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Re:Netflix plans to spend $8B to make its library 50 percent... by andrewla on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:39PM (#16208738)
Hulu has started offering this as well -- HBO, in particular, doesn't really care about the streaming platform per se so much as making the content available. I think this is likely to be a path that others will take to take advantage of the fact that consumers may have a preference, and HBO would prefer to offer a nice standalone app, but perfectly happy to let customers choose Amazon/Hulu etc., for customers who prefer a different or integrated experience.
Re:Netflix plans to spend $8B to make its library 50 percent... by kenhwang on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:09PM (#16209014)
HBO is owned by Time Warner who is also a partial owner of Hulu. Makes sense for them to not care which platform you stream from since either is preferable to Netflix.