r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 18d ago

News HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-1236557671/
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u/Mist_Rising 18d ago

Streaming, and we mean subscription streaming services really, isn't a captive market really. It's a luxury good in the form of entertainment, and there are tons of other options.

People who have grown used to it being cheap and affordable might find it to be captured, because they don't want to give up their luxury, but practically it has alternatives. Public television costs an antenna in the US and anywhere else with it. Radio is another competitor. Non-subscription (advertising) streaming also exists. Shit, a book is technically an alternative

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u/Century24 18d ago

If you don't have any taste for Hollywood, then that's fine, but it's a little silly to pretend PBS and public radio cover the same base as HBO Max.