I canceled my subscription right after I got that email. I don’t use it enough anyway. I’ll just sail the high seas if a new show that I want to watch ends up there.
HBO Max Shrinkflation: Removing features from my plan, with no reduction in price
Submitted 10 months ago by Candybar121@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Tinnitus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That’s what happened to me too. I got that email and was like “oh shit, I’m paying $16 for HBO and I can’t even get 4k?” Cancelled.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Right? Who’d want to pay 16USD a month for DVD quality video? You’d get more value digging out of the Blu-ray Bargain Bin once a week.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh shit I didn’t know that last part.
That wad an easy cancel.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 months ago
What a weird way to thank someone
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
It’s more like “thanks and goodbye“ and maybe a little bit of “don’t you dare show your face around these parts if you know what’s good for you” speckled in for good measure.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I really don’t want to have to go back to torrenting, but it seems that’s the only option if they keep pushing like this. I’m a camera operator, I work in the industry, my livelihood depends on movies being made. But racketeering the viewers is not how you’ll sustain an industry. Sure it’ll raise your quarterly report but it will damage your business deeply.
kamen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The film industry NEEDS TO CHANGE
Agree, and I’d add that it’s not just the film industry. It’s mostly the same shit all throughout entertainment industry as a whole. Take video games for example - each year there are assumingly AAA titles coming out half cooked at release and yet they cost more than they ever have. Thank you very much, I’d much rather just wait a year for you to fix all those bugs and I’ll buy the game at 80% off if it’s any good.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I blame it on investors quarterly reports. Movies and games take years to make. For a movie is usually 1-2years pre production 2-4 months filming 1-3 years post production. So you will see a net loss for all this time. Same with games. It’s years in the making but they want quarterly returns not possible.
thesilverpig@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I also work in the industry, light tech, and I went back to torrenting like a year ago. Feel pretty good about it. I actually had a paramount plus subscription that I cancelled after working on a paramount show. Fuck those guys.
Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 10 months ago
“New Features” ah yes. Actually it’s an upgrade to a new features plan. They are doing you a favor. The new plan is completely free and you even gain streams from other platforms, also free. Yarr!!!
Weslee@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I solved it by cancelling and getting a raspberry pi, installing Plex media server, and just pirating the movies and shows I wanna watch
pfaca@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I did the same thing but went with LibreELEC+Kodi. It even works with the TV remote.
ericisshort@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Abby’s you choose that over the pi+plex?
spader312@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just curious is a raspberry pi powerful enough for streaming on multiple devices in 4k? Thinking of doing a setup and sharing with my family and friends. I anyway have a pi available
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 10 months ago
It’ll only work if you can direct play everything and depending on your ISP upload speed, you may need to transcode any remote streams in which case a Pi will probably burst into flames. A comparable option would be a micro form factor office PC like an Optiplex with a recent gen Intel processor. The iGPU in these works great for transcoding.
holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social 10 months ago
I host anywhere from 1-6 streams at a time on a custom built server.. I'd doubt you're going to get what you're asking without a much bigger build. It doesn't take a crazy build for plex but if you ever need transcoding the pi can't do it. My most recent iteration was ~$1300 but the price was mostly storage.
threegnomes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
From my understanding pi doesn’t have the greatest hardware for streaming so I wouldn’t trust it for multiple devices at 4k.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, but only via direct play, it’s not going to be doing any transcoding at all watchable level.
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This totally sucks, though I have to say I am impressed that they spelled it out so clearly. I can’t believe they showed it to you like that instead of burying it in some legalese/fine print, across multiple emails or something
nakura@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So glad I built a PLEX server.
BitsOfBeard@programming.dev 10 months ago
Have a look at Jellyfin, if you haven’t. I moved from Plex because of restrictions in HW decoding.
PurpleTentacle@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Do you mean hardware encoding, because that’s what’s paywalled in Plex.
I personally migrated from a Jellyfin ecosystem to a Plex with Lifetime Pass one when building my current server - while both are highly capable media servers, Plex has, by far, the better clients.
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I moved over to Jellyfin because to pay for Plex Premium just to be able to stream my own videos was too much.
beeb@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Jellyfin never worked great for me on my older tablet and chromecast. Always struggled with either unsupported features of just buffering to hell. My plex server is also on somewhat limited hardware and jellyfin could never transcode fast enough, where plex has no issue.
tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Same. It’s been a much more satisfying investment and has made streaming the content I actually want infinitely easier.
holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social 10 months ago
Been managing one since about 2014 and increasing/updating... it's immensely refreshing never dealing with these companies' garbage "updates."
seaQueue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
🏴☠️
Granixo@feddit.cl 10 months ago
The En-shittification saga continues. 💩
Historical_General@lemm.ee 10 months ago
What innovation! Digital shrinkflation! Otherwise known as a scam.
9715698@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hey now, that extra bandwidth for downloading 4k content is really expensive for OP – HBO is really doing them a favour here by restricting them from it!
FunkFactory@lemmy.world 10 months ago
imagine if any tech company sold a service at a price that’s at least the cost to provide it, that would be outrageous
IjonTichy@kbin.social 10 months ago
They alerted the deal. Pay that they don't alter it any further
Natanael@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
alerted
“you’re too good of a deal, change or else”
IjonTichy@kbin.social 10 months ago
The ability to spell a word is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Way to go to fight against piracy 🤡
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Time to pick up a DVD player and look around for some movies for sale.
knotthatone@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Interesting customer retention move for a service that hasn’t been able to make much new content for the past six months and is about to see its new releases dry up.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yarrrr, sail the seven seas with the rest of us!
Fogle@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Total bullshit
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
“Thank you for being loyal, here’s how we are going to fuck you over”
spaduf@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Don’t forget the whole point of the rebrand was to sell off the actual HBO content and fill Max with shitty reality TV. It’s the exact same thing only they don’t send you an email about it.
cjsolx@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Shit. I saw a few shows that were on HBO Max elsewhere (Netflix?) recently and was like ??? but yeah, that makes sense. When Westworld left, I took it as a one-off but I guess not.
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is not shrinkflation. This is fleecing.
Shrinkflation is a scheme that takes subtlety to pull off. There’s some level of artistry involved in increasing prices in a way that is unnoticed by the customer.
This is so unsubtle it doesn’t even deserve to be called shrinkflation.
ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I left when they added all the discovery+ stuff. So much trash/clutter was included with that.
modifier@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Canceled today after I got this email. Let em burn
brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Guess I’ll just be streaming shit online or coughing up a few dollars for rentals
shimura@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I geg mine free through ATT. Got the same email today.
Candybar121@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[deleted]shimura@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My understanding is that it is built into the price of the tier. I wonder if it could be argued that they are in breach of contract since it is included in the agreement when signing up.
italien@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What’s that? Are those sea shanties I hear being sung over the horizon?
pat277@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
“New Features”
aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 months ago
When they dumped all of that discovery network garbage on there I knew my days with the service were numbered. When they canceled winning time (the one show they had left worth watching imo) and ended it with the Lakers losing, I knew it was time to leave.
Kerpadge@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Ever consider not dropping a spoiler for a show you particularly like in a random comment like this? I haven’t been able to finish the season yet.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A spoiler? Dude, it’s covering things that actually happened.
They just stopped making it abruptly because they’re assholes and I wouldn’t recommend wasting your time unless you like watching unfinished stories.
Gerula@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just out of curiosity: whathave they removed from your plan?
Candybar121@lemmy.world 10 months ago
4k streaming, dolby support, and reduced from 3 streaming devices to 2.
Gerula@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ma’bad didn’t see the obvious. :)
Corgana@startrek.website 10 months ago
It’s in the screenshot
Gerula@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is one in the series: “When you see it, you’ll shit bricks”. Kind of obvious… thx
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
anewbeginning@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve definitely made a return to dark waters.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Can’t say I ever left.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Now there’s a show that needs a revival.