On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 06:52:12 UTC, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-sGRmEIuKud0k@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:32:18 UTC, Joe W Dee <joedid@outlook.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >> On Jan 10, 2018, John Varela wrote
> >> (in article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-c17tHEpW4SEn@localhost>):
> >>
> >> > I recently subscribed to HBO and am viewing it on the iPad using
> >> > HBOGO.
> >> >
> >> > I'd rather watch HBO on the iMac, but can't find any way to do that.
> >> > Can it be done, and if so, how?
> >>
> >> Browse to HBOGO.COM and sign in with your credentials.
>
> > What credentials? I subscribed to HBO through my ISP, Verizon. I
> > went to the HBOGO.com Web site and it wants me to sign in with an
> > email address. My Verizon UID is not an email address, and I have no
> > Verizon email address.

Since writing that I have changed my Verizon UID to one of my icloud
addresses and now have HBO GO working on the iMac.
> I don't think it is possible to have a Verizon account and not have a
> Verizon email address.

I do. I moved all my email to iCloud in response to Verizon's
transferral of email service to AOL. The FiOS account is in my name
, with an @icloud.com address as the UID. My wife kept her
verizon.net email addresses, which are subaccounts of my account. I
don't know for sure but I am reasonably confident that if she were
to abandon her verizon.net addresses Verizon FiOS would continue as
our ISP.
> But you will need to ask Verizon how to login to HBO Go's website.
> Or cancel HBO on your cable and get HBO Now which is not tied to your
> cable account.

There are instructions on the HBO NOW web site for signing up for
service contracted for under various ISPs, including Verizon. I got
all wrapped around the axle trying to get that to work, but HBO NOW
steadfastly refused to accept my Verizon UID and password on any of
three browsers.

I finally did get HBO GO to work on the Mac, by going to back to
HBOGO.com on a browser AFTER I had changed my Verizon UID to an
email address.

Oddly, HBO GO works on Mac Firefox and Safari, but not on Google
Chrome, which says I must download and install Adobe Flash. I do not
have Flash installed on the other browsers, and I thought Chrome had
its own built-in Flash.

<https://help.hbogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204548158-Can-t-sign-in-to
-HBO-GO-on-my-computer->
> "The username and password that you sign in to HBO GO with are set by
> your TV provider. If you can't remember your sign-in information,
> contact your TV provider. You can change or reset your username or
> password through your TV provider's website or customer support center.
> HBO does not have access to this information."

--
John Varela

In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-0hEIfSytET5P@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 06:52:12 UTC, Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-sGRmEIuKud0k@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:32:18 UTC, Joe W Dee <joedid@outlook.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >> On Jan 10, 2018, John Varela wrote
>> >> (in article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-c17tHEpW4SEn@localhost>):
>> >>
>> >> > I recently subscribed to HBO and am viewing it on the iPad using
>> >> > HBOGO.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'd rather watch HBO on the iMac, but can't find any way to do that.
>> >> > Can it be done, and if so, how?
>> >>
>> >> Browse to HBOGO.COM and sign in with your credentials.
>>
>> > What credentials? I subscribed to HBO through my ISP, Verizon. I
>> > went to the HBOGO.com Web site and it wants me to sign in with an
>> > email address. My Verizon UID is not an email address, and I have no
>> > Verizon email address.

> Since writing that I have changed my Verizon UID to one of my icloud
> addresses and now have HBO GO working on the iMac.
>
>> I don't think it is possible to have a Verizon account and not have a
>> Verizon email address.

> I do. I moved all my email to iCloud in response to Verizon's
> transferral of email service to AOL. The FiOS account is in my name
> , with an @icloud.com address as the UID. My wife kept her
> verizon.net email addresses, which are subaccounts of my account. I
> don't know for sure but I am reasonably confident that if she were
> to abandon her verizon.net addresses Verizon FiOS would continue as
> our ISP.

Whether you are using the email or not, I am reasonably certain that
there is still a Verizon email address associated with your account. I
have, for example, never ever used my comcast email address for
anything, but it still exists. They have occasionally sent mail to it,
then complained I didn't reply (via a letter) at which point I call
them, tell them I will never use their email address or their servers
for anything ever and if they want to email me they have to use my own
email address.
>
>> But you will need to ask Verizon how to login to HBO Go's website.
>
>> Or cancel HBO on your cable and get HBO Now which is not tied to your
>> cable account.

> There are instructions on the HBO NOW web site for signing up for
> service contracted for under various ISPs, including Verizon. I got
> all wrapped around the axle trying to get that to work, but HBO NOW
> steadfastly refused to accept my Verizon UID and password on any of
> three browsers.

HBO Now and HBO Go are (confusingly) two entirely different products.

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On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 03:08:40 UTC, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-0hEIfSytET5P@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 06:52:12 UTC, Lewis
> > <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
> >> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-sGRmEIuKud0k@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:32:18 UTC, Joe W Dee <joedid@outlook.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >> On Jan 10, 2018, John Varela wrote
> >> >> (in article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-c17tHEpW4SEn@localhost>):
> >> >>
> >> >> > I recently subscribed to HBO and am viewing it on the iPad using
> >> >> > HBOGO.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'd rather watch HBO on the iMac, but can't find any way to do that.
> >> >> > Can it be done, and if so, how?
> >> >>
> >> >> Browse to HBOGO.COM and sign in with your credentials.
> >>
> >> > What credentials? I subscribed to HBO through my ISP, Verizon. I
> >> > went to the HBOGO.com Web site and it wants me to sign in with an
> >> > email address. My Verizon UID is not an email address, and I have no
> >> > Verizon email address.
>
> > Since writing that I have changed my Verizon UID to one of my icloud
> > addresses and now have HBO GO working on the iMac.
> >
> >> I don't think it is possible to have a Verizon account and not have a
> >> Verizon email address.
>
> > I do. I moved all my email to iCloud in response to Verizon's
> > transferral of email service to AOL. The FiOS account is in my name
> > , with an @icloud.com address as the UID. My wife kept her
> > verizon.net email addresses, which are subaccounts of my account. I
> > don't know for sure but I am reasonably confident that if she were
> > to abandon her verizon.net addresses Verizon FiOS would continue as
> > our ISP.
>
> Whether you are using the email or not, I am reasonably certain that
> there is still a Verizon email address associated with your account. I
> have, for example, never ever used my comcast email address for
> anything, but it still exists. They have occasionally sent mail to it,

Verizon makes a distinction between User ID and email address for
contact. Many of my UIDs are my email address. As it happens, my
Verizon UID was not an email address, it was JAVARELA. But when I
wanted to sign in on HBO GO with my Verizon UID, HBO insisted that
it had to be in the form of an email address. I think I could
probably have used something like "user@isp.com" and gotten away
with it, but I in fact used a real icloud address (just in case) and
it was accepted.

> then complained I didn't reply (via a letter) at which point I call
> them, tell them I will never use their email address or their servers
> for anything ever and if they want to email me they have to use my own
> email address.
> >
> >> But you will need to ask Verizon how to login to HBO Go's website.
> >
> >> Or cancel HBO on your cable and get HBO Now which is not tied to your
> >> cable account.
>
> > There are instructions on the HBO NOW web site for signing up for
> > service contracted for under various ISPs, including Verizon. I got
> > all wrapped around the axle trying to get that to work, but HBO NOW
> > steadfastly refused to accept my Verizon UID and password on any of
> > three browsers.
>
> HBO Now and HBO Go are (confusingly) two entirely different products.
I know. It appears that both are both IOS-only apps and Web sites.
My reading of the HBO site was that you use HBO GO for iOS and
somehow use HBO NOW for Mac.

My guess is that they design everything around Windows and then
jury-rig something for the Mac users.

Yesterday I was streaming Game of Thrones from HBONOW.com on
Firefox. Today when I tried to resume with the next episode, HBO
told me I had to download Adobe Flash to do what I did yesterday on
Firefox without Flash. HBO had said the same thing when I tried to
stream on Google Chrome, which I understand to have its own Flash
processor. I was, however, able to stream from HBONOW.com on Safari
without Adobe Flash. WTF?

--
John Varela

In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-Wi1ZucVsbdyK@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> I know. It appears that both are both IOS-only apps and Web sites.
> My reading of the HBO site was that you use HBO GO for iOS and
> somehow use HBO NOW for Mac.

No. One is for people who subscribe to HBO via their cable company, the
other is for people who don't

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On 15.01.18 23:51, John Varela wrote:

[...]

John, that's all no reason to continue spamming comp.os.os2.apps.

Please remove that newsgroup when you post on this topic. Thanks.

BTW: A usual behavior is to set a follow-up to either one if you feel the
need to use cross-posting. If you don't understand this, please avoid that
at all.

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Andreas Schnellbacher