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by sp332 4453 days ago
HBO Go is on Roku, Xbox, etc. I'm not sure I know anyone who watches an HBO channel.
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ryanSrich 4453 days ago
HBO's model is broken because it requires a Cable subscription. They should just allow me to pay them for their service. Why tie it to TimeCast?
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booruguru 4453 days ago
HBO's model is not broken...they have millions of subscribers who generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
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sp332 4453 days ago
If you have HBO, you're not an HBO customer. You're a Comcast (etc) customer. HBO doesn't have to deal with billing, customer support, they probably don't even know your name. Heck they don't even have a database to put your name if you told them! They just don't deal with any of that.
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paulbaumgart 4453 days ago
Because they make more money this way.
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