Re:Netflix's New Chapter
by ApolloFortyNine on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:47PM
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HBO max doesn't even have every HBO show, they dropped west world from the platform.
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Re:Netflix's New Chapter
by nickthegreek on Monday January 23, 2023 @01:28PM
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and Minx and Raised by Wolves.
This decision would be enough to cancel my HBO subscription, but apparently it's bundled into our cable package so I don't directly pay for it anyway.
HBO has broken the core contract of branded services (i.e. you get access to everything they make), making the value of a subscription much more difficult to understand. I can go back and watch 7 seasons of Arli$$ from 1996, but not the West World episodes released last year?
I will say I am curious how they plan to market a service where you can't use recent hits in your advertising, because they are no longer available...
Re:Netflix's New Chapter
by justincormack on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:28PM
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A lot of shows were pre-contracted elsewhere, so companies that moved into streaming have to wait for the rights to revert.