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Re:Netflix is not a tech company (2019) by lotsofpulp on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:09PM (#28447889)
>Somehow HBO's management team is incredibly good at nurturing content in an artistic critically-acclaimed way, rather than tech-data-driven way.

It was good. As far as I understand, ATT got rid of most of the bosses responsible for nurturing that quality over quantity atmosphere and they are also now pumping out garbage.

A few months ago, I opened up the HBO Max app (which I only have access to due to it being bundled into my mobile phone plan), and this is the show that was being advertised:

https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYN4ywAXUS1OLNg...

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Re:Netflix is not a tech company (2019) by crazygringo on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:29PM (#28448159)
> and they are also now pumping out garbage

...you mean shows like the critically-acclaimed Mare of Easttown and Hacks and The White Lotus, all this year?

Nobody ever said HBO was exclusively prestige content. There isn't enough to fill multiple channels 24/7. But it's still the main factor that drives subscriptions.

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Re:Netflix is not a tech company (2019) by lotsofpulp on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:36PM (#28448255)
It was exclusively quality content (or a higher probability of it). That is why people used to pay $15 per month just for HBO. HBO's curation was its value. If I have to research whether or not an HBO show is good or not, then the HBO branding is worthless.

Thanks for the recommendations though! They look interesting.

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