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HBO GO Shutting Down, HBO Now Rebranding as 'HBO' Following HBO Max Launch
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I would never pay HBO a single dime after they bowed to the Woke Cult and removed "Gone With the Wind."
Never trust a company that viciously attacks a work of art, even if you dislike it. HBO has disgraced itself.
On the other hand, the ridiculous name changes are hilarious. Really, who is running their marketing department?
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Never trust a company that viciously attacks a work of art, even if you dislike it. HBO has disgraced itself.
On the other hand, the ridiculous name changes are hilarious. Really, who is running their marketing department?
😂“They couldn’t just turn off...”
Actually, that’s exactly what they did for HBO Now users on Amazon Fire or Roku devices, who now can’t even log in on iOS or Android either. The HBO Now app on iOS automatically updated/turned into the Max app, which won’t let these users log in at all because Max is “not currently supported” for Amazon or Roku users. If that sounds confusing, you’re not alone.
They didn’t viciously attack anything.I would never pay HBO a single dime after they bowed to the Woke Cult and removed "Gone With the Wind."
Never trust a company that viciously attacks a work of art, even if you dislike it. HBO has disgraced itself.
On the other hand, the ridiculous name changes are hilarious. Really, who is running their marketing department?
I love how people are so touchy about their favorite racist movies.
I wonder how much the person in charge of branding at HBO makes and how long they worked on the new naming?
Not true. The HBO channel on Roku continues to work, and you can use the Roku app to watch HBO on iOS and Android. I believe the same is true for the Amazon Video HBO channel. Roku or Amazon channel subscribers were never able to use the HBO Now app. If you subscribed to HBO Now you can use the HBO Now app on Roku or Amazon, and HBO Max on iOS and Android. So nothing has changed for any of those customers AFAIK.
HBO Max is basically HBO more. It has HBO plus Warner Media content. What sucks is it’s not available in Apple’s TV app on the Roku platform. I guess because AT&T hasn’t worked out a deal with Roku Apple isn’t allowed to offer that content inside their app on Roku.
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If everyone who pays for HBO via their cable or satellite bill gets HBO Max then HBO go was redundant. But could they just hurry up and work out a deal with Roku already? Every other app is on that platform.
There is no way to watch the additional Max content outside of the HBO Max app on any platform, including the TV app on the Apple TV. That appears to be the whole reason of the curfuffle with Roku and Amazon. They want to offer HBO Max through their channel subscriptions (and get a cut from the subscription fees), whereas HBO wants people to use their app so they don't have to share the revenue (just like Amazon itself does for their Prime Video service).
Awesome, thanks for that key clarification. Didn’t really know what to make of the whole article.
Now, on the AppleTV, what do we get? HBO Now = HBO Max right?
Are these the idiots that deleted Gone With The Wind?
HBO Now is basically the same service you get via cable. HBO Max is more like Netflix
Well your post is simply incorrect, and it’s been heavily reported by the media vis a vis the carriage dispute between Roku, Amazon, and HBO. As for me personally, I have the misfortunate of having subscribed via Roku, so I cannot access HBO Now for the time being via the app. It’s an absolute disaster. Edit: Just to be clear, I‘m referring to “HBO Now,” not ”HBO Go,” which is something else entirely. Confused yet?
I'm pretty sure it's not.
What has been reported is that you can't get HBO Max on the Roku. You can still watch the HBO channel (without the additional Max content), so nothing has changed for you. You can also subscribe to HBO Now directly through HBO and use HBO Now on the Roku. This would also entitle you to use HBO Max on other platforms where it's available.
As a Roku channel subscriber you could never use the HBO Now app. But you had access to the same content in the Roku channel.
I'm not confused at all. From what you wrote you never had HBO Now or HBO Go, but the HBO channel from Roku. And that was your own choice.
That's good, because I just started using the HBO Max app in place of HBO GO; and it's much harder to find the "HBO" stuff in the much bigger haystack.
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They didn't delete it. They removed it temporarily while they create some supplementary contextual material; which is how it was done when the movie was shown on TCM. With HBO Max, they foolishly post the movie without the contextual material. The movie will be reposted in the foreseeable future.
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Lol just get rid of HBO Now too. There’s no reason to keep it whatsoever, other than to cause confusion and disparity.
I would only add that if I like a movie enough I would put my money where my mouth was and purchase it myself, which solves the issue.
Touchy folks like attention and you can find them general throwing a hissy fit in public, doesn't have to relate to race but on somehow they have personally been wronged. Outrage!!
"My eggs are overcooked damnit!" Yes I ate all of them but I want my money back and I will never come back to this restaurant again!! Where's your manager?!"
I kid a little but again I don't, people are
They should pay you a six-figure salary for five years for that comment ... I mean, WTF.
I think confusion is the strategy. HBO is no longer a great offering with streaming services offering way more and just as good of content for less. HBO doesn’t do anything the way a tech company like Netflix would which is why their apps suck. They still want to be just HBO, but if they confuse enough people and add some titles like Friends, they can get people to signup for HBO Max which makes them look like they have embraced the tech world. We all know HBO clearly hasn’t. They still want their cake and eat it too. They want to take money from both sides. In their perfect world, everyone would have a cable subscription, not be able to sign into HBO as it doesn’t work. Then pay for HBO through Hulu and Amazon. Then just to get Friends signup for Max to get subscribers to pay multiple times for HBO and an extra Max subscription just for Friends.
Chaos and confusion is the strategy! And anyone else notice that you sign into HBO or any of the services through Amazon and Amazon bills you again for the same service? That’s the real gem of these traditional cable companies and the average American doesn’t read their bills. There are so many bills they just succumb and hand their whole paycheck over to whoever wants it!
Before this...
- HBO: a cable channel
- HBO Go: a way for cable subscribers to watch HBO on something other than their cable box, “on the go”
- HBO Now: a way for non-cable subscribers to watch HBO, created to appease the cable networks that carry HBO
- HBO Max: HBO plus extra content from Warner Media companies/channels such as Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Warner Bros.
I would imagine HBO Go is going away because the contractual issues with cable companies that caused HBO Go vs HBO Now have gone away in some fashion.
So now...
- HBO: a cable channel, and an app carrying that channel’s content
- HBO Max: HBO plus extra content from Warner Media