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submitted 1 month ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Today several users reported that a handful of significant Cartoon Network shows—including Ben 10, Steven Universe, Regular Show, the 2016 Powerpuff Girls revival, Amazing World of Gumball, We Bare Bears, and Chowder—were suddenly no longer streaming on Max with the turn of the month, with no prior announcement of their impending removal.

Just removing Steven Universe alone seems insane to me. I'm not into it, but it has a massive fan base.

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[-] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

you know where shows and movies never get deleted from? my home server 🏴‍☠️

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

But your home server's drive can malfunction and then you're stuck. Unless you make regular backups I guess.

[-] Kit 7 points 1 month ago

RAID1 is cheap. It's not a fool proof solution but has saved my Plex library a couple times over the years.

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hell, raid 5 isn't that expensive. 4 bay enclosure with some drives and your set.

You can even run most of your services on them if you choose wisely. I run all of my arr apps on my NAS along with the torrent client. I use a little SFF PC as my Plex server for the extra power to transcode.

[-] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I do have a backup! I just use 4 HDD in raid 1, two separate data pools. so far works great, I'd love to upgrade them from 8tb to 16th one day but for my needs I'm ok for now

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[-] paultimate14@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

Just recently I finally convinced my wife to watch Venture Bros. I watched it on Max a couple years ago and enjoyed it, but I hadn't gotten the chance to watch the movie. So I was hoping we could watch the series together and finish off with the movie.

The movie is on Max, but the show is not anymore. The first 3 seasons are on Netflix. Seasons 4-7... They don't seem to be available anywhere. Well, I think Adult Swim's website might have it but their website sucks for binging shows even on a desktop, and either worse or literally not possible to use on other devices. I could "buy" them digitally on Amazon. Instead I just bought the DVD collection and added it to my Jellyfin server.

It used to be that a show had to be really special for me to shell out money and dedicate digital and physical storage space for me to buy a physical copy. But more and more I find myself buying the DVD's and Blu-Rays even for shows like Venture Bros that I like, but may not love. Streaming just keeps getting worse.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It does. Ownership really does beat everything, just like cash will always be king

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Yesssss… “bought” a “dvd”….

[-] scala@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

That show is fantastic! I wish they fleshed out the ending a bit more instead of a movie. If they had one more season to give it a proper ending would be chef's kiss. Still one of the best Western animations ever made.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago

I’m fairly certain that Max despises their fan base.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Pretty much every mega corp, except Costco, is a mega douche.

[-] tektite@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Welcome to Costco, I love you! If you raise the price of the fucking hotdog I will kill you! Figure it out.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Max is notoriously capricious. If I remember correctly, they have a terrible reputation with animation on their platform.

In a sense I'm surprised these cartoons remained on there as long as they did.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of WhatCulture's video yesterday on 10 great shows that you cannot stream anywhere:

https://youtu.be/BHb511kO6VA

There are several HBO Max cartoons on there.

Time to sail the seas to preserve artwork.

[-] StarlightDust 3 points 1 month ago

You are the first recommendation for What Culture in the wild. I find their stuff a bit WhatMojo clickbait for my liking.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Slightly less click baity than WatchMojo. I enjoy their presenters and I get a rundown of lesser known movies. I have watched a few WatchMojo videos and the presenters seem a bit stale.

[-] sidekickplayah 27 points 1 month ago

🏴‍☠️, come get your 🏴‍☠️!!!

[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

And these clowns wonder why people pirate shit. There’s a subscription for everything now and they still limit what content you can watch.

[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

It’s not a cartoon but I still don’t understand why I can’t watch episodes of Tales From the Crypt on Max. It was an HBO show.

[-] latesleeper@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

The World According to Jeff Goldblum was a show made by and for Disney+. They deleted it for tax purposes. There is no legal way to watch the show now. Completely gone.

[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Same with The Mysterious Benedict Society. I did find a site that would sell it to me on a disc, but once I received it, it became clear to me they didn't actually have a license to do so and just sold me a bootleg. Oh well. I dunno why Disney just didn't want my money in the first place.

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They are now quite a bit dated unfortunately First and last seasons are not great, but there are some good ones in there still. It's just not how I remembered them back in the 90s. Still worth a watch.

[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’ve watched a few on YouTube and the quality isn’t great. The shock and gore is still there though. Some of those episodes left me scarred as a kid.

[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What??? Season 1 is still great! Just watched the Lea Thompson episode "Only Sin Deep" last night. The show is timeless imo

-but also, yeah just buy the series, it's so worth it

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

For me, the first season was them finding their way. The ones after were much better, imo. Better stories, better budget.

Could hardly watch the later shows that were in England.

[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah in truth the only episode from England I remember is the one where Timothy Dalton is a vampire? Or a werewolf?

[-] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago

If they have old shows you like they can't sell you new shows.

It's all artificial scarcity, just ask the millions of people pirating content.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

I must be old. Getting high and watching Power Puff Girls was a lot of fun when it was new. But everyone is talking about Steven Universe, and I have no idea what that is.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago
[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh yeah, I'm old. No idea what that would even look like.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to groan loudly as I get up from my chair.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

The MC cries at genocidal maniacs so they stop and say sorry.

[-] Xenny@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I watched the whole thing because of my ex. This is an apt description. Just when you think the show will do something cool they just go "I'm sorry" and hug it out.

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[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You could try watching it...

For what it's worth, I like it, and I'm kinda old.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

When buying isn't owning...

[-] Dainterhawk999@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Again the same story... Digitization has removed the so called actual ownership

[-] buzz86us@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

They’re also all freeeeeee!

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

Ahoy, me mateys!

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

What? Nooooooooo! SU is one of my comfort shows.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"io9 has reached out to Max for comment and clarification on the removal, and whether or not the departures were intentional updates to Max’s catalogue or if, like the recent situation with Over the Garden Wall on Hulu, an oversight that will be corrected."

Artwork doesn't re-Photoshop itself accidentally. This was all intentional.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a long-time fan of CN and AS, this always happens. Their stuff always gets pushed/ split between platforms like crazy. It's a lot more common now, but they've always had that problem. I love their content, but damn does it make me want to sail the seas.

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Oh no! Not Steven Universe! Anyway...

(Goes back to watching SU on my Plex server)

[-] Cabslock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Regular show is still (or again?) available on HBO Max in the Netherlands for me, so maybe an American thing?

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