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Re:Apple reports third quarter results by sircastor on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:38PM (#36992323)
People suggest this a lot, but I think it's not a good fit. While some of Disney's profit centers would be a good match for Apple (Film and Television), others (Theme parks and merchandise) would be a lot of distraction. Disney's workforce is almost twice the size of Apple, and Apple is very protective of its work culture and how people function in the company.

I think Apple much more prefers to operate as a partner to Disney

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Re:Apple reports third quarter results by lotsofpulp on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:58PM (#36995334)
Zero reason for Apple to get into a flailing business like Disney. It earns peanuts at low profit margins compared to Apple’s existing business, and has extremely high liability exposure due to all the theme parks and whatnot.
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Re:Apple reports third quarter results by cwp on Friday August 04, 2023 @12:09AM (#36995385)
Right. Maybe buy a stake in ESPN and get them to run 3D livestreams of games, but even that probably doesn't go forward until the MLS deal is a success.
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