• 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
      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
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        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.

      • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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        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

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        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.

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        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.

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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

      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

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

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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.