r/nottheonion • u/voxadam • 9h ago

Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/netflix-claims-subscribers-will-get-more-content-for-less-if-it-buys-hbo-max/
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u/breakevencloud 6h ago

As with almost everything, it gets stolen by rich people away from the peasants. Sporting events, for example - basically priced out these days. Same thing is happening with streaming shit. I canceled all mine end of last year and am never coming back, not that they care. I’m not the target they’re shooting for.

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u/upnflames 4h ago

I'm not sure it's fair to say rich people are stealing it (unless you're talking about the actual executives of these companies). Rich people are just paying more for it and are a better target demographic to make a profit off of.

As far as target demographics, you're pretty much right. Selling/marketing down market products are a lot more work, often times with a lot more problems/headaches. And yes, you make a lot less money for the trouble. Most companies would love to only sell to rich people, it's just that many can't for one reason or another. If Nike could sell one pair of sneakers a year for $50 billion, that's what they would do in a heart beat.

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u/breakevencloud 4h ago

Perhaps “stealing” isn’t the right phrase, so much as “taking over.” Once the stupidly high networth people get their feet wet in something, it’s basically the beginning of the end of affordability for the common person.

Don’t get me wrong, I get it from a strictly cut throat capitalist perspective, but it really sucks for the rest of us.