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johnvanommenyesterday at 11:52 PM0 repliesview on HN

> But they do it by squeezing businesses upstream, who end up with even lower margins.

I've done tech projects for supermarkets and I've done tech projects for movie studios.

The thing I noticed about Disney is that they have an entire 'suite' of products. Basically, they can afford to lose money on a movie release if it drives toy sales, or drives attendance at Disneyland or Disneyworld.