Fans spit fire as ‘House of the Dragon’ crashes HBO Max: ‘This is just too much’
nypost.com“House of the Dragon” on Sunday evening — but some viewers were in for an infuriating night when the much-anticipated 10-episode series finally dropped after months of hype.So many fans were trying to stream the show simultaneously — that HBO Max actually crashed.
This led to thousands of users not being able to watch the first episode.Many subscribers reportedly fell victim to the streamer’s app fizzling out, with the website outage service Down Detector reporting that there were at about 3,000 blackouts between 8:40 p.m.
and 9:25 p,.m. EDT.As per usual, they took to social media only to express their frustrations over technical issues — and quickly discovered others were also having problems: “The site crashed… @hbomax,” one posted the company’s Twitter account.
The streaming service then responded: “Hi Leah, We’re aware some users may be encountering issues at the moment. Please try closing the app and restarting to see if this helps.
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