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1. afavou+Jd[view] [source] 2025-12-05 13:44:09
>>meetpa+(OP)
Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know).

From a Hacker News perspective, I wonder what this means for engineers working on HBO Max. Netflix says they’re keeping the company separate but surely you’d be looking to move them to Netflix backend infrastructure at the very least.

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2. guywit+wJ[view] [source] 2025-12-05 16:05:04
>>afavou+Jd
What would be wrong with Larry buying it? He doesn't own a media empire, and would be incentivized to compete. Larry buying it seems like it would have been better from a consumer perspective
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3. afavou+ZJ[view] [source] 2025-12-05 16:07:21
>>guywit+wJ
> He doesn't own a media empire

He just bought Paramount?

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4. otterl+wL[view] [source] 2025-12-05 16:12:37
>>afavou+ZJ
That’s David Ellison, not Larry. (Same family, though.)
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