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Netflix Considered Buying EA (www.gamespot.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 87 points 11 months ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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    • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I mean why not? EA has already enshittified itself years ago, it would have saved netflix the trouble of doing it themselves.

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    • [–] 17 points 11 months ago

    How long until the Saudis buy Netflix?

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    [–] 15 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    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”

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    • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Didn't the Saudis just buy that?

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    • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Hey Netflix, if you have so much money to burn, stop being so evil.

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    • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Well, so did I. /s

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