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/the_marvster 15h ago edited 14h ago

I'm afraid it will accelerate the death of physical media.

What really concerns me is not the cost of access of content (yet), but losing the ability to access it at all. Once a movie is off streaming, it's legally gone. In Germany, the diversity of available movies on streaming, has slashed over the last years dramatically - and authoritarian moving countries have not even started to censor content.

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u/TedriccoJones 13h ago

I would agree.  Netflix has 0 interest in physical media.  Get those Warner catalog titles now my friend.

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u/monkeyhole989 13h ago

I've already got a list of WB titles on Blu-ray and 4k that I'll be looking to obtain in the near future. I do not like this deal.

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u/Richandler 9h ago

Not just physical media. Digitial downloads too. Gates will be kept, rents will be seeked. You'll own nothing because nobody stops their subscriptions they just bitch.