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Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

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492 points storf45 | 5 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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freditup ◴[16 Nov 24 03:57 UTC] No.42154036[source]▶
I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically.

This sure doesn't help with that impression, and it hasn't just been a momentary glitch but hours of instability. And the Netflix status page saying "Netflix is up! We are not currently experiencing an interruption to our streaming service." doesn't help either...

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bsimpson ◴[16 Nov 24 04:12 UTC] No.42154106[source]▶
I don't spend much time streaming, but I got a glimpse of the Amazon Prime catalog yesterday, and was surprised at how many titles on the front page were movies I'd actually watch. Reminded me of Netflix a dozen years ago.
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1. LollipopYakuza ◴[16 Nov 24 04:17 UTC] No.42154142[source]▶
Prime Video has to be the worst of all major streaming services. The video quality is horrible, its crippled with ads (3 not skippable ads for an episode of 45 minutes, lastly), and a lot of interesting titles are behind a "partner paywall".
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2. unsnap_biceps ◴[16 Nov 24 04:21 UTC] No.42154173[source]▶
I was watching the rings of power and it started with a "Commercial free experience provided by so and so" with a long ad at the start of the episode, and then a third of the way into the episode, at a critical action part, it broke in the middle of the actor's sentence to a 6 minute ad block.

I exited playback and haven't gone back to finish it. I'll wait for it eventually to make it to a Blu-ray release someday.

3. m463 ◴[16 Nov 24 04:23 UTC] No.42154191[source]▶
I have prime and my shopping experience is crippled with ads too.

I think it got worse for sellers recently too. If I search for something, like a specific item using its description, sometimes the only result for it shows "sponsored".

It used to show up as sponsored and also unsponsored below.

If this changed, I assume it is bad for the seller. Either they pay for all search results, or their metrics are skewed because all searches were helped by "sponsorship" (and there are no longer unsponsored hits)

4. RaftPeople ◴[16 Nov 24 05:56 UTC] No.42154669[source]▶
> Prime Video has to be the worst of all major streaming services

I would put Prime Video at 2nd worst. Absolute worst IME is Paramount+.

Edit: worst for streaming quality

5. hughesjj ◴[16 Nov 24 05:58 UTC] No.42154680[source]▶
It's also super annoying to try to watch on a computer compared to Netflix or YouTube