Democrats are too chicken shit to go breaking up monopolies, republicans have sold their souls to corporations so why wouldn't you, as a corporation, try to buy up everything you can while no one is there to stop you.
This is starting to feel like advertising for Netflix.
Even before they bought one of the most passed-around media companies (Warner was owned by AOL, for god’s sake), the media wouldn’t shut up about the possibility of Netflix owning things.
You are confusing WarnerMedia with Warner Bros. Warner Bros. is the movie studio, WarnerMedia is the now defunct remains of AOL TimeWarner that was bought and then disseminated by AT&T.
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9point6@lemmy.world · 88 pts · 239d
Kinda funny how much media is out there warning about the folly of allowing this kind of mega conglomeration, yet we're still gonna just do it anyway
maxprime@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 239d
Line. Go. Up.
avg@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 238d
Democrats are too chicken shit to go breaking up monopolies, republicans have sold their souls to corporations so why wouldn't you, as a corporation, try to buy up everything you can while no one is there to stop you.
mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 238d
FTC got started on it under Biden
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 238d
You think this started recently? Or is that just what you have to say.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 239d
Why start making good decisions now?
remon@ani.social · 34 pts · 239d
Didn't the Saudis just buy that?
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 239d
"Saudis consider buying Netflix"
Thorry@feddit.org · 9 pts · 238d
Yes it's called money laundering.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 238d
They may have over spent
Dojan@pawb.social · 2 pts · 238d
And Trump.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 238d
I mean why not? EA has already enshittified itself years ago, it would have saved netflix the trouble of doing it themselves.
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 238d
Saudis got it
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 238d
No more FemShep on Liara action, that's banned now. Future ME games will only feature the Quarrians, because they are already "veiled".
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 238d
I wish they would take Madden away from EA every single year its a pile on garbage
Zapados@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 238d
How long until the Saudis buy Netflix?
calliope@retrolemmy.com · 15 pts · 239d
This is starting to feel like advertising for Netflix.
Even before they bought one of the most passed-around media companies (Warner was owned by AOL, for god’s sake), the media wouldn’t shut up about the possibility of Netflix owning things.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 238d
You are confusing WarnerMedia with Warner Bros. Warner Bros. is the movie studio, WarnerMedia is the now defunct remains of AOL TimeWarner that was bought and then disseminated by AT&T.
calliope@retrolemmy.com · 3 pts · 238d
I’m not sure I follow.
WarnerMedia owned Warner Bros from 1990-2022. WarnerMedia was called WarnerMedia because they owned Warner Bros.
It’s the same company, since the 1970s. Kinney Corporation merged with Warner to become Warner Communications. They owned… Warner Bros.
Warner Communications became WarnerMedia. They owned Warner Bros. Source.
In 1990, they merged with Time and became Time Warner. And so on. Again, it was called AOL Time Warner because they owned Warner Bros.
You can also see it on the Warner Bros. page under “parent”
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 238d
Warner merged with AOL, so you meant Warner Bros was owned by AOL not Warner. That’s what I was trying to point out.
calliope@retrolemmy.com · 4 pts · 238d
Ah got it!
It’s honestly crazy how many companies it’s been attached to
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 238d
Hey Netflix, if you have so much money to burn, stop being so evil.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 238d
But, line must go up, at any cost.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 238d
Well, so did I. /s
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 238d
I did too. I was just missing billions of dollars.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 238d
Same. :(