To be real with you I had HBO max for a long time now probably since quarantine and it’s for sure been a life saver in some cases trying something to watch. Me personally I can’t get enough of The Sopranos so yk that’s my rewatch show, but with The Sopranos there is so many other great classic shows and movies. The Wire for example being another great or even far on the other side of the spectrum of shows like Smiling Friends( I recommend, it saves a trip imo). It has a far range of shows and movies, for me I go straight to MAX for horror movies or I’m looking for something specific or unique. I’m trying to find the words for it really I mean when you first enter MAX the home page shows you this massive amount of variety. Talking about a David Chase:Sopranos exclusive documentary, The Original 1988 Beetlejuice( in prep or honor of the new beetlejuice), The Wire, The Last Of Us, HBO MAX original BARRY, Cabin in the Woods, and The New upcoming THE PENGUIN… and scene.? No? Yes it’s true all of that wrapped up into one little side click on the first line of browsing on the home page. There is honestly so much to go over but for one thing to note on is that MAX is believe it or not as cheap if not cheaper than the other subscriptions, and who knows with what plan you have you could even add it on with that and sign in through provider. So much going on with one click away giving you all the watch you need! - :3

I really liked the HBO app, it was easy to use and you could have it on your phone or tv and it would stay logged in. I don’t like that the Max app keeps logging out from every device and to log back in takes forever. Customer service asked me one to talk to my provider but that it’s not issue. The problem is the Max app. I would be watching a show and out of the blue it would crash. When I try to log back in it would display an error message of can’t verify subscription. If I continue trying to log in, it would display a message to create an account. When I do create a new account it says I already have an account and still it will not log me in. last time I call customer service, they asked me to delete the app and reinstall it. It work for that time. They told me the issue won’t return and what do you know it log me out again. Even reinstalling the app several times did not work. It’s so frustrating! I’m spending more time trying to log in to the account than watching something. The only good thing about the max app is that it has good content, that I want to watch, but if I’m going to spend more time logging in than watching then what’s the point.

I was a huge fan of HBO when I first watched Game of Thrones, The GOAT. I loved True Blood and Sopranos back in the day. His Dark Materials was fun but they took way too long to finish it and they botched the end of the series…like so many Media Companies do. They’ve done a few other monumental shows like John Adams, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Chernobyl, which was perfection. I still watch Hard Knocks. I’m sure I’m leaving some great shows out. But that was in the past. They’ve pretty much done nothing that even comes close to paying for. One of the biggest problems aside from the poor writing and casting, is that HBO takes waaayy too long between seasons. By the time the next series is out, it’s been forgotten about or my interest isn’t there. The most recent, The Last of Us, season 2 caused me to almost cancel my membership. The main character is hard to look at, the ‘girl power’ is unrealistic, along with the lesbian scene in the middle of murderous monsters and gangs was so out of place. It was shoved in there to appease whatever lesbian director they have. Straight trash is what it turned into. Had it not been for family members who also watch, I would’ve canceled and never looked back. Disappointed is how I feel about HBOMax lately. And if the shows don’t get any better, I will be canceling by years end, which saddens me greatly. Come on HBO, get your act together and start producing great shows again.

Major issues with the ads loading. You might think this is a good thing, but it prevents you from watching your shows. The episodes will freeze when an ad is supposed to load but you can see the subtitles still going in the background and no ads will play. Sometimes the ad timer will also pop up on the top but the show remains frozen after it’s complete. Seems to only happen for shows not movies. Nothing fixes this issue, not restarting the app, deleting the app, or pausing and replaying. The forward and back 10 seconds buttons also disappear when the ads are supposed to show so I cannot even try to go back or skip. This also messes with when the auto next episode button pops up, it will skip to the next episode early because it thinks more time has passed in the episode than actually has passed because of the video playing in the background while ads should be showing. This happens on both my phone and iPad. Very frustrating. Makes me switch to a different streaming platform every time. So unimpressed with the Max app especially since I am a new user. Probably will cancel my subscription once the deal ends. I hope they fix this issue soon because I am not the only one having it, there are forums with similar issues online. They probably only have such a high rating because of the variety of movies and tv shows they offer, but there’s no point if it won’t let you watch them and freezes 10 times an episode and nothing you do will get it to play through.