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Netflix announced the blockbuster deal with Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday morning. It has agreed to buy the legendary TV and movie studio and assets like the HBO Max streaming service for $72 billion.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Soooo, does that mean consumers have one less streaming service to subscribe to or would Netflix just do a price hike to make up for it?

[–] Foni@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh yes, market concentration definitely improves the user experience in the long run.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Provides more opportunities to loot the seas.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Been at it 25 yrs and still going strong.

[–] Foni@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

I have been involved in that ship for a long time (I never gave up) but it is evident that the best years in series production are behind us and less competition I don't think will improve it, it doesn't matter how you look at it, stranger things is not at the level of house of cards to name two from the same platform

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably like Disney/Hulu

They'll try a bundle deal to see if people pay for it, then if not slowly bleed shows from one service to another.

Maybe eventually combine them but they'll try to keep paying for both as long as possible

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I bet it will be more like Prime where they display everything they own to tempt you, but there's an increasing number of additional subscriptions you actually need to access the content.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

¿Porque no los dos?