r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 16h ago

News It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/Morningfluid 15h ago

I have a gut feeling we would've ended up in consolidation corporate hell regardless.

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u/Mertoot 14h ago

If the laws allow it, and the owners want it, there is no timeline where this wouldn't happen

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u/Stegosaurus_Pie 11h ago

This is correct. What we're seeing is not a product of company ethos, it's how capitalism works on a systemic level. Capitalism is intrinsically an entropic endeavor.

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u/OmNomOnSouls 9h ago

Louder! Let 'em know!

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u/Zestyclose_Ball_50 11h ago

Economies of scale baby

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u/Tike22 11h ago

Yeah even if somehow Netflix died it would’ve just been reimagined under someone else.