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Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by sen » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 9:45 PM UTC

shellfishgene wrote: post #31

wdb wrote: post #7

It's all starting to get expensive. The content on Netflix keeps disappearing without warnings. Half the time you have subtitles in a limited number of languages. Also they now started adding games, why do I need to pay extra for games I never subscribed for or even want? Make it a add-on or something. For example, Netflix DE has subtitles but the Netflix UK won't have the same German subtitles available. Disney+ is…

Also the German subtitles are often very different from the German audio, apparently translated by completely different people. Makes it very annoying to watch with subtitles on.

Same goes for English too, my partner has a processing disorder with speech and needs subtitles to help her, and Netflix subtitles are among the worst we've ever experienced. Not just minor mistakes but completely different sentences that change the entire meaning of the conversation/scene. It's become an ongoing joke for us in our day to day watching, but is also annoying enough that if she actually cares about the show/movie we end up torrenting it purely for the better subs available.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by the_doctah » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 9:53 PM UTC

Netflix needs to figure out how to put out good content that people actually want to watch.

I cancelled when they thought that rebooting Masters of the Universe, turning it into feminist propaganda, and then having Kevin Smith lie about the content, was a good idea. I don't give money to companies who actively trash the things I like for woke points.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by vanilla_nut » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 9:57 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #395

gtaylor wrote: post #313

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I feel like there are two minutes of ads for every ten minutes of content on Hulu. It's ridiculous that you have to pay even more for an experience that is similar to the flat rate on Netflix and Disney+.

I refuse to watch anything on Hulu. Every time my wife insists and makes me watch something she really, really wants to see on Hulu, I am reminded of why I refuse to watch it. And yes, we have the highest level of Hulu+ that is supposed to avoid most ads.

Subtitles on Hulu on my Roku TV have been broken for months now, despite regular app updates. They work in every other streaming app. I’m this close to just investing in a seedbox…

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by namelessoracle » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 9:59 PM UTC

Gustomaximus wrote: post #59

discardable_dan wrote: post #2

I said this again recently, but it's worth repeating: Netflix is on the very fast downward slope. Their catalog is wilting, the space is heating up with well-established competitors moving in and serving the precise content that Netflix originally built their brand on, and their efforts to fund a new catalog with new IP (and taking ownership of old IP) is destroying the business model that made them so appealing in t…

I wouldn't write them off yet. Disney, Apple and Amazon seem the only real competitors as this is a game of scale. Disney is even more content limited and better for kids. Apple never got it right, cant see them fixing it now. And Amazon stuffed it between their mixed model where half the stuff you want to watch has extra fees + generally limited inclusive content, though the prime membership might buy that back. Bot…

The HBOMax model of "get the theatrical release today" has been good to us so far. I really enjoyed Dune at home. But they keep rotating things in and out their catalog for some reason, and things that could be on there aren't.

I hear rumors alot of content that should be in their portfolio has streaming rights tied up in Hulu atm which doesnt help them.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by _jezell_ » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:18 PM UTC

And I'd still rather have Netflix than basic cable 30 years from now as well.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by rkk3 » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:21 PM UTC

xionon wrote: post #250

rkk3 wrote: post #226

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> Why aren't Apple's shows (and movies?) appealing to you? Isn't this basically just asking why doesn't Ted Lasso appeal to you? I think the biggest problem is Apple doesn't have much of a catalog.

Ted Lasso is the best thing there, but far from the only thing. The catalog is pretty solid. I personally loved Mythic Quest and Schmigadoon. I have mixed feelings about Foundation as an adaptation, but I like it pretty well as a stand-alone thing. Looking forward to trying out For All Mankind, See, Macbeth, and Invasion; the first two seem especially well liked by friends. Bounced off Physical and Dickinson, but tha…

> I think the quality of the average Apple TV+ show is quite a bit higher than the average Netflix show

Netflix has a ton of content so 'average' is going to differ based on your algorithm. But in the last year I can think of... The Crown, You, Cobra Kai, The Queen's Gambit, Bridgerton, Squid Games, Arcane all being massive successes. There are probably more I'm forgetting because they pump them out month after month.

> on par with most of HBO.

Maybe on par with HBO Max Originals...

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by heartbreak » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:24 PM UTC

slowmovintarget wrote: post #267

Ottolay wrote: post #211

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Wish there was a way to block everything and whitelist allowed channels. There are some really quality ones but there are also a bunch of really creepy content, even in the kids app.

Does the kids app show ads? Aside from the creepy content (which required in-person parental filtering) the advertising was the thing that drove us away from YouTube. It's fine on a laptop or desktop where you can run an ad blocker. It's not fine when you're trying to let kiddo watch YouTube on an actual TV screen.

There’s a paid version of YouTube that doesn’t have ads.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by rkk3 » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:33 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #391

sedatk wrote: post #381

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UX is a night and day difference between Netflix and its competitors. It's mind-boggling that the giants like Disney and HBO can't even get close. It's especially more noticeable on slow devices like Smart TV's.

With respect, I hate, loathe, and despise the auto-play part of the Netflix UI. I hate that more than anything else I could possibly love about Netflix. Far too fucking distracting while you’re trying to focus on something else that you might actually want to watch. And yes, I’ve gone into the settings to turn that feature off, and it doesn’t entirely work. It does reduce the auto-play somewhat, but not entirely. I’l…

> And yes, I’ve gone into the settings to turn that feature off, and it doesn’t entirely work. It does reduce the auto-play somewhat, but not entirely.

Not sure what you mean by not entirely? I've got both 'autoplay next episode' and 'autoplay previews' turned off and don't think I see it anywhere anymore, which dramatically improved the experience.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by bradknowles » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:36 PM UTC

rkk3 wrote: post #428

bradknowles wrote: post #391

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With respect, I hate, loathe, and despise the auto-play part of the Netflix UI. I hate that more than anything else I could possibly love about Netflix. Far too fucking distracting while you’re trying to focus on something else that you might actually want to watch. And yes, I’ve gone into the settings to turn that feature off, and it doesn’t entirely work. It does reduce the auto-play somewhat, but not entirely. I’l…

> And yes, I’ve gone into the settings to turn that feature off, and it doesn’t entirely work. It does reduce the auto-play somewhat, but not entirely. Not sure what you mean by not entirely? I've got both 'autoplay next episode' and 'autoplay previews' turned off and don't think I see it anywhere anymore, which dramatically improved the experience.

I’ve turned off both, and it has improved things, but I still find cases where it decides to fucking auto play anyway. Really fucking annoying, when I’ve supposedly turned off all the goddamn autopsy shit.

Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Post by lkbm » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 10:45 PM UTC

ethbr0 wrote: post #386

sedatk wrote: post #381

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UX is a night and day difference between Netflix and its competitors. It's mind-boggling that the giants like Disney and HBO can't even get close. It's especially more noticeable on slow devices like Smart TV's.

It's the minor things that jump out to me. Peacock uses a white glow around the preview picture as their selection indicator. No border. Just a faint glow. HBO Max has no way of navigating to a show page from your most recently viewed carousel. You have to find or search the show separately. It's death by a thousand cuts, but jesus... use your competitor's app. See what UX works and what doesn't. I can't imagine any…

Disney+ is similar to HBO Max. "Continue Watching" often takes me to the episode I just watched, and there's no way to get to the episode list from there. I usually access shows I'm in the middle of by going to my Watchlist, which always takes me to season 1, episode 1.

Meanwhile on Hulu, I recently watched episode 1 of Over the Garden Wall and instead of continuing on the the next episode, it autoplayed the episode of a completely different series.

They're in a really sorry state UX-wise.