Essential HBO MAX Thread

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I take it Disney+ and HBO Max were not prepared for the shutdowns because it seems to have completely stalled any original content they were working on.

Meanwhile, Netflix is releasing new piff weekly... :gucci:

But people said these other services were "Netflix killers"

People on this same page as a matter of fact were spitting that nonsense :dahell:
Netflix, piff, and weekly, don't belong nowhere near each other

I had a chance to pay for Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon and decided against it

Ppl keep forgetting that Netflix and Hulu have several price points
 

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Do yall watch shows that you already can see on GO/Now? I found myself binging How To Make In America again despite already having.

Edit: I wonder how many unique users they actually have, as in people who weren't already paying for HBO, HBO Now or AT&T beforehand.
 

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:patrice:ain't hbo now hbo max?
Nope.
HBO stayed HBO after the launch of HBO Max.
HBO Max is different from HBO.
HBO is the service you get through your cable or satellite provider.
HBO Max is a streaming service like Netflix.
HBO Now was the option for cord cutters to stream regular HBO.
HBO GO was the streaming version you got for free with your HBO subscription through a cable/satellite provider.
HBO Now, if you already had it, automatically switched to HBO Max if you ordered HBO Max during the pre-launch and weren't using Amazon Firestick/TV or Roku to stream.
HBO Now is now just HBO.

And the only people who didn't recognize how confusing all that shyt was going to end up being for people were the rocket scientists at HBO/Warner.
 

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Nope.
HBO stayed HBO after the launch of HBO Max.
HBO Max is different from HBO.
HBO is the service you get through your cable or satellite provider.
HBO Max is a streaming service like Netflix.
HBO Now was the option for cord cutters to stream regular HBO.
HBO GO was the streaming version you got for free with your HBO subscription through a cable/satellite provider.
HBO Now, if you already had it, automatically switched to HBO Max if you ordered HBO Max during the pre-launch and weren't using Amazon Firestick/TV or Roku to stream.
HBO Now is now just HBO.


And the only people who didn't recognize how confusing all that shyt was going to end up being for people were the rocket scientists at HBO/Warner.
Still confused. Who would still have HBO Now to change to just HBO if HBO Now automatically switched to HBO Max previously?
 

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here goes the easy answer ... i hope

HBO MAX = Warner stuff + HBO stuff
HBO Go is HBO stuff online if you subscribe to the channel
HBO is HBO Stuff online only ...

they shouldve dropped the hbo max name and called it Warner Media because it is warner media .. its not just hbo
 

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Still confused. Who would still have HBO Now to change to just HBO if HBO Now automatically switched to HBO Max previously?

They are getting rid of HBO Go. But they still want subscribers to the HBO channel to be able to watch stuff online, so they are converting HBO Now into that streaming option and getting rid of the "Now" part. So it'll essentially be online HBO, and carry the same name.

At least that's what I'm getting from the tweet:patrice:

Either way this whole thing is a shytshow:what:
 

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They are getting rid of HBO Go. But they still want subscribers to the HBO channel to be able to watch stuff online, so they are converting HBO Now into that streaming option and getting rid of the "Now" part. So it'll essentially be the just online HBO, and carry the same name.
WTF kinda convoluted bullshyt is that?! :dahell:
Shouldn't they just switch HBO Go to HBO? HBO Now got eliminated when it converted to HBO Max. They did an extra step for no reason.
 
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