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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.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Still calling it HBO Max would have tainted the brand

Is there an HBO left that isn't Max? It isn't as though I can stream the Good HBO sans the Bad reality tv crap.

Which also tells you what they think of customers

I get HBO through AT&T as a perk. I don't subscribe to it independently. Its possible that someone at HBO noticed the bulk of their user base has some kind of arrangement like this and thinks just drawing down revenue from these default subscriptions is preferable to chasing new user sign-ups through attractive content and salesmanship.

[–] pqdinfo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Removed as a protest against the community's support for campaigns to bring about the deaths of members of marginalized groups, and opposition to private entities working to prevent such campaigns, together with it's mindless flaming and downvoting of anyone who disagrees.

[–] Techmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Until those companies realize that it provides no value, and drop the added expense because they know their customers won't care.