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Classic HBO. Seems HBO's rebrand as Max is something of a fail. The app re-rebrand is HBO Max.

A good sign. Ever hear of TCF, or the Transparency & Consent Framework? The TCF is how sites and services can obey the letter of the GDPR's law, while screwing its spirt. It does that with those annoying consent notices that interrupt your experience of seemingly every site you visit, recording "your choices" God knows where. Well, says here the Belgian Court of Appeals has called bullshit on TCF, ruling those notices illegal after all. Dr. Johnny Ryan, one of the many complainants, said, "Today's court's decision shows that the consent system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of millions of Europeans. The tech industry has sought to hide its vast data breach behind sham consent popups. Tech companies turned the GDPR into a daily nuisance rather than a shield for people."

Still, I like it. For decades, my wife did a lot of work in Asia, where the English names companies often amused her. So when it came time to name a new small U.S. company, she thought the Asian-sounding "International Huge, Inc." would be good. But it was taken.