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

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

¿Porque no los dos?

Larry Ellison also wants Warner Discovery. He's kissed the ring so much that Trump has to wash the slobber off.

So we'll see. Larry Ellison is the worst option here, even worse than media consolidation and price hikes, because Ellison wants to be the new Rupert Murdoch.

I think it's actually worse.

I don't see how this doesn't lead to the removal of the HBO brand from the marketplace, and the transfer of all IP, to Netflix's algorithm driven slop machine.

Both were shitty options, this is all speculation, but something tells me that at least HBO would have survived a Comcast or Paramount acquisition, and not been converted into whatever the hell you want to call Netflix's category of entertainment.

I only hope is that this is killed by regulators, and somehow Paramount and Comcast aren't able to put together new bids.

But, I don't think that's what's going to happen.

Best outcome would be after the deal is final people stop using Netflix.

*Sad Larry Ellison noises*

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