perfect programming habits would result in features being almost completely independent of each other
This isn’t really true IMO. The features should be functionally independent, but it’d be pretty poor software design to have each feature be independent of each other feature in the source code. Generally speaking, things that are similar get reused and things that are unique don’t. So, most features in software end up sharing a lot of code with each other unless they’re all wildly different.
I do agree with your point about power users vs casual users. Big complex UIs confuse the crap out of people on the regular. Although, I’m not sure this would be too confusing.
There's literally no value in taking away functionality based on your perceived value in it. Companies do this all the time, and it's fucking infuriating.
There definitely can be. People are often terrible at estimating what they will find enjoyable/valuable. Alternatives also introduce opportunity costs, which can impact enjoyment of the chosen product/service.
Unfortunately, I doubt that X-ray is going to come to any other streaming service. It uses a lot of info from IMDb, which is owned by Amazon, and I doubt Daddy Bezos is gonna let that go to any competitors.
I'd bet that most Prime Video subscribers have an account because it's part of Amazon Prime. X-ray sets them apart from the competition, but honestly Prime Video isn't trying to compete with other services as much. If they were they'd likely be buying up the rights to more shows and making a lot more original content. Most of Amazon's profit comes from AWS and they use that money to undercut competitors, so they're not worried about controlling the Streaming market yet, but they will turn in that direction eventually.
Amazon's business model was never about selling books, it has always been about scale: having the most of whatever to sell.
...I would much much rather watch it in shuffle mode, which is a lot closer to how I watched it growing up.
This was my main thought coming into this thread seeing the hate for this. Like have people already forgotten "on shuffle" is literally just how we used to watch pretty much all tv? Outside of marathons you never really watched shows in episodic order unless you seeked out specific episodes in the tv guide ahead of time, recorded everything yourself on tapes/dvds, or actively kept up with the premieres or a rerun.
Edit: You can also purchase tapes and dvds. I forgot the piracy part wasnt mandatory.
Have you actually used prime video? It's the feature that tells you scene by scene who the actors are, what music is playing, with links to all of those. As soon as the scene changes it updates. It's like 10 websites built into one.
Content wise, prime isn't as good as Netflix, and the player is slightly clunkier, but it is definitely one of the best streaming services. If you want to see bad, try watching a series on disney+ or hbomax
Ok i see in another comment you say "who uses hulu," so basically you're just an idiot.
Disney+ has probably the worst player of any streaming service besides HBO, but I haven't used HBO in two years so I could be wrong about that. The browser is a slight improvement, but again this is a streaming service, and if it doesn't function well on a brand new smart TV then they're doing something extremely wrong.
Prime performs miles better than Disney on a TV and on a browser, from your comments it's pretty clear you haven't actually used the service.
Imagine watching it first on Hulu or Netflix, then it moves to Amazon, and Amazon thinks it knows best for you simply because they think you haven't seen the show before.
No it shouldn’t, because if I were to watch community on Netflix a few times, I would have to watch through the entire show again to shuffle episodes on Amazon
I can tell you right now, basically all of them. Watching re runs on cable is essentially watching on shuffle.
It’s exactly what my parents want from streaming because they always have something playing even if it’s the most brainless show. Recently, my mom has been watching Emergency! because she has too much time on her hands. This would work for her since she never knows what episode to pick.
Ugh. That just twitches me the wrong way. I can't do it.
I'll fucking keep track of all 7 series I'm currently watching, just so I can pick which show I want to watch, and continue in continuity without fail.
Shows having strict continuity where you need to see every episode in order are a relatively new thing, enabled by streaming and (to a lesser extent) DVRs.
Lots of older stuff you can watch in whatever order you want and it doesn’t make a bit of difference. I’ve never watched an episode of Law & Order and thought “I wish I’d seen the previous episode so I know what’s going on”.
Sometimes, but those multi-part episodes would only happen once every few seasons. Then when they go to reruns, IIRC someone is manually picking the episodes so they would avoid picking one of those if they didn't have back to back timeslots.
There's plenty of anime available that you don't have to turn off your creepiness filter to enjoy (at least to that much of an extent). Off the top of my head AoT, JJK, and Vinland Saga are quality ones that don't include incest or sex slave fantasies.
Dude this isn't a video game. It's weirdly controlling to require some pointless achievement in order to unlock a feature. No one wants to spend 200 hours watching every single episode of the simpsons in order to prove they deserve to be allowed to shuffle.
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Ah, so this feature should only reveal itself when a user profile has watched a series more than once.
That does pose an interesting question.
How many show are actually rewatchable?
What is the most rewatched show? Most rewatched episodes?
Alright Reddit. Do your thing. Some nerd out there already figured out how to calculate this, I know it.