> It hurts customers, but the big companies will be fine. HBO and Disney can afford to do this. I imagine they must have crunched numbers indicating they'll ma

> It hurts customers, but the big companies will be fine. HBO and Disney can afford to do this. I imagine they must have crunched numbers indicating they'll make more money from people signing up for this service than they do from licenses, even if fewer people use it than view the content from Netflix via license. I still believe that in the long run, though, it may be a mistake for them.