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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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1741 points meetpateltech | 5 comments | 05 Dec 25 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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srameshc ◴[05 Dec 25 12:44 UTC] No.46160524[source]▶
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.
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palata ◴[05 Dec 25 13:52 UTC] No.46161270[source]▶
> Someday a new startup will piggy bank on Netflix and probably buy it later.

I think what history shows us is that the modern monopolies managed to destroy antitrust to the point where nobody will ever do to them what they did to others.

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1. paxys ◴[05 Dec 25 13:55 UTC] No.46161319[source]▶
People said that a generation ago as well, and the one before that. Yeah monopolies make it hard, but every one of them eventually crumbles to the next wave of innovation.
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2. butlike ◴[05 Dec 25 16:52 UTC] No.46163857[source]▶
Yup. Can't redirect the ocean. So-to-speak.
3. palata ◴[05 Dec 25 17:30 UTC] No.46164422[source]▶
I disagree. I strongly recommend this talk by Cory Doctorow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmstuO0Em8
4. venturecruelty ◴[05 Dec 25 23:16 UTC] No.46168673[source]▶
So innovative, the toilets have cameras in them now! I love the future.
5. daseiner1 ◴[06 Dec 25 05:11 UTC] No.46170917[source]▶
“””innovation”””