No...this is different. It is stand alone with their content, plus other stuff. It is not HBO itself.
What basically is happening is everybody is getting their own streaming platform. CBS has it. Disney will at the end of the year. NBC has its own planned.
So basically Netflix or Amazon Prime being a one stop shop for older programming will no longer be the case. You will now be nickel and dimed to death if you want your older favorites.
What we will have are numerous subscriptions, which will all add up.
I have a feeling that in a few years, Netflix will be on its last legs. Some of their original content is decent, but $15 bucks a month for just that minus the thousands of other older stuff will probably cost them subscribers.