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[โ€“] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank fuck, honestly. What a stupid fucking name; took them long enough.

[โ€“] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I predict zero consequences for David Zaslav

[โ€“] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

David Zaslav's name will be changed to Max as a punishment

[โ€“] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's cool, but will the old HBO production style will also be back?

[โ€“] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Bring back Real Sex!

[โ€“] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

No. That would cost money.

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Warner Bros has been gutting itself from the inside out in order to return money to investors. This sort of "We only have one switch left, so we're going to toggle it and tell our investors its making us money" move is what you do when you've run out of better ideas.

Joke is, it'll probably work. The brand is properly ruined by the huge infusion of ultra-low budget reality TV / blockbuster discount aisle content they've decided to subsist on. Max global subscribers continue to rise, despite the content getting worse and the price going up. Toggle the brand name, tell the investors you're a genius, post a rising EBITDA, and reap the dividends of enshittification.

[โ€“] theblips@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, I'm in a "global" market (Brazil) and HBO is by far the best service around. Over here they have all the best shows I would want to watch, tons of good animation and all the non-Disney big budget geeky franchises (Batman, Superman, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc). I've never heard of a new series by them, but why would I even care? What is there to watch is already more than I need for my lifetime

[โ€“] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's now HBO, formerly known as MAX, formerly HBO

[โ€“] SlothMama@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Formerly HBO Go, formerly HBO on Demand

[โ€“] takeda@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The title might be confusing for those who were unaware of the branding. They renamed the service to just "Max" 2 years ago and are now returning to the name "HBO Max".

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's almost as dumb as naming your product a single letter that's also used as a variable in discussion.

[โ€“] takeda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To be fair, that single letter has very special meaning to him. On every vertex add a perpendicular line going clockwise and you get his favorite symbol.

If you look X in ASCII table you get 88, which represents his favorite phrase often said with the "my heart goes to you all" gesture.

[โ€“] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The W factor

[โ€“] Phegan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] adotclay@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

They should name it HBO 2: The Max

[โ€“] Skavau@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

This is a duplicate, but it's trended so high I'll leave it up.

[โ€“] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Next up: HOBO MAXX