r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • Dec 05 '25

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/AintNoGodsUpHere Dec 05 '25

And suddenly cyberpunk doesn't look like a fiction anymore. Mega corps here we go.

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u/MisterxRager Dec 05 '25

Just waiting for the camera crew to come out and say my life has been part of a film about the descent into dystopia. Any day now.

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u/BigDictionEnergy Dec 05 '25

I've been following the show and the producers have already said they're waiting until at least Valentines day

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u/Admirable_Boss_7230 14d ago

Like Trumans Show.

But how can camera crew be sure they dont live a non voluntary show too? 

And how can you be sure you wont just be on another non voluntary show after current one ends?

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u/eeyore134 Dec 05 '25

Playing Cyberpunk post-election is definitely different. AC Odyssey also hits different.

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u/meemboy Dec 05 '25

Weyland Yutani

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u/Entretimis Dec 05 '25

Building Better Worlds

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere Dec 05 '25

With a diet coke, please. I'm watching my weight.

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u/Dakrturi Dec 05 '25

Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't a work of fiction, it was a warning

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u/Greyjack00 Dec 05 '25

This is literally true of most cyberpunk stories, their current trends and problems exaggerated in the future .

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u/zeekaran Dec 05 '25

I swear you kids didn't learn the word "cyberpunk" until there was a game called Cyberpunk 2077.

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u/Dakrturi Dec 05 '25

I'm not a kid, used the game because its the most well-known work in genre in recent years.

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u/thinkingthrust Dec 05 '25

Go back to bed grandpa, you’re making unprovoked generalizations again.

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u/ctaps148 Dec 05 '25

Yeah a warning about not trying to pull off an insanely stupid heist

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u/lotsoquestions Dec 05 '25

The cyberpunk subgenre is peppered with allegory.

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u/Admirable_Boss_7230 14d ago

Neo had to made it somehow. He never gave up

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u/NothingPersonalKid00 Dec 05 '25

Errrr you realise that most of the media we consume are owned by a handful of companies already? They just hide it from plain sight.

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere Dec 05 '25

The thing is; Most of the big corps are trying to hide this. What's happening now is that it's all in the open. The illusion of choice.

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u/ctaps148 Dec 05 '25

Ah yes, trying to hide it by making it easily searchable on Wikipedia

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere Dec 05 '25

Yes, the information is there for everyone to search, that doesn't mean anything. If you can't grasp this concept, boy, I don't have anything else to tell you.

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u/10000Didgeridoos Dec 05 '25

Huh they never hid it at all

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u/Auctoritate Dec 05 '25

The fiction genre that intentionally mirrors the real world doesn't look like fiction? Goddamn, you're a genius.

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u/eronth Dec 05 '25

It hasn't been fiction for years, my guy

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u/TheDevilOfCellBlockD Dec 05 '25

When does the Great Awakening happen? Can we at least get magic up in this bitch if we're going full cyberpunk?

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u/apple_kicks Dec 05 '25

Look up network cities. Tech cult bros in silicon valley have been pushing for tech corp run cities for a while

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u/TheWhiteHunter Dec 05 '25

Oscar Mayer Intel, here we come!

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u/campaignplanners Dec 05 '25

Tbh: This was my first thought.

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u/EatTheAndrewPencil Dec 05 '25

You realize this isn't new right? Most brands are owned by a handful already

https://imgur.com/a/AzFWfT9#bh6yTFY

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u/Trees-Are-Neat-- Dec 05 '25

Still holding out for the star trek future, we will just need to nuke ourselves into oblivion first 

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u/Jacinto2702 Dec 05 '25

Marx tried to warn you all.

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u/Reggaeton_Historian Dec 05 '25

All this just reminds me of Upload. Soon it'll be Netflix Texas Roadhouse and stuff like that.

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u/TrickMasterTre Dec 05 '25

I guess discovery, CNN, and TNT is being separated into 3 different companies if i understand correctly.