{"id":174852,"date":"2026-02-03T23:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/netflix-says-users-can-cancel-service-if-hbo-max-merger-makes-it-too-expensive\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:41:39","slug":"netflix-says-users-can-cancel-service-if-hbo-max-merger-makes-it-too-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/netflix-says-users-can-cancel-service-if-hbo-max-merger-makes-it-too-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>There is concern that <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/01\/streaming-stops-feeling-infinite-what-subscribers-can-expect-in-2026\/\">subscribers might be negatively affected<\/a> if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s (WBD&#8217;s) streaming and movie studios businesses. One of the biggest fears is that the merger would lead to higher prices due to Netflix having less competition. During a Senate hearing today, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos suggested that the merger would have an opposite effect.<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos was speaking at a hearing held by the US Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/examining-the-competitive-impact-of-the-proposed-netflix-warner-brothers-transaction\">Examining the Competitive Impact of the Proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers Transaction<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarandos aimed to convince the subcommittee that Netflix wouldn\u2019t become a monopoly in streaming or in movie and TV production if regulators allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/netflixs-72b-wb-acquisition-confounds-the-future-of-movie-theaters-streaming\/\">its acquisition<\/a> to close. Netflix is the largest subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) provider by subscribers (301.63 million as of January 2025), and WBD is the third (128 million streaming subscribers, including users of HBO Max and, to a smaller degree, Discovery+).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/netflix-claims-subscribers-will-get-more-content-for-less-if-it-buys-hbo-max\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/netflix-claims-subscribers-will-get-more-content-for-less-if-it-buys-hbo-max\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is concern that subscribers might be negatively affected if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s (WBD&#8217;s) streaming and movie studios businesses. One of the biggest fears is that the merger would lead to higher prices due to Netflix having less competition. During a Senate hearing today, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos suggested that the merger would have an opposite effect. 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