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I get Netflix through my cell phone carrier, otherwise I would drop it. I don't watch a lot of content, and I find myself watching HBO Max more often when I do

I get Netflix through my cell phone carrier, otherwise I would drop it. I don't watch a lot of content, and I find myself watching HBO Max more often when I do. With that being said, I might still buy some $NFLX. I thought that they were dead once before with the whole Qwikster thing, but investing in the company then would have been a very smart move.

smt88 5y ago
HBO Max is phenomenal. They seem to be going a different route (pushing quality) than Netflix (algorithms generating low-budget reality shows).
- danielbln 5y ago
  Apple+ is also slowly entering that bracket (with stuff like Severance) and I'm here for it.
  - JackFr 5y ago
    Liked Ted Lasso season 1. Underwhelmed by most of the other offerings. Also I can’t cast Apple TV which is a big downside.
    - mcphage 5y ago
      > Also I can’t cast Apple TV which is a big downside. Sorry, what does this mean?
      - MobiusHorizons 5y ago
        Not the op, but I read this as lack of chromecast support
        mcphage 5y ago
        Ah, okay.
- bombcar 5y ago
  It's slightly possible that HBO has a longer track record making good content than Netflix does; not everything can be solved by throwing money at it.
  - smt88 5y ago
    HBO Max started out with decades of inexpensive, quality content via Warner. Netflix had to either buy or build content. Netflix did poach proven talent, but even then, it was people like Shonda Rimes and the guys who botched Game of Thrones.
    - bombcar 5y ago
      Netflix failed to buy a studio; you can poach talent but poaching an entire structure is harder to do. Netflix has spent more on original content than Amazon did to buy MGM, though they apparently have spent less than Disney did on Fox.
danielbln 5y ago
Not saying you're right or wrong, but the landscape during the Qwikster fiasco was so dramatically different, it may as well have been a different market.
JackFr 5y ago
I love HBOMax content but the technology is a nightmare. Constant buffering that makes shows almost unwatchable, which I cannot understand since I have no problem with Netflix, Prime, Hulu and Disney.
- fullstop 5y ago
  I don't have buffering problems with any streaming services. Perhaps your ISP has congested peering with their network.
  - JackFr 5y ago
    Im not a technical network guy, so I don’t know, but the fact that it doesn’t affect any other streaming service leads me to blame HBO.
orangepurple 5y ago
How much are you paying for a carrier plan if Netflix is bundled with it?
- fullstop 5y ago
  $135/mo (after taxes, etc) for unlimited data and four lines.

smt88 5y ago

HBO Max is phenomenal. They seem to be going a different route (pushing quality) than Netflix (algorithms generating low-budget reality shows).

danielbln 5y ago
Apple+ is also slowly entering that bracket (with stuff like Severance) and I'm here for it.
- JackFr 5y ago
  Liked Ted Lasso season 1. Underwhelmed by most of the other offerings. Also I can’t cast Apple TV which is a big downside.
  - mcphage 5y ago
    > Also I can’t cast Apple TV which is a big downside. Sorry, what does this mean?
    - MobiusHorizons 5y ago
      Not the op, but I read this as lack of chromecast support
      - mcphage 5y ago
        Ah, okay.
bombcar 5y ago
It's slightly possible that HBO has a longer track record making good content than Netflix does; not everything can be solved by throwing money at it.
- smt88 5y ago
  HBO Max started out with decades of inexpensive, quality content via Warner. Netflix had to either buy or build content. Netflix did poach proven talent, but even then, it was people like Shonda Rimes and the guys who botched Game of Thrones.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    Netflix failed to buy a studio; you can poach talent but poaching an entire structure is harder to do. Netflix has spent more on original content than Amazon did to buy MGM, though they apparently have spent less than Disney did on Fox.

danielbln 5y ago

Not saying you're right or wrong, but the landscape during the Qwikster fiasco was so dramatically different, it may as well have been a different market.

JackFr 5y ago

I love HBOMax content but the technology is a nightmare. Constant buffering that makes shows almost unwatchable, which I cannot understand since I have no problem with Netflix, Prime, Hulu and Disney.

fullstop 5y ago
I don't have buffering problems with any streaming services. Perhaps your ISP has congested peering with their network.
- JackFr 5y ago
  Im not a technical network guy, so I don’t know, but the fact that it doesn’t affect any other streaming service leads me to blame HBO.

orangepurple 5y ago

How much are you paying for a carrier plan if Netflix is bundled with it?

fullstop 5y ago
$135/mo (after taxes, etc) for unlimited data and four lines.