Executives were afraid that a large percentage of the existing 20 million Discovery+ members would be unwilling to pay a higher price for a package that included HBO Max programming, according to The Wall Street Journal, which broke the story first. There do not seem to be any intentions to retain HBO Max as a separate app. As a result, those who want to watch episodes like The Last of Us and Succession without a cable subscription may have to pay extra for a package that includes HBO Max content plus the majority of Discovery+’s services.
Discovery+ costs $5 per month with advertisements or $7 per month without ads, whereas HBO Max costs $10 per month (or $16 without ads). The new service is projected to be more expensive than HBO Max.
