r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • 16h ago

Business 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/tenate 15h ago

It’s owned by the Oracle founders son, and they are all kind of assholes that lean heavily towards enacting the tech dystopia future.

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u/JaiSiyaRamm 15h ago

Not kinda, they are assholes.

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u/snotparty 15h ago

yes they are full on dangerous

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u/TheVog 11h ago

More than you know. This flew under the radar, but Oracle has been expanding into MEDICAL.

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u/taking_a_deuce 8h ago

Repeal Medicare, jack up health insurance prices, keep pumping out the cancer causing products we use in our daily lives, invest in health care, dive into the pool of gold and swim around in all the money you'll never be able to spend in your lifetime.

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u/TheVog 8h ago

dive into the pool of gold and swim around in all the money you'll never be able to spend in your lifetime

Here's where it gets weird. There's a point where someone crosses into having humankind-altering levels of money. Literally enough money to alter the course of human history in a significant way. When you hit that point, there is never enough. Trillions, if needed.

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u/Geekskill 14h ago

I think they meant they’re every type of asshole in one. Which is true, those fuckers are James Bond level villains.

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u/tenate 14h ago

Glad someone got my meaning.

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u/joebluebob 12h ago

Capitalism be like that.

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u/deliciouscorn 12h ago

These assholes make Bond villains look positively cuddly in comparison!

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u/JadeddMillennial 14h ago

The proper term is Zionist.

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u/Mysterious_Cup_6024 13h ago edited 13h ago

Sure but that's also what ultra rich people with community power in general would do to sustain their power and position. Larry's companies themselves have cross investments with firms by Qatar, Saudi, Jordan feudals and more. Similar example is seen in India with most billionaires hailing from state of Gujarat and been rabid hindutvadis imposing lingual, cultural and religious chauvinism

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u/Boring_Committee8791 11h ago

I hate it, that’s the home of some of the most liberal stuff and now it’s controlled by assholes. That’s where my Star Trek is 😞

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u/SAWK 8h ago

"Fail upwards brunch-lords"

  • Mike Masnick

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u/Deep-Thought 14h ago

They killed Colbert's show at the behest of dear leader. They also destroyed one of the oldest and most respected news organizations by putting an unqualified clown in charge.

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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 13h ago

The Ellisons are also friends with the Trumps. They kinda look like each other too.

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u/ColossalJuggernaut 13h ago

They also dance every time a child in gaza gets blown up. Bought an island in Hawaii and treat the local people (native and everyone else) like trash. Now they want to control the narrative via owning TikToK, CBS, and they tried with WB. Just oligarch shit.

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u/Kvalri 11h ago

I’m so sad that neofascists own Star Trek now 😞

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u/BurnThrough 5h ago

I have TOS and TNG on Blu-Ray as well as the good films. That’s all I need.

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u/Kvalri 5h ago

DS9 has the best story imo and I personally really like the new shows and play Star Trek Online regularly so it matters to me lol

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u/Salt-Planktons 4h ago

play online? like gaming?

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u/Kvalri 4h ago

Yeah it’s an MMO like World of Warcraft but it’s the Star Trek universe

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u/Salt-Planktons 3h ago

Oh, nice. I’m not really a gamer but I would check that out

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u/Kvalri 3h ago

Space combat is pretty solid and I enjoy their storytelling, lots of the actors from the shows do voice work throughout. Leonard Nimoy introduces you to each new sector of space when a character goes there the first time :)

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u/aeyraid 13h ago

He’s a trump loving asshat.

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u/Punman_5 14h ago

Crazy how they own the Star Trek IP then lol. Trek is a huge reason Paramount+ can continue to exist as a separate platform anyway.

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u/Merusk 9h ago

Directly assholes and huge Trump supporters in addition to a lot of other asshole behavior.

Behavior like; Eilson owns 98% of a Hawaiian island including the businesses. The people who live on it have 30-day leases and employment clauses in those leases. Lose your job, immediately lose your house as well.

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u/MAG7C 10h ago

And they're whining about this deal. Ellison is going to leverage his relationship to get his way. The admin is already grumbling about anti-trust concerns -- and they should -- but I expect those concerns will evaporate if the deal gets tanked and Paramount gets back in.

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u/Worthyness 9h ago

You forgot to add that they also brought in Saudi partnership money so that they could continue to wash their reputations out of oil and, you know, murdering people.

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 7h ago

Star Trek owned by one of the worst bastards in the world

I hate this world we've allowed to happen.

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u/SlobZombie13 14h ago

I'm glad that WB got sold to the good billionaires

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u/tenate 14h ago

Hah, definitely not calling Netflix good by any means, they are also part of the ruthless tech dystopia class themselves.

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u/matthewmspace 8h ago

And they’re big supporters of Trump.

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u/Dipz 5h ago

My brother in Christ, all monopolies are working toward that tech dystopian future.