If and when Paramount Skydance buys Warner Brothers Discovery, Paramount+ and HBO Max will merge.  But the CEO of Paramount says HBO will continue to "operate independently."

The move will give them more than 200 million direct-to-consumer subscribers. Paramount CEO David Ellison says, quote, "We think the combined offering, given the amount of content and what we can do from the tech side, really will put us in a position to be able to compete with the most scaled players in DTC." He also claims that HBO will continue to, quote, "operate with independence."

The question on  everyone's mind will be - "How much MORE will we have to pay a month for THIS streaming service now??" With the constant evolution of streaming and options available, it's begs the other question of - is it cheaper to go back to regular cable?

VPN's have become increasingly popular recently with the streaming price hikes so it's a wait and see.