Eric F

It's not a matter of DP "stepping on anyone's toes", it's Zaslav being too cheap to pay residuals to the stars on the show. It's cheaper just to cancel the show and yank it from the service completely.

We are watching one of the best streaming services turn to shit right before our eyes.

IDrinkMolson

I was coming here to post the deal offer.
I'm going to do the 1 year no ad deal.
As I started I got a pop from my add-on for Rakuten to get $16 cash back.
Plus Discover card is offering 5% back on Paypal purchases right now.

fujishig

I honestly don't think this happens to something like Doom Patrol. He might yank it from the service completely to sell it to another service but I think you get a full on revolt if you like yank any of the DC stuff and don't put it anywhere to save a few pennies (I realize he just did it with Batgirl but that was more than just residuals).

DJLinus

For once my feet dragging has paid off. My sub expired a couple of months ago. I'm going to re-up with the no ads plan. Yes, this flurry of cancelations is crazy and it sucks for those involved, but when I look at the list, none of the affected shows/movies sound interesting to me. (That's not to say ones I do like or want to check out won't get the ax in the future.) Really, I'm just interested in "top tier" content: The Wire, Rick and Morty, South Park, Peacemaker, Barry, Deadwood, Winning Time, etc., as well as the WB movie library. The only show I was getting into during my previous subscription that I think is at risk is The Other Two. It's funny, but is an HBO Max original and only had a little bit of buzz behind it.

And the earlier uproar over pointing out the two services have different viewing demographics is just silly, IMO.

Dan

I'm still only seeing the $149.99 ad-free option.

DJariya

Go to the main site and click on Plans at the top

https://www.hbomax.com/subscribe/plan-picker

DJariya

IDrinkMolson

Here's the details, https://www.hbomax.com/#modal-promo-terms

When I close that pop there is a banner at the top. I'm in a browser on Windows.

Alan Smithee

Shit, I’d been skipping through all the old Sesame Streets checking out the segments. Of course the video-based material was encoded wrong anyways and looked terrible, I usually skipped over that. Still hoping for a complete DVD set of the individual segments or at least a better online repository.

Meathead

My $7.49/mo promo will run out just before the expiration of the $104.99/yr promo. Hopefully can cancel for a day and switch over.

Dan1boy

Ugh. I had to reup my subscription annually (no ads) in early July and there were no deals going on then. I even called and begged. No dice.

Anyone know if I can extend by stacking this offer?

Giantrobo

Those of us with young kids kinda feel this one.

fujishig

I mean it's highly unlikely my kids would even miss the 200 episodes but it still sucks.

PerryD

I didn't realize they had 200 episodes on there, perhaps their menus or search algorithm sucked because I only only saw a dozen or so episodes there I thought.

Alan Smithee

I don’t know what today’s kids think of the old Sesame Street, a lot of it was trippy.

parker63

Same here. So if i understand correctly I have to unsubscribe, wait for my monthly renewal date to pass, then re-subscribe in order to get the $104.99 deal?

randian

Yes. The deal is for returning customers, not existing customers.

Red Hood

My next billing date is on August 21. If I unsubscribe tomorrow, I would be able to re-sub on Monday for the yearly plan with the new discount?

Kurt D

Looks like I'm about to unsub! I've been pound-foolish and subscribing at the monthly rate. Re-upping for a year will be almost half-off.

IDrinkMolson

For those that are close on renewal but after the deal ends, you should be able to create a new account with a different email. I think.

Red Hood

Giantrobo

Im starting to worry about stuff on the service under TCM along with Criterion stuff and all the Toho Monster movies.

Decker

Sounds like a legitimate concern.
I'd be at least a little bit worried about the permanence of any property on the service besides The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Veep.

AaronHernandez

Seems like one of the reasons they got rid of of the animated shows/max original movies and kids content is to avoid paying residuals to wirtiers/actors etc. Probably not an issue with TCM/Criterion stuff which was created before the streaming era.

But yeah seems foolish long term of HBO because now every single fandom is gonna worry they could get purged in the future so the corporation can save penny's.

Why So Blu?

If you're worried about Criterion on HBO MAX there's always the Criterion Channel itself.