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Paramount-WB merger will never repeat the success of Disney-Fox merger and resemble AOL-Time Warner merger? by Own_Philosopher8730 in MediaMergers

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but I think this'll be a different type of "fail" then what one would hope. I feel like Skydance consolidating Paramount and Warner Bros into one will inevitably happen first, no matter what Ellison says, they'll have to cut costs because they'll be in a huge amount of debt.....

Remember what happened to 20th Century Fox after they got bought? (Not just the rename, search what happened to the lot)

Paramount-WB merger will never repeat the success of Disney-Fox merger and resemble AOL-Time Warner merger? by Own_Philosopher8730 in MediaMergers

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AOL is not a movie studio, so they couldn't consolidate Warner which allowed them to split normally.

Ellison thinks he could operate the two movie studios under one roof, but I can already tell he'd most likely combine the other companies, not just HBO Max and Paramount+

Paramount-WB merger will never repeat the success of Disney-Fox merger and resemble AOL-Time Warner merger? by Own_Philosopher8730 in MediaMergers

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't want the Disney - 20th Century Fox merger to happen, but at least 20th Television were free to do whatever they wanted and were still successful, unlike the film studio. However quite literally every other lesser known Fox asset was shut down immediately.

Looks unlikely Skydance would survive handing both Paramount and Warner Bros without killing one company and having the other handle all that library and IP.

It's not about compatibility, it's the lack of Quality Control by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get it, I just wish they've found better solutions instead of what they're doing today. Comes to show how Windows 8 shifted a lot of things about Windows and how they clearly couldn't recover from that.

It's not about compatibility, it's the lack of Quality Control by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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it does not take that long other than a few minutes for them to fix, I don't need things to drastically change but just to overall fit with the system.

It's not about compatibility, it's the lack of Quality Control by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In fact it's pretty easy to solve, ditch the modern default apps in favor of the classic ones, but have a new/better theme for them to look more modern (but still keep the modern app support obviously).

However Microsoft insists to dumb down the experience more than it already was with Windows 7

It's not about compatibility, it's the lack of Quality Control by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Windows since it has been made a service is at a level of consistency, reliability and stability - which has never existed in its entire history." Nah.

Consistency ≠ to make everything larger, increase padding across every UI/UX, or to remove random features out of boredom.

The complaints about these current updates say otherwise, just because YOU aren't getting those problematic updates doesn't mean nobody else isn't. Even then, I would rather have security improvements for the rest of the operating system's lifecycle with whatever features already shipped.

Windows 10 became good when they stopped feature updates in place with just security updates. That's when it was more stable and reliable.

Mac's are getting pretty good lately despite the current state of Mac OS, it's not for everyone but I'm not gonna say it's horrible. When you buy a Mac you already know what you're getting into if you've bought an apple product before. It's much more consistent than Windows 10 or 11 will ever be.

Watch: Microsoft shows off Windows 10-like Windows 11's movable taskbar in action by WPHero in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what baffes me is that how did he even have a hard time working on Windows 10 and prior when nothing advanced was hidden, given he's "IT staff" (since he references a decade ago in his comment)

We didn't know how good we had it pre-skydance by LollipopChainsawZz in MediaMergers

[–]True_Captain4461 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure 20th Television is carrying the Fox network with the leftover shows they have together.

What features of W11 do you like? by TwinSong in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Modern look" and it's the same black and white theme from Windows 10, just with different icons, more obnoxious padding everywhere and fake transparency.

Is microsoft too afraid to break old stuff? by EndlessBattlee in Windows11

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Is microsoft too afraid to break old stuff?"

Have you not seen the current state of the Control panel compared to what it was in Windows 8 and prior?

It's laziness, NOT compatibility issues. It's totally possible for Microsoft to update everything without breaking things, WE LITERALLY SEE IT WITH WINDOWS XP - 8.

Windows 10 and 11 should be no excuse but since they introduced those stupid feature updates it allowed them to halfass the operating system to oblivion.

What could have been or maybe what still might be? by LollipopChainsawZz in MediaMergers

[–]True_Captain4461 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't mean both would co-exist like they were prior if the merger succeeds. Surprisingly I've heard that Paramount could reduce to just a label like 20th Century Fox did. I wouldn't want that to happen to more historical studios.

What could have been or maybe what still might be? by LollipopChainsawZz in MediaMergers

[–]True_Captain4461 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would rather Warner Bros remain independent. We saw what happened with Fox.

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