Historically, auto manufacturing was long dominated by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors ' the so-called 'Big Three,' which at one point controlled over 60% of the U.S. auto market. A dominant trio shows up elsewhere, too, in everything from the U.S. defense market ' think Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrup Grumman ' to cellphone service providers (AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon). The same goes for the U.S. airline industry in which American, Delta and United fly higher than the rest. Today, even without the Warner Bros. acquisition, Netflix has a dominant global base of over 300 million subscribers. Amazon Prime comes second with roughly 220 million subscribers, and Disney ' which includes both Disney+ and Hulu ' is third, with roughly 196 million subscribers. This means that between them, these three companies already control over 60% of the streaming market. Netflix's lead would only be reinforced by the proposed deal with Warner Bros., as it would add ownership of Warner...
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