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[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 219 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yo ho yo ho.

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

[-] echo64@lemmy.world 149 points 10 months ago
  1. it's basically fine and unoffensive ui to 99.9% of people
  2. people see it as functionally free because they bought prime for free delivery
  3. People don't know how to pirate
[-] rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 10 months ago

I'm deep into the seven seas but I still use prime because a family member pays for it. Its a decent enough ui and has some live stuff I can throw on to keep kids entertained. However, I've already added the shows I watch on prime to my jellyfin server just because this change is going to make me not want to use it anymore.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Yep. I don’t consider it as a valuable streaming platform. If they removed it from the general prime I would not buy it separately.

[-] fluckx@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Still a better UI than Disney+ too

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I didn't realize just how good the Netflix UI was until using Paramount+

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Netflix’s demand to auto-play a trailer/song on every tile make any tv freeze or crash nearly every time I use the Netflix app on it. It’s gotten to the point I’m about to just cancel netflix because I can’t watch it

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Welcome!

Happy new year!

[-] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks! Helpful for me, I'm really not into trailers blasting from my speakers when I browse (on my 360 lol).

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No problem; glad to be of assistance. :-)

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I can understand 1 and 2, although, for 3, even though, most of my (nontechie) friends don't know how to pirate, they know how to look up grey streaming sites like 123movies, sflix, fmovies, etc

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I’m a shameless sailor but my wife has it for the free shipping.

Their menus are ass but I really like the actual player ui. Love pausing and seeing who is in the scene.

[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

I can't agree with #1. The interface is that of Amazon's regular storefront and it often mixes paid media in with the free stuff or has stupid stuff like seasons 2, 4, & 6 being free while 1, 3, & 5 are paid. Maybe it's different in the TV apps, but the browser version is atrocious.

[-] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 10 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.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

Yes, X-ray is a fantastic feature. I have to give them that. The rest of it is trash.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah if you hate immersion it’s great.

[-] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

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

[-] hesdeadjim@lemmy.world 3 points 10 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.

[-] aard@kyu.de 14 points 10 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.

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 7 points 10 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.

[-] Windshear@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 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.

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

I hit the high seas when they wouldn't let me watch the shit i paid for in high def. Fuck that.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 10 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. 

[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

The UI had a "recent" glow up, it was way worse before.

this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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