This does not look like it’ll end up well for the consumer… can we please get some company busting going on in this current capitalistic hellscape?
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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DISNEY BUYS RIGHTS TO OXYGEN ON PLANET EARTH, WILL BEGIN A $500/MONTH SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE CALLED DISNEY AIR, FOR ANY CUSTOMERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE ON.
You wouldn't download a TREE
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Regulators: No. We'll happily bust your asses instead.
LoL
I don't actually expect much to change for the consumer end on this one. Comcast had already started moving their content over to Peacock.
Disney already owned 66% of Hulu, and has run Hulu for years.
They merged the engineering teams a few years ago. Honestly, separating Hulu from Disney right now would be way harder than turning them into one streaming service.
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Something something monopoly
Something something your government should do something about it but it doesn't because it's controlled by big corpos
Not really applicable here. Comcast went their own way with Peacock. CBS went with Paramount+. No idea what FOX is doing since they sold off their production to Disney.
We're still looking at a monopoly from the perspective of accessing particular content.
We would all be more happier if the video streaming platforms operated closer to the music platforms where all platforms had mostly the same content, and we just got to pick the experience we want.
As is there is no choise if you're looking for something in particular, which is pretty similar to a monopoly.
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Ahoy.
I understand this reference.
I'm back to where I started, 100% 🏴☠️. I tried to play nice for about 3 years only to get fucked about every year. No more.
I have no issues paying for Spotify. Even with their recent rate increases, it's still a one-stop shop for pretty much all of my listening needs. That's worth paying for.
When it comes to visual media if there was an option that could give me what Spotify gives me I would gladly pay for the service.
From what I'm seeing the high seas are once again the only place that I can get everything I want in one place.
Maybe they’ll roll Hulu’s content into Disney+ without raising prices.
Without raising prices, right?
They already do in the UK. 👍
Canada too
If you mean not raising prices from what Disney+hulu costs, they probably will combine them for that price (or the bundle with ESPN)
But no, not for the price of Disney+
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Would this be a potential push to form a monopoly?
Always is. Competition isn't profitable.
How so? They already had a majority stake in Hulu as part of the Fox acquisition. Originally Hulu was 30% Disney, 30% Fox, 30% Comcast, 10% private equity. Hulu purchased back that 10% stake before Disney purchased Fox.
When the Fox deal closed Disney owned 70% of the company, and it was announced that the earliest they could buy out Comcast's stake was 2023/2024. The writing has been on the wall ever since.
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Don't they already basically have a monopoly? They can do anything they want, they own almost everything and are too big to fail.
No way! How could you say that?
I remember back in 2008 it was free and that's how I watched all of Veronica Mars
RIP Orville
Do they own Paramount as well? Why would the mouse kill the best modern derivative of Star Trek?
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I've been looking into setting up a home server with Jellyfin and qBittorrent, so this just makes me feel better about that decision
I can upgrade my internet to gigabit and get rid of my two streaming services and save money. Win win, imo
Throw in overseerr/jellyseerr, sonarr, radarr, jackett/prowlarr, and you're cookin' with gas!
Are there any communities around here that would help a novice set all that up? I happily pay for a VPN, not paying everyone a subscription fee
homelab@lemmy.ml and selfhosted@lemmy.world are pretty active.
Do you have any self-hosting experience? I can point you to a few places based on your experience level. I'm also happy to help you get set up -- there's plenty of ways to run that stack with pros and cons depending on your comfort-level.
The FTC, "But Market consultation is great for the consumer, right?"
I'm wondering how this will affect Spotify, because back when I paid for Spotify it came bundled with Hulu.
It shouldn't. They're both separate entities and remain so, they just bundled themselves to entice customers.
All I know is Charlie Brown Holiday cartoons are behind a pay way now
Neat. I cancelled Hulu a few months ago, and this doesn’t make me regret my decision. I like some Disney content, but they’re corporate vultures and, based on their practices, they don’t deserve any loyalty.
And Comcast, of course, can fuck themselves to death. I wish this wasn’t an amicable takeover and Comcast would lose badly, but that’s just my murderous mouse fanfic.
I dispise Comcast because anything dealing with customer service takes fucking hours. Once youve spent a good hour dicking around on chat, you will search the internet for a live operator number. This will also take an absurd amount of time while you get switched from accounts to tech support. Seriously can't stand it. Only game in town really, and they still suck.
There’s kind of a cheat code.
First, always call, don’t bother with chat. The first prompt you get, say ‘agent’. Don’t say anything else, and keep saying that until you get a live person (it should only take 1-3 times in the menu.
Once you have a person, threaten to cancel your service. You have to mean it (I always mean it if I’ve got to this point). They will escalate you to the customer retention team and they will listen.
e: oh, and also be nice, but firm. Angry tirades never work, but exasperated friendliness does.
Thanks for the walkthrough. I haven't decided whether I am going to pull the trigger or just return the equipment so this may help.
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Silly Monopoly
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