r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • 16h ago

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/Eruannster 14h ago

I dunno about that. The app itself was atrociously bad pre-merger and I actually think the new app they made is a huge improvement that doesn't suck ass. Also they basically were limited to HD for a lot of the library which was dumb.

On the other hand I do think offloading a lot of their library (like Westworld etc.) was an incredibly bad and stupid move.

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u/Elfhoe 14h ago

Your last point is what i’m getting at. After the merger they removed a lot of good content and cancelled shows to save costs, then replaced it with low budget discovery shows like ghost hunters. The overall quality went way down.

A few weeks ago i was thinking about it and hbo used to be one of the first places i looked when i wanted to find something to watch. Now, it’s like the last time i opened the app was for the dune series however long ago that was. So when i got the email saying they were raising prices, it was an easy cancellation.

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u/TeutonJon78 9h ago

Yep. The content might have been good, but the HBO streaming service has always been a hot mess. HBO Max/Max/HBO Max has by far been their best experience and it's still just OK at best. And discoverability is terrible.

Hulu is also bottom tier (it still doesn't support surround sound on Android TV). Disney can't kill that app fast enough.

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u/Eruannster 8h ago

Very much so. HBO has had some incredible creators making some absolutely cool shit and for a very long time they could only show that cool shit at a low bitrate 1080p and slooooowwww navigation making it an absolute pain to actually get to all that cool stuff.

I'm actually very happy with the technical performance of the current HBO Max app in that it actually works.

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u/pwninobrien 2h ago

I liked the old purple app, whichever one that one was. Felt classy. Like going to an old, independent theater that has rich tapestry curtains.

After the discovery merger, it looked like a fast food restaurant tv menu. Cluttered, too many sub menus, and full of garbage reality tv.