American Company Blackstone Inc. To Acquire Japan's Largest E-Manga Site In USD 1.7 Billion Deal (animehunch.com)

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[-] callmepk@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago

“The more original content we have, we can monetize that intellectual property over time,” Sakamoto said in an interview.

I feel uncomfortable reading this line

[-] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago

Time to start hoarding.

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

If you want to view the next frame, click pay or donate your child's data to Experian.

[-] SatouKazuma@ani.social 3 points 5 days ago

Capitalism infects everything it touches. Marx and Lenin were right.

[-] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Capitalism is deeply flawed, but communism is not that great in practice either. We need something else.

[-] SatouKazuma@ani.social 1 points 5 days ago

Counterpoint: It does work well in practice, because it removes the bourgeoisie and the rent-seekers from the picture, ideally violently.

[-] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 24 points 6 days ago

Oh god no

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

This is terrible.

[-] karpintero@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Always uneasy about PE owners since their values tend to be opposed to creating well-liked, sustainable businesses. Hope they don't start gutting budgets, loading up the balance sheet with debt, and siphoning off profits. RIP Toys R' Us.

[-] nickwitha_k 16 points 6 days ago

Hope they don't start gutting budgets, loading up the balance sheet with debt, and siphoning off profits.

Oh, they will.

[-] kaboom36@ani.social 10 points 5 days ago

Oh boy! More enshittification!

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