HBO Max 4K Ultimate Plan...No Options???

and they wonder why people are cutting the cord.  

@jak73​  If anything this is the streaming sticking it to xfinity by not allowing them to offer this highest tier - Max wants all that money for themselves.

for me, IM keeping HBO through Xfinity and to "heck" with max and their extortion for 4k

Your reply does not help in any way at all.  All your link was for was showing us exactly what we already knew and have been saying....that you suddenly yanked 4K from us all without any explanation, warning, etc., and provided no options.

If this is an HBO thing, then fine, but then you should be allowing us to cancel the HBO portion of our bundles so that we can go off and pay HBO directly.  Keeping us locked into our bundles while removing the most important part of the HBO streaming is horrible.  I just signed up for their 4K during the 40% off, and had an additional 25.00 off via my credit card.  Currently setting up my other accounts the same way, so I can cancel xfinity completely.  The model you follow now is just too outdated.  Only thing keeping you around is live sports, but even that now is moving to streamers.  Your channel lineups have hundreds of channels that we never ever watch...and you are simply too expensive to keep around.  My LG tv already comes with over 200 channels for free, and the streamers now cover my sports needs.  Verizon now offers 25.00/month for 5g home internet.  Xfinity needs to start realizing they are too expensive, and not offering anything to loyal customers (instead only caring about new ones) just does not work anymore.  You are no longer the only game in town, and remaining so rigid will be the end of xfinity.  We would stay with xfinity just for internet and some channels, but you refuse to offer anything as a discount for loyalty.  I could sign up brand new, with exact same setup and pay 150 less per month...but instead xfinity just says nope, this is the best we can do.  If you can do that for new customers, you can do it for loyal ones (in fact, it should be BETTER for loyalty).  This is why so many companies, even insurance now, have things like vanishing deductibles, and cell carriers now offer the same deals to new as current customers.  There is competition, and a need for retention.  xfinity needs to catch on to this.

Yes, I know that, which is why, as I noted, I ended up buying the MAX subscription for 4K directly through them, getting it for about 55% off.  That does not address the fact that I am still paying for MAX to xfinity, which I now will never use again.  The point is that it is a part of a bundle, which I then tried to change/get out of, only to be told by you that if I do that, my bill will go up another 150 bucks a month (even though I would be downgrading my services!).  However, if I sign up as a NEW customer, my bill would drop by 100/month with the same options!  So, that is a 250/month swing just because I am being a loyal customer as opposed to being a NEW customer.  That is ridiculous.  If you can offer a new customer gig speed internet, DVR w/Netflix, 1 box, and the mid-tier TV option for 169/month, you can do it for a LOYAL customer too (you should be doing BETTER for loyalty, why do you not get this?).  At this point, I will need to cancel my account and start a new one under someone else's name/SSN in our household just so I can get the same thing (actually less, with no HBO MAX).  Do you not see how that is stupid, and just an extra hassle for people?  Which is why you are forcing customers to just leave, instead of dealing with the hassle of having to turn in a tv box, get a new one, etc.  xfinity needs to start honoring loyalty, NOT just NEW customers!

I did as you said, but I have brought issues to you via that option before and no resolutions have ever come...in fact, the last time, I was told that they would get back to me with a solution.  That was 2 months ago.  Also, I cannot reply to these posts while in Firefox.  Have to go to Chrome to even be able to type in the reply boxes.  xfinity has so many issues...cannot even get a page to render correctly on one of the biggest browsers in the world!

@Tek​ It is my understanding that Max is not allowing Xfinity to accept an upcharge, their strategy is for people to pay ALL of the money, directly to them -