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Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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Re: Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable

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rkk3 wrote: post #432
Semaphor wrote: post #186

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> I understand what you're referring to but if Prime Video's UX is any indication, content trumps software product quality in this market segment. Netflix consistently made their UX worse, they started far beyond Prime Video, nowadays, it’s a tossup. I canceled Netflix for that reason alone.

Really? Amazon Prime had(has?) one of the worst UX issues I've ever seen... with Auto Starting episodes from a shows page (if you had partially viewed) and if you x out of the episode auto starting again - with no way to navigate to other episodes of the show. Like being stuck in an MC Escher painting.

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Post by wdb »

AnssiH wrote: post #263
wdb wrote: post #47

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Seems daunting to need to switch profile language's for this?

Netflix only shows audio/subtitle tracks that are in languages they think are relevant to you. But nowadays you can configure additional visible languages yourself on the language settings page (checkboxes under "Programmes & Films Languages") without changing the UI language: https://www.netflix.com/LanguagePreferences

Seems silly to me not to list all available languages. I would have never known this if you didn’t tell me. I didn’t slipped my mind to consider its a Profile Settings thing.

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Post by ericmay »

rkk3 wrote: post #226
ericmay wrote: post #205

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Why aren't Apple's shows (and movies?) appealing to you? If you dropped them on HBO I wouldn't know the difference. There are lots of different genres, great actors, and compelling stories. We have Netflix (via T-Mobile), Hulu, Prime, HBO, Disney+ and Apple TV. Some of these (Disney/Hulu) are from family or friends. WE only pay for Prime (probably the lowest quality of all of these) and Apple TV (because of Apple One…

> 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.

No, I just thought that as someone who is highly critical of TV shows and movies that even I found a few shows to be good. I was just surprised given the number of different genres that there was nothing whatsoever that was appealing to the person I was replying to.

I agree they don’t have much of a catalog, but they also don’t charge much and give the service away bundled with new devices. It’ll take some time to build up content. No big deal.

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Post by digisign »

samwillis wrote: post #184
redm wrote: post #160

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I'm surprised YouTube isn't on your list. We having streaming services, but my kids mostly watch YouTube.

Absolutely no YouTube for our kids, just don’t trust it, not even their kids app. Too many stories of bad content. Here in the uk we have the joy that is CBeebies and CBBC, so have iPlayer (and all the other kids BBC apps) on iPads for the kids. The only other one we let them have free reign on is Disney+, I’m sure this will change for the older one soon.

Don't forget the heaping tablespoon of surveillance.

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Post by digisign »

pnathan wrote: post #276
redm wrote: post #160

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I'm surprised YouTube isn't on your list. We having streaming services, but my kids mostly watch YouTube.

YouTube is a terrifying cascade of "wtf" for children. IMO it's completely unsuitable for unsupervised children under, say, 13.

Interesting that their terms of service specifically prohibit children under 13, but a lot of people still insist it is good for them and ignore it.

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Post by digisign »

cableshaft wrote: post #217
michaelt wrote: post #157

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> Half the tentpole movies of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s were my niche, so it's not as though I'm a difficult audience. I know what you mean - but is that Hollywood, or is it us becoming grown-ups? I mean, it's possible all movies are aimed at the tastes of teenagers, and the reason Terminator 2 and Robocop and Die Hard seemed like great movies is because I saw them when I was a teenager. The innumerable superhero…

You had to choose those three movies as movies that only seemed great as a teenager? I'd argue they've aged better than a lot of movies from that time period and I'm pretty sure I don't hold the minority opinion there. Hell, I got tired of adults making nonstop jokes and references to watching Die Hard as a Christmas movie on Facebook just a month ago. Here's what I would consider a better list: https://screenrant.co…

Gremlins is good Christmas movie too.

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Post by treesknees »

treis wrote: post #174
ghaff wrote: post #98

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I won't say a streaming platform is a commodity at this point but it's close. Others may disagree but I don't really find a meaningful usability difference between Netflix, Disney+, and Apple TV+. They're a studio with a streaming platform.

I do. Netflix always works for me and I don't think I've ever found a bug. HBO Max on the other hand routinely fails to stream with an error and has lots of UI bugs. Little things like if you're watching a show and go to the episode list there's no way to change seasons. That said, it doesn't matter much because HBO's crappy app is the only way to watch their content so I put up with it.

On a similar note, I didn't end up getting Peacock or Disney+ for several months because they just didn't have apps for the streaming devices I use. Whereas Netflix up until recently even had an app for Nintendo DS. They've put a lot of effort into being available on most platforms.

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Post by monetus »

monocasa wrote: post #271
FinalBriefing wrote: post #251

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What do you mean by "Apple never got it right"?

Yeah, Apple's content has been some of the best, particularly for such a new player. I was shocked at how they became an HBO equivalent in about two years.

A bunch of people in this thread share your opinion, but I consistently feel like they have the worst writers on average. Most of their shows have poison pills. Foundation had representations of math akin to the hacking from hackers(1). See didn't have many societal mechanics based around... Not seeing - this seemed especially silly with the warfare. Ted lasso and mythic quest are the best, but suffer from the "a little bit for everyone" curse. I like what they're going for, but I've been wondering if they can't hire writers from the same talent pools as the other services or if it just that they are new.

https://youtu.be/77j0afbaNOk

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Post by barbazoo »

pnathan wrote: post #270
samwillis wrote: post #35

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While I don't entirely agree with you I do think the price of Netflix is getting a little higher than the value we personally get out of it. Our personal breakdown this year (in the UK): Adults in the house, we are quite picky but if we love it then we will keep watching: Netflix @£9.99: 2 tv shows, 4-5 films Apple TV+ @£4.99: 3 tv shows, 2 films Disney Plus @£7.99: 1 tv show, Loads of movies Amazon Prime @£7.99: 3 t…

After having sampled Disney+, HBOMax, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime a fair bit in the past year, my take is that Netflix has the UX nailed. I can, for instance, "thumbs down" a recommendation. Some offerings I never want to see. Their catalog tends to the darker themes, and I'm not fond of that. Hulu and Amazon Prime are mostly irrelevant to me. I'll probably axe the Hulu sub. HBO has a few things I like. Disney+ t…

Agree. Apple has a horrible UX for the reason that it doesn't support profiles alone.

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Post by jen20 »

barbazoo wrote: post #449
pnathan wrote: post #270

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After having sampled Disney+, HBOMax, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime a fair bit in the past year, my take is that Netflix has the UX nailed. I can, for instance, "thumbs down" a recommendation. Some offerings I never want to see. Their catalog tends to the darker themes, and I'm not fond of that. Hulu and Amazon Prime are mostly irrelevant to me. I'll probably axe the Hulu sub. HBO has a few things I like. Disney+ t…

Agree. Apple has a horrible UX for the reason that it doesn't support profiles alone.

It supports profiles on an Apple TV using the system-wide profile switcher. Don’t know about other platforms, I won’t connect any other set top box to the internet to find out lest they start spewing ads forever.
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