

I can see both changes making sense. When they wanted to open the floodgates to whatever reality slop gets eyeballs, it made sense to keep the HBO brand free from the slop stigma. But then somebody realized that things have changed forever; there’s never going to be a way to profit from “HBO” being limited to the good shows, so let’s just re-associate it with the streaming service and draw in a few older people who remember when it was the channel you’d watch for at least 10 seconds before clicking onward because there was a decent chance they were showing something good.
Even if the ICC were to issue an arrest warrant, who would be playing the role of “they” in this scenario?