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In the video games space, the acquisition means Warner Bros. Games and its subsidiaries—including Avalanche SoftwareNetherRealm StudiosPortkey GamesRocksteady StudiosTT Games, WB Games Boston, WB Games Montreal, WB Games New York, and WB Games San Francisco—will soon be under the Netflix banner.

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[-] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 day ago

Introducing, a brand new Batman series, where Bruce joins the army and-CANCELED.

But wait, here's the first in a 8 part miniseries about the Gangsters from Space Jam, who-CANCELED.

We know these are trying times, so we decided to reimagine the world of-AND CANCELED.

Didn't even need to tell you what the reboot was, it was just canceled on sight.

[-] Zeddex@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the tax write off too for canceling a completed movie!

Man, I didn't even realize I was interested in the backstory of the gangsters from Space Jam until just now. I'd like to sign up to watch all of your pilots.

fuckin monopolies gonna ruin everything

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Let's say that Trump doesn't manage to cancel or subvert the next couple of sets of elections and that in 2029 the US has a democratic president and a democratic congress. Let's also imagine that the next president cares about monopolies and puts Lina Khan back in charge. I wonder if there's anything that they can do about decisions made by Trump's FTC. Or is Netflho just now legally in place and we're stuck with them unless the FTC can prove they're abusing their monopoly?

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

do you think all monopolies should be split into different smaller companies and then collectivized by the workers?

[-] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 95 points 2 days ago

If Netflix buys everything can I only buy one streaming service again?

[-] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 95 points 2 days ago

29.99 w/ ads. New customers only. Price increases without warning every three months until you bleed. Sports packages extra....

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 days ago

30 for all currently airing media and a big catalogue to watch through? That’s not-

w/ ads

Over my dead fucking body

[-] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago

This just sounds like cable

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

sounds like an accurate representation of what would happen, too.

cable is the carcinization of media under capitalism.

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[-] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If Netflix buys everything can I only buy one streaming service again?

There’s no need to buy any of these streaming service that gives shit quality for expensive price and gives shit service like not allowing to share account or even casting to TV (yes, Netflix removed the ability to cast from phone to tv).

Just Torrent with VPN or get Stremio with Real-Debtid €16/6month. Stremio with the correct add-ons has everything. If you just want purely anime, get Hayase with VPN.

How's the hentai selection?

[-] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago
[-] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 12 points 2 days ago

Oh come on we're all degenerates around here.

[-] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

How is the Hentai section with Netflix lol.

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[-] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago

It's called a VPN mate, and a copy of qBittorrent

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[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 days ago

At this rate there will only be two media companies in America next year, and then one the year after.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 34 points 2 days ago

And there'll still be too many damn streaming services.

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

there absolutely will, and they will constantly shift what is available on where. Imagine owning most of them, and having people constantly pay you by switching services because they dont have what one wishes to watch. This is likely why those services do this, I cant imagine any other way to make profit from driving customers away from your service.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Thankfully a lot of people have a movie making machine in their pockets (cell phone). Content will eventually be produced by the masses, competing against the behemoth media companies. Barring that, local community theatre productions. Maybe get a cheap CD player or two and put it in the back closet and then start collecting CD's again. There is more stuff in media history to consume than there is new stuff being produced. A lot of it is better.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Content will eventually be produced by the masses

And it will be owned by one of the many monopolies.

Barring that, local community theatre productions.

Put on in a theatre owned by Ticketmaster.

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Some people drink Pepsi some people drink Coke, but that wacky morning DJ says democracies a joke.

I hate the cynicism though tbh. If it wasnt for "intellectual property" this bullshit wouldn't matter nearly as much.

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Is it cynicism when it's the reality around us?

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Dang I had WB-Discovery being acquired by Skydance-Paramount before being acquired by Disney in the semifinals. Gonna have to redo my whole bracket now.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Better not Paramount.
You should see what they did to the Halo show.
Quite hard to fuck that world up as there is so much possibilities. Instead they went for reskinned halo-aesthetic generic sci-fi action show.

[-] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 20 hours ago

I've never seen it, but I read enough about it to dissuade me from even starting. Very disappointing. But my point was less about which media companies are preferable and more that american companies are racing to consolidate during this period of pro-big business government. It's more blatant under Trump but it's been going on for a while.

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Its this whole movie doping with AI thing. If all the teams do it what's the problem! C'mon, let's get out there and break a couple of legs in 3 or more places!

[-] shani66@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago

Probably bad news for the show and streaming space, but if this curtails WB's patent bullshit it's great for the gamers.

[-] Merlin@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 days ago

Can’t wait to have hbo shows to be cancelled less than a month after release even though they got decent audience (but not enough for the algorithm to consider it good) I’m talking about Kaos on Netflix

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I'm still mad about Kaos.

I leave it on in the background for my dog sometimes, in case the views help revive it.

[-] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago

The real issue here is the game companies they are acquiring. Netflix should not be a player in gaming, full stop.

I am, however, relieved for John Oliver's sake.

[-] pasdechance@jlai.lu 14 points 2 days ago

John Oliver's show is free on YT outside of NA, hope that doesn't change.

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[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 22 points 2 days ago

This is not a good idea, but I already stopped paying for streaming entirely because the products have only gotten worse over time.

[-] Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org 11 points 2 days ago

I was converted from a pirate to a subscriber about 10-12yrs ago... But the enshitification of everything makes me yearn for my old hat once more.

[-] kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

Finally put it back on a little while ago, honestly it's a breath of freah air

[-] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I was converted from a subscriber to a pirate about 20yrs ago... And the enshitification of everything makes me love the feel of my well worn hat.

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago

Goddammit. I like HBO MAX soooo much better than Netflix.

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[-] pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 2 days ago

It can't be worse than what the current management has been doing for the past decade.

Hopefully we will finally get a new decent Batman Arkham game.

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[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

They have become too big to fail. Everyone can now RELAX.

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