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Prime Video, absolute trash tier, doesn't even have its own unique URL, because Amazon wants you to go to their e commerce landing page first in the hopes that you'll end up seeing something you want to buy.

The search sucks, oh you wanted to stream this show you are already paying a monthly subscription for, let me put these options to buy or rent it at the top of the search results just in case you want to pay extra to for it.

The content is also usually shite and why is my landing page filled with previews of content I have to buy extra subscriptions to view?

It's one of the few platforms where continuing from where you left off just fucks up every now and then, of you were watching season 6, episode 4, now you click play and it starts Season 1 episode 2 for reasons.

Heck even when you navigate to the show and select the season you want to start watching, it shows you shit to buy first and then you have to make a extra click of the episodes sub section to actually be able to start playing the video.

Any of them with a completely unnecessary boot up noise. Especially when you forget download you left things, it can scare the crap out of people. And no options to disable it. Fuck these companies.

I think Diseny is the only major one that doesn't do that shit.

Paramount+

Every time I have tried it either via a free trial or on someone else's account, it refuses to load any of the content I want to see. The other services all suck in various ways, but at least they fucking work.

I hate them all, for much the same reason. They're all packed full of ads, even if you're paying top dollar (I count auto playing trailers for shows I'm not watching). Search is buried on purpose to make you look through the content that they want you to watch. They only have one or two good shows running new episodes at a time, so you have to bounce around between subscriptions, or forget about them and run up your credit card bill. Good shows get canceled all the time due to obscure metrics. Stremio + addons beats them all by a lot. If you want me to pay for streaming, make it worth it again.

Netflix. They cancel anything worthwhile, flood the channel with knockoff realty programming, and charge the most.

Close second would be Max because Zaslav and the Discovery merger have have ruined it. Again, canceling good programming in a race to the reality show bottom while charging a premium price.

Disney+. Fuck The Mouse.

Niche answer is probably some little alt-right ULTRA MAGA FREEDOM NEWS NETWORK but I'm honored to not know any of those cesspits by name

Hulu. Fuck Hulu.

I was given a subscription once many years ago, (2014) and it came with ads.

They helped start this pay to get ads on streaming shit. I will never forget or forgive.

On the opposite end of the spectrum: Nightflight has been fun to have, even if it isn't for everybody. But it does what is says and no ads.

Also Kanopy is nice enough for what it is: a way to watch movies from the library.

In terms of functionality and UI, my vote goes to Paramount+. They're lucky I love Star Trek so much.

I'm not seeing enough hate here for HBO or MAX or whatever the fuck they're calling themselves to avoid liability or whatever. I mooched off the account of a friend of a friend, and I still felt ripped off. Dogshit app, constantly starting the next episode halfway through the last one. And don't even get me started on all the shows they made unavailable anywhere just for the tax write-off.

All of them

Because I said so that's why

What's a streaming platform?

glances at thepiratebay[dot]org 😎

Pretty much all of them, for much the same reason. If I’m paying you directly, you shouldn’t be showing me ads. If the amount you’re charging is not enough to support your service without showing me ads in addition to my subscription fee than you should raise the damned price.

To be clear, Ad supported is fine. Subscription supported, fine. I’m not paying a subscription to watch ads.

I would think the underground ones that host content which is horribly abusive and illegal (in ways beyond merely piracy)

I sometimes use dailymotion for old tv shows that aren't on the others - the app used to be alright, just another YouTube-esque clone, but now they seem to be trying to turn it into a reels/tiktok/shorts thing and it is Bad

Fanduel Sports Network The Roku App improperly validates email addresses. You have to contact support to change your email address on the account. The website stream doesn't automatically switch from the pregame show to the game. You can be logged in to the website and the support chat doesn't know whop you are.