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(Onion AV Club)   Warner Bros Discovery's corporate motto: "We have no idea what we're doing"   (avclub.com) divider line
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1256 clicks; posted to Entertainment » on 08 Feb 2023 at 1:50 PM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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AnotherBluesStringer [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 1:34:50 PM  
They've had HBO Go, HBO Now, and HBO Max. I'm not following them to a fourth platform. Despite HBO Max being glitchy as shiat, they had a semi-decent set-up with the "hubs" feature. If they can't fold a new merger into that feature, they're never gonna figure it out. It's just gonna be new service and new subscription prices and tiers every 3-5 years. Between this and David Zaslav mucking everything up, it's just not worth it.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:41:19 PM  
They know they can't get me to pay $5 more for sh*t I don't want...

I'd keep it to finish up Last of Us and then dump it.

I do not want to pay extra for Discovery. If I want a program from them, I'll buy the whole season on Amazon.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 1:48:09 PM  
It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately, but at least they both have full catalogs of old and new content.

I can't imagine Discovery+ has enough of either to get that many users to actually subscribe to it on its own, although it would be a nice added feature to have within the likes of HBO Max (similar to how Disney+ has a ton of NatGeo stuff).  Keeping it separate is just going to kill it.
 
Myrdinn [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:53:11 PM  
*snort*
"Our crap must be awesomesauce, kill everything that is not LIKE US!  ...wait, people say we are shiat.  Welp, I am out of ideas, c-ya!  New phone, don't call, no dis."
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:16:15 PM  

NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately, but at least they both have full catalogs of old and new content.

I can't imagine Discovery+ has enough of either to get that many users to actually subscribe to it on its own, although it would be a nice added feature to have within the likes of HBO Max (similar to how Disney+ has a ton of NatGeo stuff).  Keeping it separate is just going to kill it.


If they added it "for free" included in the current price??

They would totally lock me in for long term. That would be a nice addition and worth the price.

Disney and Hulu seems a little different. There's a lot of agreements going on in hulu that I think prevents it.
 
skyotter
2023-02-08 2:17:15 PM  
Update, 1:34 PM: Speaking to The A.V. Club, a source from WarnerMedia clarified that WBD's plan to bring together HBO Max and Discovery+ content remains unchanged.

That's some fine reporter work, Lou.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:20:15 PM  

NewportBarGuy: NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately, but at least they both have full catalogs of old and new content.

I can't imagine Discovery+ has enough of either to get that many users to actually subscribe to it on its own, although it would be a nice added feature to have within the likes of HBO Max (similar to how Disney+ has a ton of NatGeo stuff).  Keeping it separate is just going to kill it.

If they added it "for free" included in the current price??

They would totally lock me in for long term. That would be a nice addition and worth the price.

Disney and Hulu seems a little different. There's a lot of agreements going on in hulu that I think prevents it.


Disney also doesn't own 100% of Hulu, iirc.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:23:01 PM  

baron von doodle: NewportBarGuy: NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately, but at least they both have full catalogs of old and new content.

I can't imagine Discovery+ has enough of either to get that many users to actually subscribe to it on its own, although it would be a nice added feature to have within the likes of HBO Max (similar to how Disney+ has a ton of NatGeo stuff).  Keeping it separate is just going to kill it.

If they added it "for free" included in the current price??

They would totally lock me in for long term. That would be a nice addition and worth the price.

Disney and Hulu seems a little different. There's a lot of agreements going on in hulu that I think prevents it.

Disney also doesn't own 100% of Hulu, iirc.


Exactly... they would have to buy out the rest and their debt pile is f*cking insane right now. There's no way they could do it.
 
phalamir [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 2:23:25 PM  

NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately,


I think that one is so they can segregate "kid-friendly" from "not-kid-friendly".  I know they do have some not-kid-friendly on Disney+, but those mostly seem to be a way to keep IP together.  But I severely doubt that Disney really wants to have Katie's Letterkenny Dating Adventures* and Mickey's Preschool Funhouse sitting side by side on the recommendations bar.

* Hulu also has outside content, so I suspect Disney does also does not want to muddy the waters as to what it owns and what is being licensed to it.
 
Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-08 2:26:24 PM  
Porky Pig hosting a food travel show with deepfake Anthony Bourdain while Jacques Pepin and Julia Child engage in translucent holographic nipple play at random intervals in the foreground.

Pay me.
 
Bslim
2023-02-08 2:40:42 PM  
This process, at least, has been in motion for months: HBO Max had begun more prominently featuring flagship Discovery+ programs like 90 Day Fiancé and Chip and Joanna Gaines' Fixer Upper.

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jake3988 [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:41:11 PM  

skyotter: Update, 1:34 PM: Speaking to The A.V. Club, a source from WarnerMedia clarified that WBD's plan to bring together HBO Max and Discovery+ content remains unchanged.

That's some fine reporter work, Lou.


No shiat.

Just like with everything revolving around WBD.

What idiot thought this made sense enough to write it?

Did some idiot from reddit make up the stupidest thing they could think of and then 'leak' it to someone on AV Club and they thought 'hmm, sounds good' and write it?

/They already said many months ago that the pricing for both would essentially be kept separate on the combined app (similar to what Paramount+ did with Showtime).
 
NOLAhd [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:47:03 PM  

Ragin' Asian: Porky Pig hosting a food travel show with deepfake Anthony Bourdain while Jacques Pepin and Julia Child engage in translucent holographic nipple play at random intervals in the foreground.

Pay me.


I'd pay big money to hear Julia Child talk dirty.
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-02-08 2:49:46 PM  

NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately, but at least they both have full catalogs of old and new content.

I can't imagine Discovery+ has enough of either to get that many users to actually subscribe to it on its own, although it would be a nice added feature to have within the likes of HBO Max (similar to how Disney+ has a ton of NatGeo stuff).  Keeping it separate is just going to kill it.


They finally offered Disney plus/Hulu, but with commercials for *both*.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:50:28 PM  

phalamir: NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately,

I think that one is so they can segregate "kid-friendly" from "not-kid-friendly".  I know they do have some not-kid-friendly on Disney+, but those mostly seem to be a way to keep IP together.  But I severely doubt that Disney really wants to have Katie's Letterkenny Dating Adventures* and Mickey's Preschool Funhouse sitting side by side on the recommendations bar.

* Hulu also has outside content, so I suspect Disney does also does not want to muddy the waters as to what it owns and what is being licensed to it.


It definitely has nothing to do with kid friendly or not. Disney plus still has Deadpool 1&2.
 
cocozilla
2023-02-08 2:56:00 PM  
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cocozilla
2023-02-08 2:59:35 PM  

NOLAhd: Ragin' Asian: Porky Pig hosting a food travel show with deepfake Anthony Bourdain while Jacques Pepin and Julia Child engage in translucent holographic nipple play at random intervals in the foreground.

Pay me.

I'd pay big money to hear Julia Child talk dirty.


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phalamir [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 3:06:00 PM  

baron von doodle: phalamir: NeoCortex42: It's bad enough that Disney insists on keeping both Disney+ and Hulu around separately,

I think that one is so they can segregate "kid-friendly" from "not-kid-friendly".  I know they do have some not-kid-friendly on Disney+, but those mostly seem to be a way to keep IP together.  But I severely doubt that Disney really wants to have Katie's Letterkenny Dating Adventures* and Mickey's Preschool Funhouse sitting side by side on the recommendations bar.

* Hulu also has outside content, so I suspect Disney does also does not want to muddy the waters as to what it owns and what is being licensed to it.

It definitely has nothing to do with kid friendly or not. Disney plus still has Deadpool 1&2.


It isn't like I addressed that very point the first time or anything....
 
browntimmy
2023-02-08 3:06:16 PM  
Hmm, looks like our head cheese division isn't selling well, but our peanut butter division is...let's merge them into one!
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 3:09:13 PM  
C-level question: "What do the analytics numbers tell us about people watching Discovery content on HBO Max?"
IT-level answer: "Do you consider zero a number?"
 
T.rex
2023-02-08 3:17:34 PM  

AnotherBluesStringer: They've had HBO Go, HBO Now, and HBO Max. I'm not following them to a fourth platform. Despite HBO Max being glitchy as shiat, they had a semi-decent set-up with the "hubs" feature. If they can't fold a new merger into that feature, they're never gonna figure it out. It's just gonna be new service and new subscription prices and tiers every 3-5 years. Between this and David Zaslav mucking everything up, it's just not worth it.


Its not worth 30 seconds to install an app?  The app you DO have installed required periodic updates.... Do you not update them? Not worth it? Takes too much time?
 
Liadan
2023-02-08 3:29:32 PM  

GardenWeasel: C-level question: "What do the analytics numbers tell us about people watching Discovery content on HBO Max?"
IT-level answer: "Do you consider zero a number?"


Warner needs to understand that HGTV and everything similar to it is not appointment television. It is something mindless and (sometimes) pretty that you have on in the background while you're making breakfast or dinner.

I make a point to sit down and watch the stuff on HBO. I'm not going enter any combination of log-in to see another vintage home turned into an open floor plan modern farmhouse with ship lap. Not now, not ever.
 
The Bestest
2023-02-08 4:32:03 PM  
which has been the more cursed company at this point through its various buyouts and acquisitions: Warner Bros or Chrysler?
 
King Lono
2023-02-08 4:50:31 PM  
Here is what concerns me with this.  It's been strongly implied that with HBO and Discovery merging that their content would move to HBO.  Then, they recently told us a price hike was coming.  Was it still worth it to keep HBO, since it hasn't been dazzling us much lately.

Then, we figured - yeah, but it'll totally be worth it with Discovery bundled in.  Now, after the price hike, it's "not so much in that Discovery bundle". I feel a bait and switch with all of this.  Bastards!
And I know I was never promised anything, but without the content merger I'm not so interested in hbo any longer.
 
UNC_Samurai
2023-02-08 6:55:00 PM  
Remember a couple of years ago when we were complaining about the major media producers walling off their content in their own streaming service?  Disco has apparently decided that was too good of a plan for customers.
 
XanthPrime
2023-02-08 7:05:48 PM  
Yup.
 
Space Station Wagon
2023-02-08 9:03:33 PM  
HBO fine is alone. Stop mucking with it.
They frequently release shows that have stellar viewership numbers.
Get out of their way.
 
Oreamnos
2023-02-08 10:04:09 PM  
We're proud to present on the WB
Another bad show that no one will stream
 
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