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[-] ramble81@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago

Gee, take your pick: you have the bad rebranding, the yanking and cancellation of some of their best shows (seriously, Westworld? You owned it!), cancelling already completed movies (Batgirl) or raising the price and removing 4k as a default among other things.

I thought musk was doing a Speedrun on how to kill a company but didn't realize he had competition.

[-] nolannice@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

David Zazlav has heard your complaints and will replace all the shows he removed with reality shows focused on ruining the lives of poor people. Then you can watch someone's life fall apart and say, gee I'm glad I'm not that guy! It's great!

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 11 points 1 year ago

When I was younger I watched hoarders and honey booboo a few times and never liked them, now I know why I didn't. They're fucking exploitive as shit. Hey here are people with actual real mental problems who desperately need help. Let's profit off of that by having the whole country laugh at you!

[-] DuzAwe@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pulling venture bros. Only weeks after the movie launches amount how many other animated shows. Why would I stay?

Aug 12th is when it goes away. For those wondering https://comicbook.com/anime/news/the-venture-bros-max-removed-adult-swim-streaming-report/

[-] Triple_B@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, they made a movie??

[-] DuzAwe@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Guess add poorly promoting the movie to list.

Yup it wraps everything up after the last season. It’s the “end”.

[-] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Wait, really? I just watched an episode of season 2 on there yesterday

[-] skabbywag02@lemm.ee 61 points 1 year ago

What?!.. You mean Dr.pimple popper and Ghost Hunters are not being received well on Max?! I'm flabbergasted....

[-] Disgustoid@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

Somebody mentioned Dr. Pimple Popper to me recently and I thought they were making up an over-the-top fake reality show title. Imagine my shock when I found out that it was a real show. There's a reason I haven't watched anything aside from sports on network/cable TV in years.

[-] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not going to watch that show but man do I find that kind of content weirdly entertaining in 5-10 minute chunks on YouTube.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Which is how she became famous, ironically.

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[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 54 points 1 year ago

Meta, MAX, X

The 2020s is the decade of shitty rebrands.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

The 2020s: A bunch of people finally powerful enough to name things the cool 90s names they dreamt of way back then. Next up JNCO jeans are the mandated corporate uniform.

[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 11 points 1 year ago

Google is now called “The Googlinator.”

[-] Jmr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Microsoft? Its now MEGAsoft

And Amazon is just going to switch to KABLAM!

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Facebook is trying to get away from the Facebook papers stink.

So I call them the meta Facebook papers from now on.

[-] Geek_King@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

Nothing gives a company a harder boner then needlessly rebranding shit. It's the business equivalent to food corporations putting "NEW AND IMPROVED" on their same old product, while reducing the size of the product.

I hate it.

[-] ZooGuru@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I work for a southeastern electric company that changed its logo. They have solicited ideas from employees on ways to save money. How about not waste all the time and money on a pointless logo redesign? Dumb.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seriously. If they didn't rebrand were people going to choose a different utility company? Lol.

Because you know, there's soooo many we get to choose from. Should I use the monopoly in my city, or the monopoly in my city?

[-] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You could always use the sub-company owned by the monopoly in your city.

[-] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

‘Change for the heck of it’ gives idiot execs trying to justify their jobs a raging hard-on. It also pleases the idiots trying to maximize profits on something that’s already maximized, as if destroying brand equity will draw in ‘new customers through a fresh new look and image!’

No, it’ll only waste money on failed marketing for your rebrand, confuse existing customers, and make your business look more transient and, as a result, less likely to stand the test of time.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 40 points 1 year ago

I think the solution is pretty obvious. Rebrand again, and split some of your content to a different service for a different subscription.

[-] simple@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Maybe deleting some more shows off the platform and acting like they never existed is a good idea to bring some talent

[-] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

No, those won’t work. We need proven solutions like increasing executive bonuses!

[-] Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago

Not surprised.

I've had to help more than three relatives over the phone try to fix issues because of this.

A few were arguing with me that they already had the "Max" app installed and didn't understand that the HBO MAX app isn't the MAX app.

This was the stupidest fucking renaming ever since that Netflix one a decade ago.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago

This was the stupidest fucking renaming ever since that Netflix one a decade ago.

No, the Twitter to X renaming is the stupidest fucking renaming ever. Like, in all of human history. Only way they could have topped that would be to rename it to something actively offensive like "Shit Hitler".

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Shit Hitler would have better SEO

[-] Casimec@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

The rebranding removed categories to watch for specific genres making it harder for people to find stuff. They are trying to make people watch what is on the main screen.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 year ago

I paid for a year subscription for HBO Max last July. I got a full refund when HBO cancelled my subscription in June. Company is run by mentally challenged dip shits. Back to privacy with the extra $150 iny pocket.

[-] HWK_290@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wish they had done that for me! But I did not renew my subscription when it lapsed

[-] regex1883@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

They pulled the 4k card. Used to be free-included, now it is an upgrade. REALLY!!

[-] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

That’s what you get for erasing final space and infinity train

[-] SaintWacko@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago

Wait, I was looking at Max last night and it appeared that the Discovery content was available in Max. That seems like a fairly obvious explanation

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[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I think the rebranding is just aweful, but I'm still willing to subscribe to the service if it has content. What does it currently have since House of the Dragon and the Last of Us?

I haven't finished Barry, but I can just buy the last season for $20.

[-] Wolf@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

The righteous gemstones is lit. I also wouldn’t have max if I had to pay for it though.

[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

White Lotus, righteous gemstones, and Tokyo Vice are great. Warrior is pretty good too.

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think the White Lotus is for me, but the other two look interesting. I will have to check them out once I subscribe for the 2nd season of HoTD or Last of US, or if another show comes along. I'm currently watching a couple of shows on Hulu atm.

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[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm in Mexico, and both the Roku and Firestick apps stopped working completely because of "we're currently not available in your region"... which I used to be in, but not anymore, it's still not working and that was what - two months ago?

"As a valued customer, your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line for our next available operator."

Yeah, right. Fuck you.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I specifically dropped it because of how stupid the name change is.

[-] monobot@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I just stopped watching movies and tv shows.

It is always changing software and features, available content and prices. It is exhausting to keep track of it all, I just wat to click play and relax.

Additionally, everything they made is tailored to keep me watching and wanting more, they don't care about quality of content, just manipulation.

Thank you very much, I am not their target audience.

[-] explodes@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lost 2% of subscribers for a, what 10%-20% price hike? Loss of the need to serve 4k to the MAJORITY? Worth it.

[-] ExaptationStation@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I’m one of ‘em.

I submitted feedback at the end, and suggest others do as well.

[-] Lanfordr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I probably would be one of them, but I paid for a year subscription last November. Once that's up, I'm probably dumping it for some other service, at least until House of Dragon and The Last of Us come back.

HBO MAX was my favorite service when it launched. It's slowly lost good content and added shitty low quality reality shows in their place. It still boggles my mind that a company like Discovery could purchase Warner Brothers.

[-] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I also subbed for a year and never got a refund. My sub is good through October.

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[-] Harry@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

It is difficult to mess up a brand like HBO. Maybe they managed it.

[-] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I cancelled. Their app breaks every other time I try and play something forcing me to restart it. It's trivial but the first few times I thought my brand new TV was shitting the bed, but nope. Only happens on Max. Fuck 'em. If I wanted the shitty Discovery programming I would have signed up for it.

[-] xyzzy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I just wanted HBO. Not HBO plus superheroes. Not HBO plus trashy reality TV. What even is the brand at this point?

When they became HBO Max it was fine, I guess, because all the HBO shows I actually cared about were still there.

But when I load the app and all I see is reality TV, and then they start removing HBO shows I hadn't even gotten around to watching, I decided to cancel and watch Barry before my subscription ran out (great show, not on Blu-ray).

I'll just buy the handful of series I want to follow on Blu-ray instead. WB is good about that. I picked up House of the Dragon on 4K (already watched it but I enjoyed it) and will pick up The Last of Us and probably Chernobyl on 4K at some point.

Bye, HBO. You were a great brand until executives who didn't understand your brand or your demographic decided to mutate you into something else entirely.

Oh, by the way, good luck attracting future talent when the prospect that a series they work hard on might suddenly disappear forever, along with their residual payments, all because an accountant decides it makes the books look better.

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