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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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366 points gniting | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.312s | source

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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magicalhippo ◴[08 Dec 25 14:18 UTC] No.46192486[source]▶
I brought popcorn, who are we rooting for?
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Larrikin ◴[08 Dec 25 14:49 UTC] No.46192833[source]▶
The best outcome would be for all of the bids to fail, all the streaming services would bleed money due to people sick of the siloing, and for there to be multiple streaming services competing on experience because they all have access to the same catalog.

The second best outcome would be the cartoon villain Larry not getting what he wants.

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account42 ◴[08 Dec 25 16:46 UTC] No.46194495[source]▶
> and for there to be multiple streaming services competing on experience because they all have access to the same catalog.

That's a weird way to write "and for us to go back to owning copies of movies instead of just renting them."

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1. LunaSea ◴[09 Dec 25 06:27 UTC] No.46201874[source]▶
More and more content can't be bought at all due to streaming platforms. That's a real problem.