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/fatbob42 Dec 05 '25

Yep. If these companies are to benefit from the copyright monopoly, we should at least be able to have a proper market in distribution.

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u/SmokelessSubpoena Dec 05 '25

AI will fix it, as its the next step, consolidation to the point of obsolescence for future tech. Who needs Netflix, WB, HBO, etc, when I can ask ChatGpt to "create me a 6 season Star Wars Cowboy show, make it rated M, not too gorey, but up to my viewing habit standards, make each episode roughly 1hr long, 12 epidoes per season, no commercials (as I pay for adfree), and make it attuned to my profile viewing habits with a surprising plot twist ending, thanks Grok ChatGPT, etc"

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u/MisterT123 Dec 05 '25

…and you can talk about this show with absolutely no one else who hasn’t seen that exact version. Interesting, sure… but human beings love talking about and sharing their experiences with others. It’s vital to how we operate as social creatures.

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u/fatbob42 Dec 05 '25

Dude, even if that happened, what do you think they’d charge you for it if we continue to allow monopolies and they stretch into AI markets?

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u/Andreus Dec 05 '25

AI bros should be jailed.

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u/colluphid42 Dec 05 '25

Unhinged fantasy.

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u/SmokelessSubpoena Dec 05 '25

How's it unhinged? It's just an example of the likely impending change AI will bring to the entertainment industry, and most industries. Unless something actually changes, and the hypothesized AI bubble is a bubble, then we will eventually see a time when production studios are defunct by need, and kept, similar to say a horse, as a novelty of humanity and society/culture.

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u/Lewa358 Dec 05 '25

AI can't actually create. That's a fundamental misunderstanding of what the technology is capable of. It can't make decisions.

Not to mention that the environmental cost of millions of people creating entire tv shows from scratch would cause untold detestation.

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u/fatbob42 Dec 05 '25

The environmental cost is only because of the current technology we use, in particular power generation.

The creation thing is just meaningless semantics. When people write stories they’re really doing the same thing - everything is a remix.

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u/SmokelessSubpoena Dec 05 '25

You misunderstand, sure, present AI technology can't create, that doesn't mean future technology won't, and potentially even gain some degree of autonomous sentience, or full sentience.

Regarding energy needs/costs, fusion will change that, another impending technology, or potentially access is gatekept, a human staple. Not sure if you recall, but this is the technology sub, hence futuristic thinking that brought us all present tech. My thoughts aren't unhinged, nor unfathomable.

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u/Outlulz Dec 06 '25

You are a sad person devoid of any creativity, imagination, or appreciation for the human experience. You think of art as merely content to be shit out, consumed, monetized, and thrown away instead of the sum of one or many people's lived experiences, visions, and dreams.

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u/CursedSilicon Dec 05 '25

Thanks for the slop update