Yes, you do have to uninstall HBO Now first. I followed the directions at this site:
https://medium.com/@jamesfuthey/how-to-install-hbo-max-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-fire-tv-stick-or-4k-streaming-stick-4a8d3144b583 As I recall this was just one of several options that showed up after a search, I selected it because of all the screen shots that seemed well suited to someone as in-savvy as myself. I can’t warrant the provenance, and while it has worked for me, it’s possible ai am now streaming my own household to Vlad Putin. On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 12:45 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey there: > > Can you send me the instructions you used to install HBO on your Fire > Stick? I've tried it, but it's never worked. I wonder, though, if it's > because I need to delete HBO from my Amazon apps. > > Thanks, > Dave > > On Saturday, August 1, 2020, 11:18:49 PM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So today is August 1. The HBO Now App on my Fire TV has disappeared, > replaced with an App Titled HBO, as Joe predicted. However, when I click on > it, it still opens HBOMax, with all of their extra content (which I have a > right to access via my HBO subscription on Xfinity). > > Now, this is what I was told would happen when I side loaded HBO Max, that > the Max App itself would not not show on the Fire TV menu, but that I would > still be able to access the Max content, once I registered through my > Cable provider. So far, on day one, it does seem possible to bypass > Amazon’s black out on HBO Max. We shall see what happens as the month > progresses. > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 8:51 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, so I'm going to take a stab at this based on this article: > https://help.hbonow.com/Answer/Detail/11, which is as clear as mud. > > If you subscribe to HBO Max but use the HBO Now app, on August 1, your HBO > Now app will become HBO. At that point, you'll be tied down to basically > only the HBO stuff and not all the extras. To get all the extras, you'll > have to use the HBO Max app, which is what's not on Roku or Amazon. > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:44 AM Ben Combee <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a HBO Max subscription directly with HBO -- I got the annual > deal before launch. I can use those credentials to log into HBO Now > on my Roku TVs. > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 9:14 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I noticed that, but the original instructions I got seemed to suggest > that we would still be able to access the Max content even without going > through the HBO Now App, but not sure how to do that. > > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 6:45 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Short answer: no; on July 31, the other apps are being shut down. > >> > >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:43 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I have been streaming HBOMax on Fire Stick following instructions > widely available online to work around this (Amazon is blocking the Max > App, not the content). But even so I access it through the HBO Now App, not > sure from this article if I will still be able to do this after July 31 > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 3:01 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> A pox on the lot of them. > >>>> > >>>> > https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/hbo-max-peacock-roku-amazon-streaming-1234703977/ > >>>> > >>>> Sidebar: I have given up on Apple and will not be giving them another > penny after a crazy situation involving poorly-integrated two-factor > authentication. I'll shift everything over to Windows, Plex, Google Drive, > and Android TV. > >>>> > >>>> If you'd have told me ten years ago that I would completely abandon > Apple, the company that made me into what I am today professionally, I'd > have thought you were nuts. 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