GreenEngineering3475Mar 5, 2024

Max Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming

https://lemmy.world/post/12749180

Max Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming - Lemmy.World

Max’s paid sharing initiative will launch later this year, with a broader rollout in 2025. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max will join competitors Netflix and Disney+ in cracking down on password sharing. Enshittification continues.

Show threadFerrisMar 5, 2024
Max is not shorthand for HBO Max.
Show threadGreenEngineering3475Mar 5, 2024

Not a shorthand,a rebrand(and a stupid one)

hollywoodreporter.com/…/hbo-max-renamed-max-strea…

HBO Max Renamed as Max

The newly combined Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service, unveiled Wednesday, will go live on May 23.

The Hollywood Reporter
Show threadconciselyverbose

By getting rid of HBO content and adding a bunch of trash that each lowered the value I’d be willing to pay vs not existing, and replacing it with an app that looked identical but didn’t work.

I canceled my subscription the same day after having it constantly for a couple years.

Mar 5, 2024 at 12:11pmWeb