HBO

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2012–2025), in 6 threads.

People raised many different problems with HBO, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 6 complaints

HBO content is nearly impossible to access legally outside the US2025-12-06
Downloaded shows won't play offline during flights, forcing workarounds2024-01-20
Streams become nearly unwatchable on subpar internet connections2020-12-15
Cancelling requires calling a support line, waiting on hold, and dealing with a retention rep2019-01-01
Site shows blank screen then Flash loader for 15 seconds before loading2013-01-06
Paying subscriber couldn't find legal way to watch previous season2012-01-03