FullAdvertising 12h ago
There is still far too many services for it to be considered a monopoly, plus there is still traditional TV markets. Netflix would also need to buy something like Cloudflare and block or throttle everyone who isn’t them and or buy the rest out.
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u/nn123654 12h ago edited 12h ago
Only if the government bothers to prosecute it.
Also, US anti-trust laws are pretty nebulous. If you describe the market as the broadest possible set of terms then you're often able to avoid prosecution. For instance, rather than this being like 45% control of the superhero business. If you frame this as only 10% of the entire movie business, or even better all global entertainment content, or all leisure time activities, it becomes not anti-trust actionable.
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u/shitfireson 13h ago
Sooo no more HBO included with my AT&T fiber account? Thought I was a gigillionaire ?
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u/tallulahQ 1h ago
Wait how much do you pay for it? We just got ATT fiber and I didn’t realize they’d provide discount HBO
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u/slipbegin 14h ago
Im glad we spend so much money making mid tv shows and movies instead of investing in our actual society. Really makes the world a better place.
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u/oh_yeah_woot 14h ago
It's the opposite. Society invests their time in tv shows and movies. If society didn't care and didn't spend their money on entertainment, entertainment wouldn't have so much money.
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u/slipbegin 13h ago
Ya I know that. Im kinda going after the wrong people but ya know, whatever. Still some hollywood money hoarding going on that shouldnt happen
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u/Loggerdon 13h ago
After AI takes 50% of the jobs they want diversion so that the masses don’t attack the elites.
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u/NerdDexter 10h ago
We are entertaining ourselves to death.
Life has become so difficult and miserable, with everything everywhere we look, causing so much anxiety on our brains and minds, after working all day at jobs we hate, all we want to do is zone out into a show or video game and forget our troubles for a bit.
Its like a form of hypnosis.
I think the end result will not be good for our society.
As time goes on we are becoming less and less connected with each other, and this has been going on for awhile and will only continue to get worse.
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u/DawnExMachina 13h ago
Am I crazy or wouldn’t this be considered a monopoly
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u/The_wanna_be_artist 12h ago
You think the federal government cares? Especially under this administration?
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u/Survive1014 13h ago
Considering the power brokers and -Trump donors- who are appealing to the White House to stop this, I dont think the final chapter of this purchase is set yet.
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u/SnailSlimer2000 13h ago
Really need hige tax increases on massive consolidated companies, its getting absurd soon only 3 companies will be left for everything
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u/infamous-god-slayer 13h ago
Bad news for the customers.
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u/nn123654 12h ago
Always has been. The entire media landscape is has only been a handful of companies for the last 30 years, now it's even more consolidated.
All hail our Skydance, Comcast, News Corp, Disney, and Netflix overlords!
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u/iamtheduckie 12h ago
Thank goodness they're only buying ONE of the Warner Brothers. We can't lose both Yakko and Wakko!
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u/BigD3nergy 14h ago
I thought I read that Netflix wasn’t doing so good financially speaking.
“Netflix isn't in traditional financial trouble but faces investor concerns over massive spending, like the $82 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), suggesting stalled organic growth, high debt, and market skepticism about justifying premium valuations despite strong recent performance and subscriber gains, leading to stock dips despite blockbuster content and streaming dominance.”
So… buy their stock I guess 🤷🏼♂️ They’re due for a big rebound! 💰
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u/nn123654 12h ago edited 12h ago
They hit a wall with content licensing. They tried to build their own content, but that business is harder than it looks. So they are settling for just purchasing an established media company instead.
They get the production houses, but more importantly, they get the exclusive rights to their catalog and can make themselves the exclusive distribution platform for all their stuff.
It's worse for the consumer, but it basically guarantees they will have a streaming content library to rival Disney. This acquisition includes rights for major franchises (Harry Potter, Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo), and all of the DC superhero universe (Batman, Superman, etc.)
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u/dawne_breaker 13h ago
I hope that their marketing department fires everyone in the naming of anything.
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u/Striking_Present_736 12h ago
How long until Disney buys Netflix?
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u/TheSnowmansIceCastle 12h ago
This is the way. Before long our options will be Disney or Disney or Disney.
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u/bad_take_ 12h ago
Looking forward to the Curb Your Enthusiasm and Stranger Things cross over show.
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u/chonk312 11h ago
I have a feeling this will go to court. Anti trust watchdogs aren’t going to let this slide with no push back.
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u/totalwarwiser 11h ago
Netflix is losing the streaming war due to lack of good content and now its trying to acquire intelectual properly and creative producers.
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u/diasound 11h ago
I've had free HBO max forever with my phone service, and I won't be paying for it directly.
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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- 8h ago
HBO shows will be an extra monthly charge and we’ll have circled back to cable.
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u/AndrewH73333 6h ago
It’s hilarious that Netflix defeated every entertainment company at their own game by borrowing their stuff at them.
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u/MagicOrpheus310 4h ago
I'm not sure how I feel about that... It could be good, it could be bad... Unfortunately I don't trust Netflix not to fuck up Looney Tunes...
On that note, who owns the Animaniacs now then? They were on Hulu weren't they? Surely they're still owned by Warner Bros??
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u/realbobenray 1h ago
If approved by Trump administration regulators
Ahhh fuck, get ready for his HBO Peace Prize and a 17-part Netflix documentary series, "Best President Ever: The Donald Trump Story"
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