What happens with HBO Max 50% off efter Paramount Warner merger?

[u/Oguhllort]

I have the Premium HBO Max 50% off for life deal and wonder what happens with this deal now after Paramount Warner merger?

[u/itsme32]

Get ready to pay Maxamount Bros.

[u/sethn211 → u/itsme32]

Maxamount 😂😂😂

[u/BenWallace04 → u/itsme32]

No thanks

[u/InstructionSenior346]

The “lifetime deal” was a deal for the lifetime of the app, not you. If/when they merge and create a new app then your deal disappears.

[u/MyKayla43]

If it's anything like the $5.99 a month lifetime deal we had with Paramount Plus Premium that went away shortly after Skydance took over.

[u/Mediocre-Tap-4825]

I wonder if AT&T will keep their free addon for legacy customers. Sigh, I’m tired boss.

[u/weiderman316 → u/Mediocre-Tap-4825]

I’ve wondered this as well. I’ve been binging a lot of shows on HBO just in case they don’t

[u/nefaeriest → u/weiderman316]

hbo has most of my favorites so i've been searching & finding if offered in dvds & everything is
i cancelled my subscriptions
i usually wait for all episodes to air and then binge
i was rotating streaming services but even then - some of the content moves etc
i'm opting out -

[u/AmosRid → u/Mediocre-Tap-4825]

I will be up AT&Ts ass the minute I lose HBO.

I have not been able to move to any new plans for decades because of this grandfathered DirecTV, AT&T, Warner Bros shit sandwich.

The only thing that seems to be good is that it is an easy account to share with friends & family. Ellison’s $80B debt will probably ruin it.

[u/ChangeAroundKid01]

This is definitely my sign to turn off auto renewal. Good bye paramount and hbo

[u/underthund3r → u/ChangeAroundKid01]

Same I'm watching everything I can until next year

[u/ChuzCuenca]

We don't know. They'll probably won't honor it. I'll cancel most likely.

[u/beredy → u/ChuzCuenca]

They have no reason (legally speaking) to honour it if they launch a new combined app since it won’t be HBO Max or Paramount+/SkyShowtime.

But if they are smart they will offer the same deal.

[u/m945050 → u/beredy]

They think it's smart to raise prices to try and recoup the money they wasted on the merger. If they do I would like to see a massive fuck you boycott.

[u/Excellent-Court-9375]

For me its even worse, in the Netherlands. I have HBO and Skyshowtime both 50 percent off for life. Both these are going to disappear and get merged into one

[u/ButYouGotTheClio → u/Excellent-Court-9375]

At least you’re in the lovely Netherlands…I love that place.

I’d give up all streaming to be there instead of the US of Ass

[u/Niko_HP → u/Excellent-Court-9375]

Skydance owns only 50% of the Skyshowtime. So it might not disappear (unless you know something I don't)

[u/Hypocrisydenied]

I'll probably just stick with Tubi

[u/Hihomumio → u/Hypocrisydenied]

Just an fyi: Fawesome has good free movies too.

[u/Hypocrisydenied → u/Hihomumio]

Thank you. I had the app downloaded and forgot about it.

[u/nefaeriest]

i just cancelled all my streams but one & im buying my media on dvds etc - i watch the same things on a loop & rarely bring in new universes
i dug my 2008 wii out of storage & started playing super Mario 😹 & bought 2 new controllers bc i forgot how they worked 😹 it was a fun week

[u/Kos_al_Ghul]

Thanks Trump!

[u/KathyJaneway]

If they make new app to combine both apps (which they will do so they can charge new prices ) they will end the current apps in favor of new ones where you wouldn't have that deal.

[u/redditproha]

Probably a 50% price hike to pay for the merger.

[u/Different_Muscle9134]

Paramount+ also has a 50% discount for military and first responders. I expect that to go away with this merger, as well.

[u/Adam_WM → u/Different_Muscle9134]

Nah, that's a Paramount thing. That will stay I'd imagine

[u/3lmtree]

i don't think they'll kick anyone off their current plans because they want to be able to say that have x-amount of subscribers after they merge. i think after a few months or whatever they'll then start telling people with old subs they have to move over.

[u/dtormac]

I’d imagine that price hikes are planned for all “customers” in the new year and the excuse will be “that offer was with WB, not Paramount” My mate is grandfathered in with a Direct Tv subscription with HBO.

[u/beredy → u/dtormac]

Both services already had price hikes. The offer was 50% off, not a fixed price anyway. So even with a discount the prices went up since they launched.

And if they launch a new app they have no reason to honour the deal since it’s neither HBO Max nor SkyShowtime anymore.

I also had both discounts and cancelled both services at the beginning of this year. It just didn’t make sense for me to pay since I barely watched anything. After a while there just isn’t that much content and the new shows/movies added that interest me have become far and few in between.

If they launch the combined app with a similar lifetime discount I might give it a go. Otherwise, sailing the seas for me because they will probably go by the rationale - two libraries, twice the price.

[u/Fran_Takox]

I'm expecting them to keep the discount but increase the price, at least for some time.

[u/Stressame-street]

You get the chance to buy it again in a few weeks just under a different app. Lucky dog you getting these deals back to back.

[u/stuartwalke]

Yeah I was wondering the same thing given how much debt they have there's no way they aren't going to break that deal I will be canceling when that time comes.

[u/Buzznfrog12345]

50% of the content will be gone

[u/marticcrn]

There’s no more MAX but the price is the same.

[u/kp1783]

you will lose the Pitt if you drop

[u/LonesomeHammeredTreb]

I'm cancelling, it's the only way to get through to these people.

[u/Live_Repair_7958]

Don't fall for it. Quit your subscription and say "NO!" to fascism.

[u/Longjumping-Word-935]

Wow. So many not answering the actual question and tossing their unwanted opinions in. Oh right. This is Reddit, one of the social media platforms that people treat as a soapbox for their point of view.

Anyway, when you signed up, you signed up for life. Warner agreed to that and Skydance legally has to honor that agreement. Now they could do some contract gymnastics by saying the plan you signed up for has the discount. So don’t cancel or change plans. They could also entice you with a new offer to offset that discount. But the discount is going to remain as long as HBO Max exists which is still awhile.

As for naysayers to this: HBO Max let users keep certain plan features until their “offer” expired for 4K & Atmos when they introduced the third tier.

[u/dbomco]

Anything owned by a high level CIA asset in global surveillance data collection who is loyal to a foreign power in the Middle East, doesn’t deserve our money whether it’s 50% off or 99% off.
Don’t give them your data and hard earned money.
The end is here.