[HN Gopher] Is Netflix's best hope an acquisition by Microsoft?
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       Is Netflix's best hope an acquisition by Microsoft?
        
       Author : cwwc
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-07-21 21:52 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | BudaDude wrote:
       | I fail to see why buying Netflix would help Microsoft? Microsoft
       | is currently in the process of spending billions to acquire
       | Activision. Unless there is a streaming patent MS wants for game
       | pass cloud, it doesn't seem like it fits into what MS is doing
       | right now.
       | 
       | Sure it would get them a spot in the streaming platforms, but I'm
       | sure MS is already making money with azure hosting those
       | platforms.
        
       | gumby wrote:
       | Doesn't look like Reed Hastings is still on the Microsoft board
       | but he probably has the connections to make this happen.
       | 
       | I'm surprised the article didn't bring this up.
        
       | gumby wrote:
       | I am tired of all these conglomerates with overlapping platforms.
       | Seems like every big tech company offers most of {cloud storage,
       | cloud computing, video streaming, music, payments, office
       | software, blah blah}.
       | 
       | IN the old days each mega _country_ had {car mfg, oil refining,
       | shipbuilding, blah blah}. Now the countries totter and the
       | megacorps compete on multiple fronts.
        
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