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>People aren't using Popcorn Time to watch content available on US Netflix I use Popcorn Time even when content is on Netflix. It's a better experience. Subtit
by MichaelGG 11y ago
>People aren't using Popcorn Time to watch content available on US Netflix
I use Popcorn Time even when content is on Netflix. It's a better experience. Subtitles will reliably work (with nice formatting). I can adjust volume levels for low-volume movies. I can shift the centre of the content up - really useful when using a large projector. (Popcorn Time allows alternative players like MPC-HC.)
And, oddly, the streaming often works better. Netflix might start quicker, but it takes a while to pop into HD with no way to force it. I'd rather just take a 5 minute break and wait for things to fully buffer and know I'll have a solid experience. Plus I can skip around without restarting the buffering.
And since Netflix nerfed their site and recommendation system (you can't mark a film "not interested" without performing about 5 clicks on 3 screens - and they still recommend shit) -- discovery is just about as good.