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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by GistNoesis on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:37AM (#27291928)
Piracy doesn't solve the more dangerous underlying problem of influencing opinions.

For example all Apple TV shows are full of Apple product placement every minute or so.

It's not something new, Disney creates most of their characters with merchandising in mind. Look at baby Yoda.

But it also goes deeper, when it aims to spread ideologies and behaviors.

Now that a James Bond villain write the show, I wonder who the bad guy will be.

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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by syshum on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:44AM (#27292009)
>>Disney creates most of their characters with merchandising in mind. Look at baby Yoda.

They may try for that, but recent star wars is a merchandising disaster. Baby Yoda is the only real success with Cara Dune coming in second before they nuked that.

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