Max changing names to HBO Max. Again.

[Cmaier]

Max is changing its name again, back to ‘HBO Max’ - 9to5Mac

Max is becoming HBO Max once again, WBD just announced. The streaming service returns to its former name, which was changed in 2023.

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Turns out nobody actually watches all the “discovery” slop they shoved into HBO’s app, so they are changing the name again for the fourth time.

 

[Roller]

I never stopped calling it HBO. I canceled it a year or two ago, but just re-upped because of a price break though my Amex card and to watch The Last of Us.

 

[Edd]

It blew my mind in every direction when they dropped the best brand name in TV from the name of their streaming service. Gotta be top 5 bad marketing decisions the TV business has ever seen.

 

[dada_dave]

Courtesy of Elon getting pissed at his own AI being too woke this is how Grok answers the question about HBO:

 

[Herdfan]

We so need a Facepalm emoji on the Like button. LOL

 

[Eric]

I never stopped calling it HBO. I canceled it a year or two ago, but just re-upped because of a price break though my Amex card and to watch The Last of Us.

Exactly, they can change it every week and it wouldn't matter to me. Either way I love the platform, and am also digging The Last of Us.

 

[KingOfPain]

Does anyone remember when the well known software company Borland changed its name to Inprise?
They changed it back to Borland, because that name was well known, while no one cared about Inprise.

 

[Cmaier]

Does anyone remember when the well known software company Borland changed its name to Inprise?
They changed it back to Borland, because that name was well known, while no one cared about Inprise.

I loved Borland. I was a huge Turbo Pascal guy. Not to mention Sidekick and even Turbo C. Every time I drive past Scotts Valley I think of them.

 

[Roller]

I loved Borland. I was a huge Turbo Pascal guy. Not to mention Sidekick and even Turbo C. Every time I drive past Scotts Valley I think of them.

There's a name I haven't heard in awhile. I used Reflex (flat) and Reflex Plus (relational), which I still have. I was once able to run it in a Mac emulator, but I haven't tried for years.

 

[Cmaier]

There's a name I haven't heard in awhile. I used Reflex (flat) and Reflex Plus (relational), which I still have. I was once able to run it in a Mac emulator, but I haven't tried for years.

I forgot about Reflex! I used it too, but found that when I got summer jobs they just wanted me to use dBase.