Inb4 it turns just to HBO and then a nameless entity. It has no name. It just exists. Like death.
I had a survey from them where I answered that dropping HBO from their branding was the second stupidest fucking decision they’ve made since Zaslav became CEO. Second only to removing legacy content and canning complete movies for tax purposes. That was maybe a month and change ago.
Can’t wait for everyone to call it “HBO Max, formerly known as HBO Max”.
The channel formerly formerly known as HBO MAX.
If they really want customers back
- Finish Westworld (they had one season left) and put it back on the service
- Release the Batgirl movie
- Release the Cyote movie (though I think they actually sold this one)
- Bring back all the adult swim/cartoon network content they axed
More westworld yes please
Why the fuck do they keep changing the name? What happened to HBO Go?
Someone just re-discovered that brand recognition is important.
Now maybe they’ll eventually also realize that people would rather own than rent… but, baby steps, I suppose…
That last part has never been a part of the HBO business model.
They used to sell DVDs of their series
Everybody’s been calling it HBO the entire god damned time!
To be fair, the name “X” was already taken and Max Diddy doesn’t roll off the tongue.
Companies that reach a certain critical mass really truly become incompetent. I don’t mean just evil or profit first, I mean simply incompetent at the most basic aspects of running a business. There are marketing departments that behave as if the entire team is composed of interns frantically googling marketing slang.
Warner Bros, Hasbro, Apple, they’re carried by the inertia of their gigantic size and the customers that were alive to have moulded their vision about the company during their good years.
Companies that reach a certain critical mass really truly become incompetent
It’s by design.
The guy who creates a game studio to make his own game understands everything about making it.
The AAA studio that buys them out kinda understands games but care more about profit than any individual IP, so the game suffers.
The giant corporation that buys the AAA studio doesn’t give a fuck about games in general because it’s a small slice of a giant pie. They use the CEO position there as a training spot for executives that don’t understand anything about games.
It applies to any industry, but no one can out bid the giant corporations and they have to keep buying stuff up to maintain profit increases.
Eventually they’ll cannabilze everything till there’s 2-3 options then eventually just one.
How long until it goes back to just being HBO?
I’d say 7,5 Mooches
They canceled all the good shows and replaced them with “reality” tv slop. No one gives a fuck what you call a trash fire, it is still a trash fire.
Are they gonna bring back all the quality content they removed to replace it with reality TV?
Because that’s what’s dropping subscribers, no one cares about the name.
They also removed 4k from the standard package while continuing to boost prices multiple times, and also filling it with sports I have no interest in. Combined with the fact the app continued to run awfully on Android TV, it made it a really easy decision to cancel
I agree with this statement but have to add The Pitt has been some of the best television I have seen in a few years. So i have hope that is the case.
2055: Coca Cola Nestle Max Monsanto HBO
Monstanto has already been eaten by Bayer, and HBO isn’t that big a fish so I wouldn’t bet on that name to be honest
polygon about to be slop too https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/gaming-news-site-polygon-gutted-by-massive-layoffs-amid-sale-to-valnet/
Yes it’s awful
