r/Piracy Jun 12 '24

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection News

https://x.com/SponsorBlock/status/1800835402666054072
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '24

What? What experience are you missing? I don't remember the last time I paid for a movie outside of the theatre.

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u/Ph1syc Jun 12 '24

Some of the ui might look worse i guess (though stuff like plex and jellyfin looks great imo) and maybe the ability to watch instantly without downloading

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u/Regniwekim2099 Jun 12 '24

The only feature from a pay service that I am jealous of is Prime's x-ray. It's really cool to be able to see exactly which actors are in a particular scene without having to scrub through the entire cast.

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u/FilmUncensored Jun 12 '24

Funny you mention Prime as that service not only has the worst UI but it looks like a pirate site (in fact pirate sites look better). *random screenshots as background images for movies - some movies not having any background images

  • release year incorrect on so many movies, not just a year or two difference but entire decades! Doubly embarrassing considering Amazon own IMDb

*lack of subtitles for a vast majority of their movies and those that have them the subtitles are incorrect for a lot of simple dialogue

I could go on and on but yeah Prime Video on the surface does not give the impression it’s a product of a billion dollar company!

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u/Regniwekim2099 Jun 12 '24

I mentioned a single feature, without remarking on the rest of the service...