[giancarlostoro]

> and streaming services.

And now they're removing their content from those. They also own several of those streaming services (ESPN, D+, and significant enough parts of Hulu). By contrast their streaming competitors own one single serve (with maybe the exception of Google and Apple who own music streaming services and video streaming).

If nobody sets up a roadblock I fear where it ends, if it does.

I forgot to add a disclaimer: long before I was a developer I worked for Disney. I'm somewhat biased, but I also attempt to not be blind. It's a monopoly on your children to a significant scale. If they stop buying out companies, it still feels like they've bought out some of the more major fandom franchises.

I just went to check, and after their last major buyout they own all of the Narnia movie rights.

[scarface74]

The entire idea of the internet was suppose to be “disintermediation”. Why are we now wanting middle men?