Netflix to acquire Warner Bros.

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The real issue here is the game companies they are acquiring. Netflix should not be a player in gaming, full stop. I am, however, relieved for John Oliver's sake.

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It's called a VPN mate, and a copy of qBittorrent

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This is not a good idea, but I already stopped paying for streaming entirely because the products have only gotten worse over time.

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John Oliver's show is free on YT outside of NA, hope that doesn't change.

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> If Netflix buys everything can I only buy one streaming service again? There’s no need to buy any of these streaming service that gives shit quality for expensive price and gives shit service like not allowing to share account or even casting to TV (yes, Netflix removed the ability to cast from phone to tv). Just Torrent with VPN or get Stremio with Real-Debtid €16/6month/. Stremio with the correct add-ons has everything. If you just want purely anime, get Hayase with VPN.

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How's the hentai selection?

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That I do not know, lol.

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Oh come on we're all degenerates around here.

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I am more of a Debrid guy (Real Debrid) even if I have no need to pay for a VPN here in Mexico I still prefer to use RD, if I had unlimited HDDs I'd hoard everything of course.

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How is the Hentai section with Netflix lol.

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Nah it's free in NA too

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Shoot, if you're willing to share data with the rest of us I can send a few your way - my old IT contract jobs gave me plenty of salvaged parts to work with.

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Hasn't Netflix been "in gaming" a while? You can access a lot of games on mobile from them. I opened my Netflix Android app and just from the suggested I can play Red Dead Redemption, Story Teller, Dead Cells, Spirit Fairer, Shredder's Revenge, Street Fighter, and bunch of Choose your own Adventure type stuff from their own IPs. They've been angling in to game publishing for a while.

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The shows are better in just about every way and they rely less on padding from Korea.

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It can't be worse than what the current management has been doing for the past decade. Hopefully we will finally get a new decent Batman Arkham game.

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They have, but their in-house studios have suffered tremendously.

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Yeah, this I believe. I saw the news that they sold one of their studios back to the original owners while still publishing the game they were developing. I must have missed the news about them downsizing their in-house stuff. [I looked up what studios they would be acquiring](https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/netflix-could-own-all-these-warner-bros-game-studios-soon/2900-7310/) under the WB merger and uh...outside of the new Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, and the DC games...I don't really know if they're going to make a big dent in the gaming sphere immediately. A lot of these already look pretty mismanaged, maybe it could get worse, but it could also get better. But if we're worried about moving towards even more subscription-based cloud gaming...yeah...looking at the state of gaming and hardware right now, I can't argue with you there.

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At this rate there will only be two media companies in America next year, and then one the year after.

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I was converted from a pirate to a subscriber about 10-12yrs ago... But the enshitification of everything makes me yearn for my old hat once more.

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I absolutely DO NOT have a mediaserver in my own home with a BDrom that can rip movies from physical media for my own personal use... I do not scour charity shops and car boot sales for music, movies and tv shows to put on there and I do not have around 70TB of storage and I am certainly not looking to expand the HDD's in the new year.

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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros.