Recently, someone offhandedly shared her weekend plan to binge “The Chair Company” on Netflix. It’s a terrific show, I told her, before gently making her aware that the show is streaming on HBO Max, not Netflix. I offered that information with an apology, since nobody wants to come off as a know-it-all; however, matching shows with the right streaming service is part of a TV critic’s job these days.

Fortunately, my colleague wasn’t annoyed by my unsolicited correction. “It’s all Netflix to me,” she said.

If some consumers are reacting more nonchalantly to Netflix’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming businesses than Hollywood’s creatives and media insiders, that conversation may explain why.

From the industry’s perspective, Netflix’s recently announced $

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