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AT&T heavily subsidizes HBO for TV and telecom subscribers. $5 with DTV Now or free with AT&T Unlimited plan. They are definitely playing long game if they’re

AT&T heavily subsidizes HBO for TV and telecom subscribers. $5 with DTV Now or free with AT&T Unlimited plan. They are definitely playing long game if they’re willing to lose 2.5 million Dish subscribers. HBO makes about $8 per sub from cable companies, so $20m per month. They are probably trying to push it up to their OTT price ($15). People can still subscribe to HBO Now. Mildly annoying to get it from a separate interface or you have bad internet, but at least there are options.

cheeze 8y ago
Is HBO Now good these days? Last time I used it, it was terrible.
- cstejerean 8y ago
  What's terrible about it? It's the only way I've consumed HBO shows since the day it came out (and the reason why I instantly dropped my cable subscription as soon as standalone HBO became an option with HBO Now).
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > Is HBO Now good these days? Last time I used it, it was terrible. If you don't watch live shows anyway, it's (IME) better than HBO-on-Cable, even accompanied by the HBO Go app (which is far more terrible than HBO Now ever was.)
  - philg_jr 8y ago
    Right, no live Real Time :(
- imgabe 8y ago
  You can also subscribe through Amazon and watch through whatever Amazon Prime app you use.
  - zrail 8y ago
    This is what we do. Works great.
  - nuclear_eclipse 8y ago
    Not really any better of an experience than the HBO Now app, IMO.
- MapleWalnut 8y ago
  It glitches out for me when I tab between browser tabs, but that's the only technical issues. I stay for the content.
- roller 8y ago
  Last time I tried to watch something via the HBO Now website, it said I needed to install Flash. That's the definition of terrible for me.
- rsync 8y ago
  "Is HBO Now good these days? Last time I used it, it was terrible." This isn't an issue for me because I have DirecTV, etc., but if it were I would simply sign up for HBO Now, pay full price, but never use it and download from bittorrent in leech mode[1]. I will happily defend that behavior to a jury of my peers. [1] Or whatever your client calls the mode where you don't seed the torrent.
  - jedberg 8y ago
    Why in leech mode? I agree with you that you'd be morally ok by paying for HBO to consume the content, but I'd say you're morally wrong for leeching without seeding. If you want to participate in the network, you should take and give.
    - jachee 8y ago
      The "giving" is the illegal part.
      - jedberg 8y ago
        So is the taking. But we’ve already decided that it’s morally ok to break that law.
        jachee 8y ago
        Without the givers, no one can take. That's why they pursue the uploaders with the most fervor. Supply-side economics.
- anonytrary 8y ago
  I remember having HBO now for a while and it seemed fine. I just got rid of it because Netflix has much more content, and the price point was a bit unjustified IMO. Does HBO Now have all of HBO content or is it just a subset?

cheeze 8y ago

Is HBO Now good these days? Last time I used it, it was terrible.

cstejerean 8y ago
What's terrible about it? It's the only way I've consumed HBO shows since the day it came out (and the reason why I instantly dropped my cable subscription as soon as standalone HBO became an option with HBO Now).
dragonwriter 8y ago
> Is HBO Now good these days? Last time I used it, it was terrible. If you don't watch live shows anyway, it's (IME) better than HBO-on-Cable, even accompanied by the HBO Go app (which is far more terrible than HBO Now ever was.)
- philg_jr 8y ago
  Right, no live Real Time :(
imgabe 8y ago
You can also subscribe through Amazon and watch through whatever Amazon Prime app you use.
- zrail 8y ago
  This is what we do. Works great.
- nuclear_eclipse 8y ago
  Not really any better of an experience than the HBO Now app, IMO.
MapleWalnut 8y ago
It glitches out for me when I tab between browser tabs, but that's the only technical issues. I stay for the content.
roller 8y ago
Last time I tried to watch something via the HBO Now website, it said I needed to install Flash. That's the definition of terrible for me.
rsync 8y ago
"Is HBO Now good these days? Last time I used it, it was terrible." This isn't an issue for me because I have DirecTV, etc., but if it were I would simply sign up for HBO Now, pay full price, but never use it and download from bittorrent in leech mode[1]. I will happily defend that behavior to a jury of my peers. [1] Or whatever your client calls the mode where you don't seed the torrent.
- jedberg 8y ago
  Why in leech mode? I agree with you that you'd be morally ok by paying for HBO to consume the content, but I'd say you're morally wrong for leeching without seeding. If you want to participate in the network, you should take and give.
  - jachee 8y ago
    The "giving" is the illegal part.
    - jedberg 8y ago
      So is the taking. But we’ve already decided that it’s morally ok to break that law.
      - jachee 8y ago
        Without the givers, no one can take. That's why they pursue the uploaders with the most fervor. Supply-side economics.
anonytrary 8y ago
I remember having HBO now for a while and it seemed fine. I just got rid of it because Netflix has much more content, and the price point was a bit unjustified IMO. Does HBO Now have all of HBO content or is it just a subset?