this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
439 points (96.6% liked)

Technology

59237 readers
4321 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
439
HBO Max was renamed Max, and Warner Bros. Discovery lost subscribers (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

HBO Max was renamed Max, and Warner Bros. Discovery lost subscribers::Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2023 following HBO Max’s rebrand to Max. The company now has 95.8 million subscribers across all of its services.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] WontonSoup@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was a subscriber and there was no smooth move over to max. I had to keep resetting my password every time I logged in and then eventually couldn’t get into either site even moments after a reset. Eventually said fuck it and cancelled.

If it’s anything more than barely inconvenient to use your service I’ll spend my money elsewhere

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Having to configure settings all over again on every single device pissed me off, especially since the new app didn't even have subtitles customization of any kind. As someone who uses subtitles for almost all viewing, nothing turns me off of a streaming service faster than being stuck with shitty black bars and gigantic blocky text by default and being unable to change it.

And for fuck's sake, nobody likes video previews with sound, and you can take your credit-skipping autoplay and shove it up your corporate ass.