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[–] AcornCarnage@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Streaming Service Formely Known As Max

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bo! Omg! We think we know you!

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Y tho? The first rule of brand recognition is ya don’t fuck with the brand name!

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] byrona@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Where dreams come... They come true!

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I'm betting they're either gonna go with M or A, following twatter. Either way, we'll have another service to mock for having an atrociously bad name.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[–] FlashZordon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They're pulling a Coke and they're going to rebrand as HBO next year and everyone will cheer the brilliant move.

Oh, stop, you're going to make me HBO MAX PLUS ULTRA PREMIUM PRO WITH TITANIUM ™

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cancelled Max

[–] battleshack@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Disco War Max Plus

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the joke, but HBO Go doesn't belong with those other 3. HBO Go was an included streaming companion to a cable subscription. There was no way to get HBO Go without also subscribing to cable. HBO NOW was the first standalone streaming service, then renamed to HBO MAX, then renamed to Max.

If you need something legit to replace HBO go for the joke you could use HBO Nordic, which WAS a standalone streaming service with the HBO content that predates HBO Now. Technically HBO Nordic was only available as a European product, but it was accessible in the USA via VPN.

[–] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] zacharoid@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

patiently waits for HB42

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's really stupid that they named their streaming platform for one of their competitors. When I was subscribing I'd see Max and wonder when we subscribed for Cinemax.

[–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

They own Cinemax. It's a subsidiary, not a competitor.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Next will be just "M" to follow Twitter.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile I'm here in Scandinavia pining for ~~the fjords~~ HBO Nordic

[–] inspired@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

who is Max and why should he go now? Perhaps some coworker they hate?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Max has never been HBO’s platform.

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