As a rule of thumb, consolidation is never good. There are exceptions where consolidated services can improve (eg arguably physical infrastructure, healthcare), but in general this will not benefit the consumer.

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philipallstar 3 hours ago | parent [-]

As a rule of thumb maybe, but in this case it might well.

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MangoToupe 2 hours ago | parent [-]

How? This only means prices will go up.

	▲	philipallstar 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		But if you don't need to pay for two subs, and the cost of two apps and two lots of infra goes away, that could be good value.