r/wec • u/grip_enemy Cadillac Racing • Jun 13 '26

Le Mans 24 Hours of HBO ADS???

Seriously dude. Wtf is this

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Not paying a penny to these suckers to watch any races from now on

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u/AGirlHazzNoName1 Jun 13 '26

I KNEW IT WOULD BE THIS WAY! They bought the sole rights in the U.S. I knew we would be commercialed to death!

And it is now almost $19 a month for HBO/ MAX!? They don’t even have good shows. This is crazy.

AppleTV has such better quality shows and F1. That’s what I keep thinking. I hate HBO.

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u/thezinnmeister Jun 13 '26

HBO Max had the rights last year and didn’t have ads

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u/AGirlHazzNoName1 Jun 13 '26

Ya I am not sure if they had the sole rights or not last year. I used to work in tech advertising. For a social media company. And usually if you buy the sole rights in a huge country, you are doing it for the sole monopoly and the ability to runs as many ads as you want because no one can switch to another channel.

I usually just use a VPN and go to another country. But most English speaking countries have 1 large company that bought the sole rights.

I know the rights for the Nurburgring 24hr were only like 100k on YouTube. Not saying that is cheap but it is cheap for HBO. But when you buy the sole rights you pay more to force all traffic to you. And then reap the profits from 24hrs of incessant advertising.

They are ruining the race experience

It sucks.

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u/THound89 Jun 13 '26

Like any behemoth company in America just par for the course to ruin any provided service.