http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-potential-merger-acquisition-candidates-aapl-2017-12?r=UK&IR=T There is a 40% likelihood that Apple will acquire Netflix now that US President Trump's corporate tax cut has been passed, according to Citi analysts Jim Suva and Asiya Merchant. The cut in corporate taxes, along with a one-time allowance for companies to repatriate cash stored overseas without a major tax hit, will give Apple a much larger cash warchest to buy new companies. Apple has about $252 billion in cash, much of it in foreign jurisdictions, which previously it was unable to bring back to the US.
Hmm...not sure how I feel about this. Conflicted.
Microsoft might be more suited for Netflix than Apple
Why do you think? Apple is already entwined with the entertainment biz with iTunes. Big consumer product driven company. Microsoft’s biggest consumer “win” is the surface.
Actually it’s Xbox. Proprietary games + shows on extensible platform = profit. Not to mention the tech leap forward Microsoft could make to Cortana
I would not want Apple to acquire Netflix as I think it works better as a cross platform service. Apple will find a way to force hardware purchases for top access and quality to Netflix and I refuse to get caught up in a non open ecosystem.
So...don't bet on it?
There is no reason for Apple to acquire Netflix aside from their original programming. That would be a mighty steep price tag on a handful of shows.
There’s also the subscriber base and expertise building services. Then again, should this merger happen it would be hard not to destroy Netflix’s value.
Apple has a far larger customer base than Netflix with iTunes, not to mention they get a cut of any subscribers that sign up thru iTunes. Enterprise building services, again hefty price tag on that.
Netflix will acquire apple
When an analyst wants to pump NFLX, this is always being thrown out. It's getting really old. Nobody will buy NFLX unless it implodes for some reason.
40% chance, aka: they probably won’t
There is a 60% chance the author pulled this out of their ass.
Someone should.
Why?
Because they could make a lot of money. Netflix is going to face serious competition from Disney. It is yet to be seen how willing consumers will be to pay for multiple streaming services.