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> My brother hates the HBO app Funny, Netflix is my least favorite app (on AppleTV), followed by the AppleTV TV+ app. The current version of the HBO Max app is
by js2 4y ago
> My brother hates the HBO app
Funny, Netflix is my least favorite app (on AppleTV), followed by the AppleTV TV+ app. The current version of the HBO Max app is fine. It lets me find what I want, keeps track of what I was watching so I can easily resume, surfaces interesting content.
Netlfix by contrast makes it hard for me to resume where I left off unless I explicitly add a show or movie to my list, which it still makes it hard to get to. Netflix refuses to expose its catalog to Apple, so I can't search for shows via Siri. Netflix also still forces the end of a show/movie down to a thumbnail sometimes before the credits even roll. And yes, it does this regardless of the autoplay settings, which I have turned off.
The only annoying bug HBOMax continues to have is that it constantly turns subtitles back on.
My favorite streaming app is Criterion. Netflix at the bottom, the others all in the middle.
- powerhour 4y agoIME the most annoying bug in HBO Max is the audio starts out of sync roughly 75% of the time. Rewinding once or twice fixes it but having to do it so often is frustrating.
- js2 4y agoI haven't experienced that with HBO Max on AppleTV. The Disney+ app sometimes has the audio drift out of sync as a movie plays and pausing/play brings it back to sync. You know what has none of these problems? Playing locally from my NAS using Infuse. When I'm watching something I care about, I download it to my NAS in advance. Sad, but true.