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HBO should use a different bumper for streaming.
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
NPR did a podcast on those "bumpers" (there's a term that I don't recall). HBO wanted to change theirs for the reason you indicated as well as the fact that it was rather long compared to Netflix's and others. They paid a lot of money to develop others and also do testing\ polling with end users. The original beat out all the rest because it's been their bumper for so long.
In the UK they’re called ‘idents’. You can find a huge collection of UK ones here https://theident.gallery/
I prefer the original too. It’s like the macOS boot sound and Apple trying to get rid of it — it’s too much of a classic.