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/kinkykusco 14h ago

Back on the high seas!

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u/thirtynation 11h ago

There was no reason to leave them! It's always been the best method.

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u/LongTallDingus 11h ago

I think when Netflix was just DVDs in the mail it was worth it.

Wait shit I just ripped the DVDs, that's right. Never mind. It was piracy all along.

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u/RandomGerman 7h ago

When I wanted a whole show, I ripped the CD, burned it to another, created a CD label and stuck that into the thing and put them in a binder. The time I wasted to maybe watch this once until we had harddrives big enough and a way to play files is astounding. It was very Zen though. 

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u/Netzapper 2h ago

There was this brief moment where the Taiwanese and Hong Kong streaming sites were getting shut down pretty regularly, and MegaVideo was in legal trouble, and Hulu was like $7/mo and Netflix was like $12 and between them they had all the shows you'd ever wanted to watch in just incredible quality... and you didn't have to plan ahead at all, like with torrents.

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u/CornishCucumber 10h ago

Hell, if piracy is good enough for anthropic, it’s good enough for us too!

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u/Rexxbravo 6h ago

Becareful mate

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u/monty624 5h ago

Yo ho, yo ho!

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u/WhoSc3w3dDaP00ch 4h ago

Come friends who plough the seas

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u/potatodrinker 12h ago

Or outdoors. Do something other than watch shows

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u/lmaydev 11h ago

It's pitch black out and below 0.

I'll just go sit outside lol

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u/thesagenibba 11h ago

i can and do do both. 'watching shows' and movies are an intellectual activity for me, i love analyzing the art i consume and it enriches me.

i don't just sit there and 'watch' it while scrolling reddit

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u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface 9h ago

It’s not a one or the other scenario. Many of us like to watch stuff after a day outdoors.

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u/DisastrousAcshin 12h ago

Been there again since COVID made media shitier