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Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature by formerly_proven on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @06:08AM (#26314031)
Prime has burnt in subtitles for approximately 90 % of the content outside the US. Which actually might have something to do with their garbage-tier video quality: unnecessary recodes and burnt in subtitles = multiple copies, so more incentive to use bit rates straight from the shitter.
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Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature by jonplackett on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @06:19AM (#26314088)
The terrible quality and slowness I think is a remnant from them buying LoveFilm and rebranding it as Prime video all those years back, which was based on that awful Microsoft DRM that I can't remember the name of, was it Silverlight?
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Re:Speed Is the Killer Feature by hef19898 on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @06:58AM (#26314347)
It was silverlight. Might still be installed on my desktop.
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