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    Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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    1741 points meetpateltech | 16 comments | 05 Dec 25 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 1.235s | source | bottom
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    afavour ◴[05 Dec 25 13:44 UTC] No.46161166[source]▶
    Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know).

    From a Hacker News perspective, I wonder what this means for engineers working on HBO Max. Netflix says they’re keeping the company separate but surely you’d be looking to move them to Netflix backend infrastructure at the very least.

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    1. sethops1 ◴[05 Dec 25 13:47 UTC] No.46161208[source]▶
    Surely the move now would be to rename the app to Netlfix Max
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    2. elpakal ◴[05 Dec 25 13:54 UTC] No.46161293[source]▶
    And then to Max
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    3. falcor84 ◴[05 Dec 25 13:56 UTC] No.46161326[source]▶
    If we're doing suggestions, I vote for "Maxflix"
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    4. dwa3592 ◴[05 Dec 25 13:59 UTC] No.46161363[source]▶
    then to NetMax
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    5. Sieyk ◴[05 Dec 25 13:59 UTC] No.46161367[source]▶
    And then to X
    6. smegger001 ◴[05 Dec 25 14:04 UTC] No.46161423[source]▶
    "Maxflix" sounds like a name for a pornstudio but it is i guess better than the alternative of "NetB.O."
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    7. yabatopia ◴[05 Dec 25 14:12 UTC] No.46161532[source]▶
    To keep it more in line with other brands:

    - Netflix Max: basic subscription with ads, no 4K

    - Netflix Max Ultra: basic subscription with ads, but with 4K

    - Netflix Pro Max: standard subscription without ads, no 4K

    - Netflix Pro Max Ultra: standard subscription without ads, with 4K

    You can add a Mobile VIP package for one extra viewer outside your house, but only for Pro plans.

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    8. Maxion ◴[05 Dec 25 14:19 UTC] No.46161612[source]▶
    There's still the one layer that comes with Dolby Atmos and access to the WB back catalogue
    9. hulitu ◴[05 Dec 25 14:21 UTC] No.46161635{3}[source]▶
    Very close to Netflix's core business: violence.
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    10. sbarre ◴[05 Dec 25 14:25 UTC] No.46161678{3}[source]▶
    Endgame: Netflix renames itself to HBO
    11. SunlightEdge ◴[05 Dec 25 14:41 UTC] No.46161901{4}[source]▶
    I don't find Netflix "live action" movies to be super violent and there are a lot of non-violent shows. Its animations can be quite violent though (and those are good quality). From the little I know, it, like every other big platform, does shy away from sex. This has been a theme for decades - its ok to be violent but sex is a no no.
    12. autoexec ◴[05 Dec 25 14:51 UTC] No.46162045[source]▶
    Let's be honest, all the netflix plans will have ads just like they do now. They might not interrupt your show while you're in the middle of it, but you'll get ads no matter what. Ads as soon as the credits roll, a barrage of full screen ads if you pause a show for more than 10 seconds, full screen ads the moment you open the app, etc.
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    13. fanatic2pope ◴[05 Dec 25 15:22 UTC] No.46162466{3}[source]▶
    And for shows they produce, product placements galore. Like when characters suddenly started saying "just bing it!" to each other.
    14. butlike ◴[05 Dec 25 16:25 UTC] No.46163468[source]▶
    Netflix Plus (Netflix+) which is a side subscription to all of that which lets you syncopate different playback screens to one account, or some other esoteric value add which muddies the waters
    15. butlike ◴[05 Dec 25 16:26 UTC] No.46163477[source]▶
    MaxNet if you want to go final form Fortune 100
    16. Velofellow ◴[05 Dec 25 16:32 UTC] No.46163579[source]▶
    HuFlixPrime was my portmanteau of choice in 2010-ish but mainly because I felt the coming dawn of cable company style pricing encroaching; more and more folks adding multiple streaming services to get close to what cable packages could offer.

    I still like the name.

    Edit: didn't Netflix have a feature called "Netflix Max" on the PS3 app? I remember it really liking it to find what to watch.