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Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It

www.wired.com Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It

Once a fan favorite, Max shed 700,000 subscribers in the past three months, even as it made money. That might work for Warner Bros. Discovery, but what about viewers?

Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It::Warner Bros. Discovery's latest earnings call reveals Max shed 700,000 subscribers in the past three months, even as it made money. That might work for Wall Street, but what about viewers?

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Balancing raising prices with losing customers

www.wired.com /story/warner-bros-discovery-max-loses-subscribers/

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Honestly I stopped playing video games a few years back and picked it back up during the writes strike. Dropped like $4,000 on a 7800x3d/4090 build. Cancelled all my steaming services , HBO Netflix, all of em, and signed up for game pass instead. I'm done watching stuff on them, if a series comes out I really want to see I'll grab my wooden leg and eye patch from the back of th closet.
- I commend you on taking your own entertainment in your hands, but I also find it ironic that you cancelled your streaming services which cost nowhere near 4 grand. If you drop 50 a month on subscriptions, it would take about 6.6 years to spend 4 grand, but it's much more complex than that and I totally think that a gaming setup is worth so much more than streaming so I get it.
  
  After 6.6 years of streaming, you will also own absolutely nothing.
  
  after 6.6 years the hardware will be almost worthless too, if you plan to resell it to someone else
  
  That machine he built will not be anything close to worthless after 6.6 years. I literally just last week moved my spare 1080 ti into a second gaming computer. It came out in 2017.
  
  I'm getting a strong vibe that people are just jealous so they have to convince themselves it's not worth it or stupid so they can feel better about not having it themselves.
  
  You realize I didn't build my PC because I stopped watching streaming I built my PC because I wanted to build a new one and get back into gaming. You realize this computer will last years before I need any sort of upgrade? Lmao I swear some people are just so insufferable with their "insights". I stopped paying for streaming because it's expensive and there was nothing to watch, now that the writers strike is over I don't care because I spend my time gaming instead which I actually enjoy more.
  
  It's an insight because many people can't drop thousands on top of the line gear. Yes streaming is expensive, but if a family has disposable income, odds are they're going to go for the lower hanging fruit and just get the streaming package, because the alternative is saving for X months/years for parts that are going to be useful, yes, but also completely wipe out savings.
  
  If you're wondering why your comment is downvoted despite being a reasonable insight, it's because any remark in this community that even remotely contradicts a comment endorsing piracy is immediately treated to this hivemind behavior.
  
  It's anything that challenges an attack on a corporation, imo. If you just point out that a fact they claim is incorrect, even if you ultimately agree, you'll be attacked as a shill and down voted.
  
  I didn't downvote it, but I disagree with the overall sentiment that just streaming for 6.6 years has the same value as getting a high end computer. Granted, OP could have saved a lot of money by getting parts a bit less close to the top, but a PC is a tool that can do so much more than 6.6 years of streaming (including that 6.6 years of streaming).
  
  That may be so, but then we are comparing apples and oranges: for $4000, OP can still not stream any content unless they pay more for the services, which sort of defeats the entire argument. After all, they haven't bought any games yet.
  Which brings us to the essence: this comment thread was never here to actually discuss gaming or streaming content. OP didn't even attempt to shroud the fact that they will continue to enjoy everything as they please by pirating it all.
  
  I mean I might pirate somethi g once a year but you know me better than me
  Just shut the fuck up, stupid motherfuckers thinking they understand someone else's situation is hilarous.
  
  There is no need to be rude. I was simply referring to your own declaration of your intents.
  
  Oh I figured it was down voted for anti gaming sentiment.
  
  At the end of all those years, you still have a pc.
  
  Correct, a nearly seven year old PC that you never actually played a game on. Except maybe Fortnite.
  
  Lol I have like 600 games on my steam account and I've played the majority of them.... Idiots just jealous of someone having the money to drop 4k on a computer lol
  
  My point here is that there are ongoing costs for purchasing more entertainment value and it's not a one-off expense. I am not jealous about how much you have spent on your computer—in fact I think it's great and hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it. You have unfortunately completely misinterpreted the essence of what I have written in my comments.

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