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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by dehrmann on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:30PM (#27198118)
> On the one hand, monopolies are bad, but on the other, having 5+ platforms is bad. Which is it?

The problem isn't that there are 5 platforms; it's that they don't have the same content.

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by bhupy on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:42PM (#27198289)
Right, and that's exactly the point. No one ever consumes the set-union of all content at the same time.

Having multiple platforms have different content is not all that different from having multiple TV channels have different content, except now I'm not forced to subscribe to a giant bundle of channels when I only realistically use 2-3 at any given time.

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