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Smashingpmkns
04/11/23 11:35:57 AM
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https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1645775377737060352

50 years of name recognition down the drain

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Were_Wyrm
04/11/23 11:37:03 AM
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Max+

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Turtlemayor333
04/11/23 11:37:46 AM
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Average Zaslav screw up

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Ivynn
04/11/23 11:38:12 AM
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Don't business classes teach that branding is important and here they are just throwing it away.

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Jiek_Fafn
04/11/23 11:38:28 AM
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Boo!
I won't get it for free through AT&T anymore, since HBOMAX won't exist anymore

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Spurner
04/11/23 11:39:57 AM
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Jeff_AKA_Snoopy
04/11/23 11:50:02 AM
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I would have branded it as Discovery HBO

Like, it's not hard.

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Jagr_68
04/11/23 11:55:00 AM
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Maximum Capitalism

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dancing_cactuar
04/11/23 11:55:05 AM
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Fucking bravo Zaslav, I know you aren't reading this, but just wanted you to know that the attraction of HBO Max wasn't the "max" part of it.

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...
I would have branded it as Discovery HBO

Like, it's not hard.
HBO Discovery I feel rolls off the tongue better. Either is better than fucking Max though.

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Zikten
04/11/23 12:01:08 PM
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People who subscribed specifically to discovery plus will not like this. The appeal was that discovery plus was very cheap but had a niche library for people into reality TV and documentary stuff

Discovery plus is basically now going for like 7 bucks a month or whatever it was, to 16
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BurmesePenguin
04/11/23 12:13:24 PM
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I have a lifetime 50% off subscription to hbo max. I wonder if that will survibe the merger when it finally hits europe.
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Crimsoness
04/11/23 12:14:36 PM
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I don't want my discovery+ bill to double to pay for HBO shit I'll never watch

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MabusIncarnate
04/11/23 12:15:16 PM
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If I just keep subbed to both will they merge it for me or keep charging me separate? I think I know the answer but just checking, lol.

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Irony
04/11/23 12:24:29 PM
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Hopefully it flops

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TaylorHeinicke
04/11/23 12:28:11 PM
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Given how Succession, Barry, and Curb (rumored) are all in their final seasons, it's gonna be hard to keep it until house of the dragon comes back in spring 2024

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Axiom
04/11/23 1:48:04 PM
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HBO Max and Discovery+ combined service will be called Max, costing about $16 a month.

Lol fuck off
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Master_Bass
04/11/23 1:50:21 PM
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So is this guy intentionally trying to kill his company or what?

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MICHALECOLE
04/11/23 1:53:33 PM
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Crimsoness posted...
I don't want my discovery+ bill to double to pay for HBO shit I'll never watch

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CADE_FOSTER
04/11/23 2:11:39 PM
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How not to run a company by David Zaslav
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Ar0ge
04/11/23 2:14:22 PM
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Crimsoness posted...
I don't want my discovery+ bill to double to pay for HBO shit I'll never watch

And I don't want trashy reality tv with my HBO.

HBO has a reputation. This merge is going to hurt it.
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Darkinsanity1
04/11/23 2:21:51 PM
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Still stupid as fuck lol. Confusing and it's letting the legacy of HBO go down the drain.

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JasonSehorn
04/11/23 2:23:00 PM
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Master_Bass posted...
So is this guy intentionally trying to kill his company or what?
yes
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Questionmarktarius
04/11/23 2:31:04 PM
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Master_Bass posted...
So is this guy intentionally trying to kill his company or what?
This looks more and more like Sears all over again.
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CableZL
04/11/23 2:32:43 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/4/AABjoOAAEX3A.jpg

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Zikten
04/11/23 2:40:23 PM
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I think the CEO is one of those types who takes over a company, loots everything of value and then flees. He is like the aliens in Independence Day. Moving from company to company and leaving behind dried out husks
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bigblu89
04/11/23 2:42:13 PM
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This is what happens when people continue to think "cutting the cord" is a good idea.

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CRON
04/11/23 2:43:39 PM
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If there's any silver lining to this, All In is probably going to be streamed on Max instead of requiring a $60 PPV purchase

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harley2280
04/11/23 2:58:15 PM
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bigblu89 posted...
This is what happens when people continue to think "cutting the cord" is a good idea.
Bro is out here going to bat for fucking cable companies. Streaming is better than cable any day simple because I can cancel it in a few clicks instead of being forced to call and get transferred half a dozen times.

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MICHALECOLE
04/11/23 2:59:50 PM
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bigblu89 posted...
This is what happens when people continue to think "cutting the cord" is a good idea.

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hockeybub89
04/11/23 3:01:47 PM
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Don't the suits literally think the HBO name is hurting HBO Max or some shit?

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Questionmarktarius
04/11/23 3:02:23 PM
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bigblu89 posted...
This is what happens when people continue to think "cutting the cord" is a good idea.
This is what happens when streaming somehow just becomes cable all over again.
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CADE_FOSTER
04/11/23 3:13:08 PM
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supposedly Zaslav had them bought to get CNN cuz he is a die hard trumper
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CADE_FOSTER
04/11/23 3:21:11 PM
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look how CNN has changed more right friendly trying to appeal to the right
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Zikten
04/11/23 3:23:26 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
This is what happens when streaming somehow just becomes cable all over again.
They even literally have streaming cable.

Hulu Live
Fubo
Sling TV
YouTube TV

All live TV streaming services. Basically the same as old fashioned cable, but all digital and over the internet. I think their main use these days is live sports. You still kinda need cable for that usually. And traditional cable is fading. In my region the major cable company already ended traditional service a year ago. Everyone is forced to go streaming now
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bigblu89
04/11/23 3:24:29 PM
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harley2280 posted...
Bro is out here going to bat for fucking cable companies. Streaming is better than cable any day simple because I can cancel it in a few clicks instead of being forced to call and get transferred half a dozen times.

Questionmarktarius posted...
This is what happens when streaming somehow just becomes cable all over again.

That was the point I was trying to make.

People were cutting the cord because streaming was a cheaper option. But then it splintered so many times that in order to get everything you originally got with a cable/internet package, you end up paying the same amount.

So I'm not "going to bat" for anyone. Just pointing out the costs basically being the same if you were to try to mirror what the average cable package offers.

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DOOM-64
04/11/23 3:24:29 PM
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Turtlemayor333 posted...
Average Zaslav screw up

its not a screw up. Its by design.

the whole WB + HBO purchase thing was part of the conservative holy culture war. They just couldnt let millennials have cool TV shows about dragons, Italian mafia, millionaire dramas and movie star bro comedies. And how dare they have a black bat girl? Destroy the movie before its out!

zaslav and discovery have said over and over they want to have hbo cater more to the real American (40+, white, rural) demographic and less to the millennial heathens

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GreenMario
04/11/23 3:24:31 PM
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Let's merge to create a new streaming service named Dave! Or maybe Bob.

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DOOM-64
04/11/23 3:25:22 PM
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so you DO care. Zaslav wants hbo to restrict itself to reality TV

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Smashingpmkns
04/11/23 3:26:09 PM
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Tbf I can't share a cable package with my family that lives in a separate house. I pay for like 3 streaming services and have access to over a dozen or so.

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DOOM-64
04/11/23 3:29:08 PM
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CADE_FOSTER posted...
look how CNN has changed more right friendly trying to appeal to the right

@cade_foster have you noticed how all of a sudden CNN are about sports too?

its super weird to see Laura Coates talk about a mass shooting or the Ukraine war and suddenly she talks for 20 minutes about March fucking madness.

i am starting to think the sports stuff is basically a form of social control from the right

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DOOM-64
04/11/23 3:29:35 PM
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I wasnt lying, look it up, karma-discriminator

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bigblu89
04/11/23 3:29:35 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Tbf I can't share a cable package with my family that lives in a separate house. I pay for like 3 streaming services and have access to over a dozen or so.
Same.

I have Hulu Live and Netflix, so that also gets me Disney+ and ESPN+.

My Bro in Law works for Verizon, so he gets his cable at a deep discount. He uses my Netflix/Disney, I use his HBO Max and Peacock.

I then use my other Bro in Laws Apple TV

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Axiom
04/11/23 3:33:37 PM
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bigblu89 posted...
That was the point I was trying to make.

People were cutting the cord because streaming was a cheaper option. But then it splintered so many times that in order to get everything you originally got with a cable/internet package, you end up paying the same amount.

So I'm not "going to bat" for anyone. Just pointing out the costs basically being the same if you were to try to mirror what the average cable package offers.

But I didn't watch 80% of the channels I got when I paid for cable in the first place. I get way more things that I care about just paying $40 for multiple services which is still under half of what I paid for cable
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bigblu89
04/11/23 3:36:44 PM
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Axiom posted...
But I didn't watch 80% of the channels I got when I paid for cable in the first place. I get way more things that I care about just paying $40 for multiple services which is still under half of what I paid for cable

Then you're not the person I'm talking about. I'm talking about the people that cut the cord to save money, then got Sling TV, Netflix, Hulu/Disney, Peacock, Apple, and HBOMax. Combine that with a $70 internet package, and now they're paying more than they originally paid for a Cable/Internet combo package.

I cut the cord about 4 years ago, and like I said above, only pay for Hulu Live, Netflix and an Internet package.

I'm paying about $70 less a month than I was for cable, and haven't missed anything.

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