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minus-squareMereo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoFor the life of me, I don’t understand why they rebranded themselves. HBO is such a recognized brand. I was confused at first about what Max was.
minus-squareHurlingDurling@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years agoBecause they have begun fucking over their customers and don’t want to associate HBO with that
minus-squareDumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s like Twitter rebranding to X. It’s extremely detrimental to the brand, but it makes some executive feel really good about themselves and that’s all that really matters apparently.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoEspecially when one of their main competitors was called CineMAX
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIsn’t Max literally Cinemax’s streaming service, that merged with HBO Now to form HBO Max, and is now back to being just Max? This is the part that was, for some reason, never communicated to anyone. HBO streaming didn’t rebrand, they were absorbed into Cinemax.
For the life of me, I don’t understand why they rebranded themselves. HBO is such a recognized brand. I was confused at first about what Max was.
Because they have begun fucking over their customers and don’t want to associate HBO with that
It’s like Twitter rebranding to X. It’s extremely detrimental to the brand, but it makes some executive feel really good about themselves and that’s all that really matters apparently.
Especially when one of their main competitors was called CineMAX
Isn’t Max literally Cinemax’s streaming service, that merged with HBO Now to form HBO Max, and is now back to being just Max?
This is the part that was, for some reason, never communicated to anyone. HBO streaming didn’t rebrand, they were absorbed into Cinemax.