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DemocratSinceBirth

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43. Subscriber Battle

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:45 AM

19 hrs ago

I'm referring to the battle for subscribers. Netflix has 325 million subscribers. Paramount has 211 million subscribers. Heck, Squid Game had 262 milliion followers.

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I hope Netflix burys Paramount. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Thursday OP

Not me, I hope Paramount gets Warner Bros...I pay for Paramount+ for all the new & old Star Trek EX500rider Thursday #1

They can't win a fair bidding war and need TSF to put his thumb on the scale. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #2

Didn't they bid more then Netflix's? EX500rider Thursday #3

Ted Sarandos was at the White House today and left disappointed. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #9

Sheesh. Who cares if 90% of the media is controlled by 1 super right wing company... Wiz Imp Thursday #5

I get my news from the BBC and more content is appreciated when you have limited entertainment funds EX500rider Thursday #10

Wow. Since you get your news fom the BBC, who cares that 1 person owns 90% of the media in the US Wiz Imp Thursday #20

D AK Grizz Thursday #33

After today's episode of Academy, I'm ready to throw it all out. Intractable Thursday #7

Starfleet Academy Eps 6 was some of the best Star Trek IMO ymmv EX500rider Thursday #13

Episode 6 was great. Episode 8 is a boring space opera for teanagers. Intractable Thursday #14

haven't seen it yet, save it for fri night, if Tilly is back I will love it...but I liked Discovery EX500rider Thursday #16

I disliked the latter three years of Discovery. They were pretty good up until the move to the future. Intractable Thursday #17

Loved her as "Captain Killy" lol EX500rider Thursday #19

Yes. Cap't Killy was fun. But, in general, there were too many trips to the negative universe. Intractable Thursday #22

Voyager had a fair amount of opera...but I liked ST:V also..and Picard! EX500rider Thursday #18

Picard season 2 scraped the bottom. Intractable Thursday #23

You support Bari Weiss and David Ellison BeyondGeography Thursday #35

They're the assholes who killed Colbert... lame54 Thursday #36

David Ellison can go shove his precious billions where it doesn't shine. Initech Thursday #4

This is a bad outcome newdeal2 Thursday #6

Then I can watch Star Trek(s)......................... Lovie777 Thursday #8

I'd rather see Star Trek go to Netflix than be on Paramount. For sure! Intractable Thursday #11

Yes. By all means. Less competition is always great for the consumer. Right? PeaceWave Thursday #12

How is HBO and CNN in the hands of Trump's BFF an improvement? DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #15

Because you'll get Star Trek! Wiz Imp Thursday #21

I suspect HBO viewers skew left. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #25

Regardless of the politics, 1 person controlling so much of the US media would be a disaster Wiz Imp Thursday #26

Netflix won't have to do anything. hunter Thursday #24

What happens to CNN? DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #27

What happened to AOL? hunter Thursday #30

Yea, but Wildcards tv show from Canada............ Lovie777 Thursday #29

Me too Bettie Thursday #28

Nero, nice fiddle playing OC375 Thursday #31

Or, AK Grizz Thursday #34

Some giant corporations are more toxic than others. hunter Thursday #37

Yes, apparently being owned by primarily Vanguard Group Inc. and BlackRock Inc makes Neflix OK!! lol EX500rider Thursday #38

401k Winner By Default OC375 Thursday #40

Yup Joinfortmill Thursday #32

Not happening iemanja Thursday #39

They will compete and Netflix will win. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #41

Netflix already withdrew iemanja Thursday #42

Subscriber Battle DemocratSinceBirth 19 hrs ago #43