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Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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> Combination Will Offer More Choice and Greater Value for Consumers, Create More Opportunities for the Creative Community and Generate Shareholder Value No doubt about the last part, but how does merging two giants create "More Choice"? I know corporate double-speak is already out of control and I know they're writing whatever they can do avoid regulators who surely are looking into the acquisition, but surely these…

I guess you are in the US. For you, WB content was already available. But you see, they never bothered to make that content available for most of the rest of the world. Netflix, on the other hand, is available most anywhere. This is exactly what it says on the can - more choice and greater value for me.

Your Netflix bill is about to skyrocket and there's no guarantee you'll have access to those titles.

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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I hope that this means that the Netflix app on AppleTV will finally become a “first class citizen.”

The Netflix app has always been treated badly by Apple. No idea why, but it means that I can’t have Netflix content in the “What’s Next” queue (among other things, like Netflix actors’ work not showing up in show information).

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More choice as in more content available to choose from on Netflix?

So when they say "Consumers", it should really have been "Netflix Customers", as for everyone else there is less choice, only already paying Netflix users get more content.

... don't paying Netflix customers already have access to the whole HBO back-catalogue?

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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I wonder if an antitrust suit will be filed, this seems like a pretty significant acquisition.

With the current administration, anything can be legal.

Besides, they still have plans to spin off the cable networks, so this would mostly concern the streaming assets, movie studio, and the IP.

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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> Combination Will Offer More Choice and Greater Value for Consumers, Create More Opportunities for the Creative Community and Generate Shareholder Value No doubt about the last part, but how does merging two giants create "More Choice"? I know corporate double-speak is already out of control and I know they're writing whatever they can do avoid regulators who surely are looking into the acquisition, but surely these…

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Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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> Combination Will Offer More Choice and Greater Value for Consumers, Create More Opportunities for the Creative Community and Generate Shareholder Value No doubt about the last part, but how does merging two giants create "More Choice"? I know corporate double-speak is already out of control and I know they're writing whatever they can do avoid regulators who surely are looking into the acquisition, but surely these…

I think that wording is targeted at anti-trust regulators.

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

#39
I never imagined that a service that ships DVD via mail would one day buy Warner Brothers. It is amazing how innovation and focus can change the game. Someday a new startup will piggy bank on Netflix and probably buy it later.

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

#40
Aaah the race to the bottom accelerates.

I haven't been a Netflix user for years, the quality of their stuff went past a level I was no longer comfortable supporting. It became a platform that is designed to keep you watching (literally anything) as opposed to a platform to find interesting/relevant entertainment. So much low quality, low effort content. Wonder which of AI wrong-but-instant answers or Netflix' empty entertainment will contribute more to genpop enshitification.

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