• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Don’t know if I’m supposed to take sides but I’m honestly rooting for Netflix in this, lol. What about the rest of you?

    • golli@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      It’s the lesser of two evil. But can’t say I am rooting for Netflix (despite the gains to my very small stock position because of the deal).

      Paramount/Larry Ellison would use WB for their ideological goals, which would be terrible.

      Netflix is a threat to cinema culture and maybe to quality, if they change it to be based more on viewership numbers rather than quality. Also it is more concentration.

      I wish WB would stay independent. I know they have a ton of debt from the at&t spinoff, but I think they’d have been able to survive long-term and also been big enough to compete with other streaming services.

      Really sad to see them absorbed, especially after the year they had.

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      7 days ago

      I hate Netflix less than the Ellisons.

      And I feel that theaters were already dying, so I don’t see Netflix losing this saving an industry.