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[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 182 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Do you have a source other than...like..fuckin tiktok?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It was taken off like a year ago, maybe longer. The last season bombed so they took the whole thing down to avoid paying residuals. Think it was even before the merger.

Which just highlights how stupid the system is. Pay residuals, but pay them based on amount of viewing hours. If no one watches a show, there's still no reason to remove it.

Currently an expensive show no one watches can just bleed money.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Gotta love Hollywood accounting.

[–] JelloBrains@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

WB Discovery is still getting their cut from Westworld, Raised by Wolves, and a dozen or so others by licensing it out to The Roku Channel streaming service of all things. So those actors went from getting scraps from HBO Max to probably next to nothing from Roku. I don't know if that's worse than having the content completely removed or not considering Roku is like Pluto TV and airs things more like cable.

[–] Amazed@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I feel like GoT should be taken down for the same reason then. But then I realize that maybe the last two seasons were still successful on some level.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Man, everything after season 1 was pretty bad lmao

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You know I heard S2 was bad, so I didn't watch it when it came out but planned on eventually giving it a chance, but this thread and specifically this post just convinced me to never watch it and just keep the memory of Westworld being good in my head lol.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, comparatively season 2 is worse than the first one but not a massive shitshow. Season 3 though, oh fucking boy. I'd say maybe watch the second season just for some sort of closure, but then definitely stop!

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Duly noted, ty.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just verified on the Max app

[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wonder if Crave still has it in Canada.

Edit: It's still there for me.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it's not on my fuckin TV anymore. Had to pirate the last couple of seasons.

[–] wviana@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 11 months ago

My wife ask me same thing. At least here in my country I couldn't find it.