# HBO Max launch thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [May 27, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571 "2020-05-27T23:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/61 "2020-06-10T11:00:32Z")
So it makes you happy, but you think it was a big disaster, big enough that you think within a year ATT is just going to say “Fuck it, nobody gets to watch Friends anymore.” Sure, ok, that makes perfect sense. Totally. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/62 "2020-06-10T11:34:13Z")
I mean, objectively speaking, the launch has been a disaster. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/63 "2020-06-10T12:47:17Z")
I don’t see how the service can be a success with how big a disaster the launch has been. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/64 "2020-06-10T13:03:32Z")
Wow. You _really_ like to repeat yourself. Do you think that if you say it enough it will come true? Or others will believe it? > [@CastletonSnob](#): > > HBO Max had only 90,000 mobile downloads on launch day. > > How big of a disaster is that? > [@CastletonSnob](#): > > Is HBO Max a disaster? > [@CastletonSnob](#): > > Because IMO, the launch has been a disaster. > [@CastletonSnob](#): > > It’s just that, with how big of a disaster the launch was, I’m worried about the service’s future. > [@CastletonSnob](#): > > I mean, objectively speaking, the launch has been a disaster. > [@CastletonSnob](#): > > I don’t see how the service can be a success with how big a disaster the launch has been. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/65 "2020-06-10T14:07:00Z")
You know what would be awesome? If HBO Max had past HBO Boxing fights. Since boxing has been delayed due to COVID, it could be a place for boxing fans to get their fix. You’d have 40+ years of fights to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/66 "2020-06-10T14:33:06Z")
Also, HBO Max will be rotating its selection of DC movies. > **[HBO Max Will ‘Rotate’ DC Movies Monthly](https://observer.com/2020/06/hbo-max-losing-dc-movies-info-details/)** > > Explaining exactly what’s going on with HBO Max’s DC movie library. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/67 "2020-06-12T22:33:08Z")
> > [@](#): > > Just in: After some significant brand confusion around HBO Max and all the other HBO apps, WarnerMedia is officially “sunsetting” HBO Go and will rebrand HBO Now as, simply, HBO. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/68 "2020-06-12T22:34:39Z")
> [@CastletonSnob](#): > > [https://twitter.com/natjarv/status/1271511140934119425?cxt=HHwWgsCjtaupqKUjAAAA](https://twitter.com/natjarv/status/1271511140934119425?cxt=HHwWgsCjtaupqKUjAAAA) How are you doing after seeing this? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/69 "2020-07-12T15:17:00Z")
Hopefully, posting in a month-old thread doesn’t make me a necromancer… 😉 I got HBO MAX yesterday. I pay for HBO through my cable service (Verizon) and already had HBO GO on my Apple TV, so at first I ignored the whole MAX thing. But then yesterday I read a review of [an original MAX show that sounded interesting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_(TV_series)), so I did some research – and, after seeing on HBO’s site that “[The HBO GO app will be removed from primary platforms in the U.S. by July 31, 2020](https://www.hbo.com/hbo-news/hbo-max-hbo-go-hbo-now-difference)” and that access to MAX should be free for people who already pay for HBO, I added the MAX app to my Apple TV (and iPad) and deleted GO. Gaining access was smooth, but the process was kind of annoying: even after logging into Verizon and confirming my account/access, I still had to create a MAX account. Once I was finally in, though, I was pleasantly surprised! Because I’d pretty much ignored any news about it, I didn’t know it also had so much non-HBO content. And the user interface for browsing movies is better than GO’s, though I do miss being able to see my watchlist as a grid instead of having to scroll through a horizontal list. During the past few weeks I’ve spent most of my TV time binge-rewatching _Elementary_ (I own the first five seasons), but I can see mixing that up with some serious MAX time… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/70 "2020-07-23T19:10:38Z")
> [@CastletonSnob](#): > > HBO Max had only 90,000 mobile downloads on launch day. > > How big of a disaster is that? Should we keep in mind that HBO Max didn’t launch on Roku or Firestick, and it only launched in the US? [4.1 million customer signed up for HBO Max over the month](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/business/media/att-hbo-max.html). The goal is 50 million customers by 2025. Is that a disaster? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/71 "2020-07-23T19:47:54Z")
Okay, I’m pissed. I canceled my HBO on Amazon. Signed up to HBO Max only to find they don’t have live streaming like they do on Amazon’s HBO. Grrr! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/72 "2020-07-23T20:15:18Z")
I’m a bit curious. What do you need live streaming for? HBO Max now has John Oliver at least (don’t know about Bill Maher as I don’t watch him) available as soon as the show airs on HBO. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/73 "2020-07-23T20:38:17Z")
I need my Friday night Bill Maher fix. I guess I could wait a day but Maher has been a Friday night ritual of mine for a while now. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/74 "2020-07-29T19:41:53Z")
> **[HBO Max: Movies Streaming Now and Everything Else to Know](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/hbo-max-movies-shows-premieres-watch-free/)** > > Top movies on HBO Max now include The Batman -- here's the biggest movies available to stream and all your other questions answered. HBO Max is still not available on Firestick or Roku and things will come to a head on August 1st. HBO Now will become HBO but other than the new name, nothing will change. HBO Go will cease to exist and so those of us with Roku and Firestick won’t get HBO at all on our tv. I think we would still get it on our laptops, tablets and phones so we could watch on our tv with a Chromecast or HDMI cable. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/75 "2020-07-29T22:18:41Z")
If you have a Firestick, you can sideload HBO Max onto the device. Roku is out of luck for now. > **[How to get HBO Max on your Fire TV right now](https://www.techhive.com/article/578591/how-cord-cutters-can-get-hbo-max-on-fire-tv.html)** > > How to sideload HBO Max on Fire TV while Amazon and WarnerMedia fight over money. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/76 "2020-08-01T16:59:37Z")
The big day has come and HBO still works on my Firestick through Amazon Prime. I don’t have the extra HBO Max content but I don’t happen to be interested in that anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/77 "2020-08-02T02:02:33Z")
Amazon and HBO worked out a last minute deal to extend HBO access while they discuss HBO Max access ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/78 "2020-11-19T22:35:34Z")
So HBOMax now has a native Firestick App. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/79 "2020-11-19T22:55:42Z")
They are also getting the new Wonder Woman movie on Dec 25th. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571/80 "2020-11-19T22:58:37Z")
I’ll also note, it’s probably my most used streaming service after Netflix. You have the HBO shows (and we really enjoyed Big Little Lies, which we never watched before), the Max Originals (Raised by Wolves was fantastic), and then fun Cartoon Network stuff (Doom Patrol is good and I think another Adventure Time special dropped yesterday). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571.md?page=5)