Five years ago this week… There was serious talk that Disney was gearing up to acquire Netflix, but Faultline could not help but see this prospect as an unholy alliance. We noted that such an acquisition would immediately turn Netflix into a subservient Hulu-like entity, waiting from crumbs to fall from the high table and unable to plow its own furrow with originals. Equally, Disney’s numerous bungled chances of running video services such as Moviebeams and the first SVoD, Movielink, had proved that the content giant thrived when it partnered with platforms rather than try to run them. It looked as though Disney had asked, and Netflix was trying to work out how to politely say no. — …