• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yo ho yo ho.

    I don’t understand how people paying for prime can stand that crappy prime video UI anyway.

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      11 months ago

      The player interface is excellent. Being able to see who the actors are in each scene is one of my favorite UI features.

      I agree that finding a thing you want to watch is meh at best. Especially because they mix in rentals, purchasable content, and prime content all in the home interface window.

      That said, yo ho matey.

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        They also have a ton of subtitles and audio options. Like a shit ton.

        Meanwhile Netflix most times doesn’t even have subtitles in one or more of the official languages where I live. And for sure they could have more, considering where they operate, they just choose not to.

        However prime UI sucks for splitting shows between seasons so they get recommended multiple times. It just makes no sense

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        11 months ago

        Poster might be describing how fucking awful Prime arranges shit on a Fire stick. Search taking you to specific episodes rather than to the show. Seasons split up into mini seasons 201, 202, 203, 204. Kids shows are the worst, sometimes the seasons are split into different show listings.

        It’s truly impressive how a huge corporation can build the shittiest UI of them all.

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      11 months ago

      When I still was paying for prime (cancelled it last price increase) I was pirating any prime videos as that was easier than dealing with the shitty prime video UI.

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      11 months ago

      Not to mention the shockingly bad picture quality.

      The 4k stuff isn’t terrible, but anything that’s in HD is bloody awful.

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      11 months ago

      It’s slightly more convenient than sailing, considering it’s attached to my unlimited photo backup

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      11 months ago

      I originally started paying for prime for the free shipping. Prime video is a perk as far as I’m concerned. I haven’t re-evaluated it in a long time though to see if it’s worth it. I do order a ton of stuff on amazon since I live 160km from the nearest city.

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      11 months ago

      I pay for Amazon prime. The only time I watch Prime Video is every once in a while I wonder: is Stargate: Universe as terrible as I remember? And then I try watching it and remember that it is. 

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        11 months ago

        I honestly thought it wasn’t terrible and would have benefitted from fleshing out the rest of the story. It was definitely a huge departure from the styling of SGU and Atlantis but not horrible on its own.