🔗 Disney finally completes purchase of Hulu:

Eater of streamers, studios, and those delicious Mickey Waffles, the Walt Disney Company is rubbing its hands together and licking its lips, as DoorDash reports that the rest of its Hulu order is on the way. Per Reuters, Disney has completed its two-year appraisal process of Hulu and finalized its purchase of the streamer. It’s a long time coming. Disney acquired a majority stake in the service in its purchase of 21st Century Fox in 2019. At the time, Comcast agreed to fork over its 33% stake in the streamer. Six years later, Disney has completed its order, agreeing to pay Comcast an additional $439 million for The Bear‘s den.

This kind of stuff makes me feel old and annoyed. So does this mean I no longer need to pay for Disney+ and Hulu? Does one have a subset of stuff that the other has, or is it weird overlapping mish-mash of shows and movies?

I’m sure there is probably some explainer somewhere but TBH I just don’t have the energy to keep track of it all.

And just to be clear, I am fully aware of the problems with all of these services and the streaming market in general, and I do not require a lecture on how I should be using PeerTube or the Internet Archive or purchasing physical media for all my movies and shows.