Which would still fit in with my theory that they plan to sacrifice it to secure the rest of the sale. They won't get any political capital for selling Hulu until it comes up in negotiations with regulators.

Even further hearsay, but rumors also exist that Disney still hasn't announced the name/brand of their streaming service yet, despite supposed to launch early next year, in the off chance that they have the opportunity (controlled Hulu) to just use the existing Hulu brand and leverage existing brand awareness/loyalty.

Hulu’s major selling point is it’s distribution of network shows - but that’s mostly in the US. For a global company like Apple, it’s not as valuable.

I’m curious, how would they go about blocking it?