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[–] echo64@lemmy.world 148 points 11 months ago (6 children)
  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 58 points 11 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 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

Still a better UI than Disney+ too

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Welcome!

Happy new year!

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months ago

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

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 11 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 11 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 11 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.