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HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price.

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Candybar121@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

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  • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Time to make your own discount

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  • parascent@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Have you heard of pirate bay?

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  • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Getting rid of 4k streaming was a deal breaker for me. Literally watched one movie we’d been putting off last night just so I could cancel today.

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  • SicParvisMagna@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I love the wording of “some features will change” and even “new features” when the only change is that features will be removed.

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  • fne8w2ah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Greedflation and shrinkflation rearing their ugly heads again. 😡

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  • greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    They realized that Netflix is heading six feet under , Amazon sucks so they can go back to making profit.

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  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Netflix did the same, but prices went up 1-2 times a year regardless. I’m no longer paying for Netflix. 🤗

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    • ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Same. After almost a decade, we finally cancelled this year.

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    • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m just waiting for my daughter to get enough of storybots so I can shit on shitflix.

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    • melonpunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I cancelled back on the first price hike they did. Just wasn’t enough for the handful of times I used it per year. They had me at the point where I kinda didn’t care I was paying, but the price hike gave me a wake up call. Since then they’ve continued to up the prices and I’ve continued to not give a shit. Netflix originally won me back from bothering to pirate stuff cause it was so good and easy, now the opposite is true in the streaming space.

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  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Don’t worry, we’ll shovel more garbage reality shows into your app and wreck the ux even harder. Here’s 40 seasons of people having diarrhea on airplanes. Expect price increases in 6 months.

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    • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      40 seasons of people having diarrhea on airplanes

      What's the name of this show?

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      • thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        When C. Diff Strikes: Mile High Edition

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      • Candybar121@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        this made me laugh!

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      • mateomaui@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        A Series of Unfortunate Events by Delta and EasyJet

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      • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Good question for the brilliant minds at askouija

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    • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Correction: the writers planned out 40 seasons but it was cancelled on a particularly shitty cliffhanger after season two.

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      • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        The show really jumped the shart.

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  • egeres@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Does this count as shrinkflation…?

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    • Candybar121@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Absolutely

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  • _number8_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    the ‘download’ offering is funny because you know it’s not a real download you can have faith in, it’s some fake bullshit where they’re allowed to let you hit a button

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  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    🏴‍☠️

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  • reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    the enshittification continues. how do you continue to grow when everyone is either already a customer or would never become one under any circumstances? you make the product worse and more expensive.

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  • Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Image

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  • vladmech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Just canceled my service. I wasn’t watching too much on there already and this was ridiculous. They were already one of the priciest options and now I can either lose the 4k I was paying for, or bump up to $20/month? No thank you.

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    • shasta@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      A lot of people don’t even realize they aren’t watching it in 4k. At least, browsers don’t stream it in 4k. You have to install the app on your system for that, either on your TV app store or Windows Store (if on Windows). If you’re on Linux, I have no idea. So many people watching in browsers not realizing they’re paying for 4k that they never use.

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      • vladmech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        For sure yeah, so it may be a whatever for a lot of folks anyway. Just irked me.

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      • UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Last time I checked/had a streaming subscription, you didn’t get 4k on linux.

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    When is Doctor Who leaving Max for Disney?

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    • Globulart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Set your vpn to uk and go on bbc iplayer. It has every episode as far back as the reboot with Christopher Ecclestone

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I canceled hbo max because the price is ridiculous

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  • Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Call your bank and ask about a charge back.

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  • STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Is the selection even that good on HBO max? I know it probably has all the HBO shows but what I it like movie wise (for context in my country there is no HBO)

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    • ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I honestly think it’s better than Netflix (most streaming services are) and Hulu and definitely better than Prime.

      It’s just that once they switched to Max they started focusing on reality shows and true crime and other such garbage.

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    • Cjwii@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I like the HBO shows, there’s a big chunk of classic movies (TCM) and then all the DC cartoons which I’ve been making my way through with my kiddos. It’s a decent selection of stuff. There’s also all the discovery crap. My wife is addicted to the 90 Day Fianceeverse

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  • Cynnith@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Cancelled my subscription yesterday because of this.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Don’t trust DRM

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    • Candybar121@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It’s so shady that even Google is backing down from bringing it to Chrome.

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  • Throwaway4669332255@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I canceled when they raised the price. I am DONE with all the price increases the past year.

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  • yoz@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    OP, you know what you can remove, right?

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    • Candybar121@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m not the owner of the account. But I can bring light to others about this, including the account owner.

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      • yoz@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Just use streamio with torrentio add-on or real-debrid. Screw these streaming services.

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  • csolisr@communities.azkware.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Know what would solve this problem once and for all? If people collectively decided to boycott “popular culture” and entertain themselves without bowing to the copyright industry

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Don’t worry they’ll introduce a plan for you!

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    • Candybar121@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I asked customer support what they will do about this, and they helpfully told me I could upgrade my plan by paying more money!

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      • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        This has to be illegal. No literally this has to qualify under some bait and switch law.

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      • RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        So they created a new tier and downgraded this tier? This is some buttfuckery if I’ve ever seen it. So those that had it as part of their cell plan now have to pay extra if they want 4K? I wonder if there’s any discourse with cell providers since now they’ve been downgraded, I feel that they have some responsibility to reduce their prices as well if you’re not getting the value you were promised when signing up. But I’m pretty sure cell providers will say shut up and take it you slut and double down. Out of curiosity what’s the price differences now?

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  • GlintingKingfisher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I got the email yesterday and went ahead and canceled. All the months of zero content during the writer’s strike made it pretty easy to do away with a lot of these streaming services. Gotta vote with that wallet!

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  • vox@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    btw i don’t get the “download up to 30” limitation.
    it’s not like they’re paying for your own disk space?

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    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It’s so don’t buy a month of service, then spend that month ripping everything they’ve got to your own storage and cancel.

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      • dirtbiker509@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        The downloads aren’t unencrypted, you can’t play them with any media player. Only their app can decrypt and play it. Has nothing to do with ripping them all in the month, you can do that without downloading them at all and just stream them to rip them.

        The point of limiting it to 30 is to prevent someone from downloading them all to their device and then disconnecting the device from the internet permanently so you can have them forever. You’d have to do some date manipulation too in the operating system to keep the app from knowing your subscription actually expired.

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  • mibo80@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Phew so glad I canceled when they changed to Max. That was a sign. Plus, all the other bad news that came with it.

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  • LazyPhilosopher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Thanks for sharing. I found I got the same email so I canceled immediately. Guess I’ll just watch those shows else where for free 🦜🏴‍☠️

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  • Chais@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yarr harr fiddle de-dee…

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