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Re:From Netflix to HBO, the terrible design of streaming is ... by efields on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @07:48AM (#35872873)
If it was that bad it wouldn’t be in 87% of households.

I don’t think any of the services offer award winning UX, but the difficulties stated in the article are overblown. Nor is it “ruining TV” … the proof is that they keep making TV (well, Until the writers strike…)

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Re:From Netflix to HBO, the terrible design of streaming is ... by smt88 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @09:46AM (#35874221)
> If it was that bad it wouldn’t be in 87% of households.

The alternatives are live TV, which is infinitely worse, or nothing at all.

Install base is not an indicator of quality when all the competitors are bad.

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Re:From Netflix to HBO, the terrible design of streaming is ... by efields on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @05:14PM (#35880467)
It’s an indicator that the quality it needs to be is not that high.
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