I recently had the pleasure of diving into some animated content, and I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I have a soft spot for characters like Harley Quinn and Kite Man, whose dynamic and entertaining stories keep me engaged. Furthermore, Rick and Morty consistently deliver with their unique blend of sci-fi and humor, while Moral Orel exceeded my expectations with its intriguing approach and depth.However, I encountered some difficulties with shows like War World. It's challenging for me to follow the storylines due to the absence of audio tracks. As someone who often juggles tasks like doing laundry while watching, I appreciate having an audio description soundtrack. This allows me to keep up with the story through sound, only needing to glance at the screen occasionally.I strongly urge content creators, especially those behind DC animated movies, to integrate audio description soundtracks. Starting with prominent titles like Injustice would be a great move, ensuring that audiences like me can fully enjoy and understand the content without missing out on any details.

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.

The streaming experience on iPad and laptop is unacceptable. When an ad break begins, the video pauses on the last scene of the show, and the ad countdown appears as usual. However, instead of transitioning smoothly to the ads, the video often remains frozen, with subtitles still playing, for the entire 1-2 minute ad break. In some cases, the ad never loads at all, leaving the screen frozen for up to 3-5 minutes before resuming.When the show finally resumes, the subtitles are out of sync for another 1-2 minutes. With ads appearing so frequently during episodes, this makes the platform nearly unwatchable. I’ve followed every troubleshooting recommendation provided, but nothing has resolved the issue. This problem is particularly frustrating when watching series rather than movies.Additionally, there are significant issues with rewinding. A single 10-second rewind works fine, but anything beyond that causes glitches. The video either refuses to load or rewinds much farther than intended. In some cases, an ad break corrupts that part of the show entirely, making it impossible to watch, even if you exit and reload or try rewinding again.I’ve used Max in the past without these problems, but since resubscribing, the experience has been severely degraded. These issues need to be resolved immediately.

Whenever it is time for a commercial break, instead of pausing the show and going straight into the advertisement, the show will pause and stay STUCK on whatever screen/frame it paused on for 2-3 minutes and THEN it will start playing the adverisements ; which last around an additional 2 minutes. So I’m waiting 5 sometimes 6 minutes between “Ad breaks” just for the show to come back. (And actually , it could be longer but I am just estimating, I never really timed it. ) Not only that, the lagging messes up the flow of the show and clashes with the auto play somehow and the next episode will try to start playing before the current one has actually ended; cutting off the end portion of the episode I’m watching. If I try to rewind, the rewind button/time stamp does not correspond with what part of the episode that it is supposed to. I do like this streaming service for the content, but if you think that I, in an attempt to avoid the disruptive Ad’s, am going to pay $17 for THIS, this right here?!…. then you are mistaken. It’s bad enough that there are Ads on a streaming service. I should at least be able to view the show without having to fight and schffle against whatever causes the app to not run smoothly.

I have the HBO Max app on Roku and on LG TV. I absolutely hate them. There are no buttons for fast forwarding on the app and the fast forwarding with clicking on the remote goes so fast that you skip past where you actually want to stop. This happens on two different TVs and both apps. sitting here, I have quite literally watched five sets of commercials because every time it fast-forwards it goes so fast that it stops at the wrong spot and then I have to watch the commercials from that wrong starting point. Then I fast-forward again, it goes too fast, stop at the wrong spot, i have to watch commercials; it’s still at the wrong spot so I have to fast forward again and it goes way too fast so I have to watch commercials again. This is happened to me over and over and over again. I have had this app one week and I already want to delete it and stop my subscription. I like the content, but this is literally insane. I can’t even watch what I wanna watch which is the whole point of this stupid app. I have never written review in my life, but this is so horrible. PLEASE CHANGE IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. slower fast forwarding, buttons within the app for fast forwarding, don’t immediately start commercials in 0.1 second WHILE I am trying to fast forward.

Not to be harsh, but the Apple TV app is garbage. Ads are horribly placed and happen at random times throughout shows. Someone could be in the middle of talking and the whole screen freezes for about 30 seconds and then ads start playing. Sometimes a full screen ad with a cutout box will show up and you can only see 1/4 of the show the rest of the screen is ad and you’re missing stuff. Towards the end of shows there will be minutes left and the timer shows up counting down to the next episode and completely cuts out minutes of valuable programming so you miss things that happen at the end of every episode. This wasn’t always the case so whatever changes were made in the last update should be rolled back or remove ads until you figure this out. This is why and how people lose subscribers and once you drag your feet to address it - the value in the service is already lost and it’s harder to get people to come back because you’ve already blown your chance. Look no further than AT&T - who loses MILLIONS per quarter in the TV space and you have to spend A LOT in promotional dollars to lure these people back in and as AT&T is finding out - a good price doesn’t always result in a second chance.

Some many Issues with streaming. When it comes time for an ad, it will pause on the last scene of the show and show the ad count down like usual, it will sit there with the subtitles still playing but the video paused until the 1-2 min. ad break is over, then it will switch to showing the actual ads for 1-2 mins. Then when it final brings me back to my show the substitute are all off for 1-2 min. With ads being so often on each episode, it is almost unwatchable. I have tried everything I can think of the fix this issue including all their troubleshooting recommendations, and it hasn’t helped. It is mostly a problem when it comes to watching series, rather than movies. It also often has problem when you try and rewind the film to a certain extent. With one 10 sec rewind it does fine, anything more and it will glitch out and either refuse to load or continuous back up far beyond where I told it. Sometimes when it serves an ad it corrupts that entire part of the show and It doesn’t matter if you exit out and go back in or try the rewind it, it won’t let you watch that part. I have had Max in the past and this was never an issue but then I canceled it and resubscribed again and now it is a problem.

HBO Max, or “MAX”, is probably the worst streaming application out there. It has various bugs on my smart TV and also the new iPad Pro. I used to pay for it and canceled it because I can’t stand how bad the application is. Then I got access to it again because it’s now included in my AT&T membership. I’m now contemplating about switching to another carrier so I can take this application out of my life, simply because of this one issue. It happens every other day; when I open the application, I have to connect my provider from scratch every single time. This last time it was really infuriating. I downloaded a movie to watch while I’m traveling. Next, I’m traveling, and when I clicked on the application it asked me to connect my provider again. When I did it and went to downloads, it no longer showed the downloaded movie there. The funny part is the application still holds the space required for the movie, so it’s there, but I can’t watch it or delete it. I guess I needed a good excuse to delete the application altogether, and come here to write this rant. It’s a shame because I love HBO shows, but they must make their software product teams hate their lives to build an application like this.

I canceled my streaming subscription after being informed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ads are appearing on platforms I trusted.These ads are a harmful misuse of mainstream streaming channels. ICE’s enforcement-focused messaging promotes fear, dehumanizes immigrants, and normalizes surveillance and detention policies that cause real suffering for families and communities. Streaming services should not amplify a federal enforcement agency’s political and coercive messages alongside entertainment and news. Doing so erodes public trust, turns leisure platforms into instruments of state power, and signals that profit and ad revenue trump ethical responsibility.For viewers who expect safe, neutral spaces in their homes, these ads cross a line. I refuse to support platforms that accept money to broadcast messaging from agencies whose actions I find morally objectionable. Effective, responsible platforms should reject ads that contribute to harm or stigmatize vulnerable populations.I’ve canceled my subscriptions and encourage others who disagree with this practice to do the same or to demand transparent ad policies that prohibit content from agencies or organizations whose activities undermine human rights and public trust. Platforms can and should prioritize ethics over ad revenue — until they do, I won’t be paying to fund messaging that harms people.

The app doesn’t allow you to see further into what is leaving, compared to in browser. Used to work on iPad in browser. They removed the option. The app also wont allow you to save some shows and movies. It is also not as easy to navigate. It also malfunctions when trying to fast forward or rewind parts. It’s an app and most apps are garbage. Don’t know why they made it app only. I also don’t want to waste space for another app. Clutter. Plus they made that awful show Velma, and never made a second season of peacemaker. One show, Velma, got the worse ratings of any show that ever existed. They say they are making another season. While peacemaker got amazing ratings. The people running this network are moronic dog crp trash. I will be canceling soon and will probably never come back as they have not added anything worth watching in awhile. Our flag means death season 2 might be worth a watch but that is is. Avenue five was a millions times better than that Velma crud. Does anyone know that the chick who wrote that ragged about sxually assaulting people on the conan show. Max wants to support that mindy puke. Nope. Go woke go broke. I hope this goes the way of bud light.