r/movies • u/Vanderlyley • 28d ago

News Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-fourth-quarter-streaming-1236148263/
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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

Absolute dog shit UI

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u/momoenthusiastic 28d ago

Even their Pluto TV, which has great content, has bad UX. It’s like the people in charge don’t use the apps…

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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

Or people who know how design these platforms are not going to sign up to work at a floundering studio when they can get massive salaries somewhere else.

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u/DustyDGAF 28d ago

You don't even need a massive salary. They probably just want to work at a competent company.

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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

That too. But generally, tech types who know they can cash in big are going to gravitate toward the money if they’re being sought after.

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u/cashmereandcaicos 27d ago

There's a million pirated online streaming sites that are community created that far exceed any single one of these companies UIs

It's mainly because there's a lot more money involved in letting the marketing/human behavior groups take the lead in designing tricks to generate more revenue with the actual user experience being an after thought

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u/CptNonsense 28d ago

There's no money in upgrading Pluto's UX from the company they bought it from

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u/Debt101 28d ago

App crashes. You press back to go to menu... Previous episode starts.

It really is shit

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u/SexyOctagon 28d ago

And content. If not for Taylor Sheridan they’d already be out of business.

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u/2Chainz2Furious 28d ago

And champions league!

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u/DickyMcButts 28d ago

literally the only reason i have it is for soccer matches. all the CL and europa games, plus serie a

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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

Only matter of time when either Apple or Prime picks that up. Apple already has MLS.

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u/mikey67156 27d ago

And those shows are so full of grandstanding they’re becoming unwatchable.

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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

That too. Sheridan shows are the only thing propping it up.

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u/Jeffrey_C_Wheaties 28d ago

And the most ads shoved into the ad level. I tried to watch star trek this week. 3-4 different as breaks per episode. 120+ second non skip able, I went to my library and checked out the dvd seasons set instead it was so bad.

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u/DontCallMeTJ 28d ago

I'm trying to watch Discovery right now and I get at least one AI generated voice ad per episode. I fucking hate it.

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u/Capt_Trippz 27d ago

The fucking Amazon Prime ads are that long now, too. And it’s the same “aunt problem” ad every time. Aunt Joanie can go eat a dick.

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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

Not just that, I would routinely have playable issues where a program would start without me clicking on it. Causing the app to crash because I’m trying to back out of the program that I didn’t click on.

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u/Cobe98 28d ago

Worse than Hulu?

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u/Upper_South2917 28d ago

Not even close

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u/machambo7 27d ago

It’s honestly a shame cause they have a halfway decent movie selection and I like that the adds on movies all front load so you can watch the actual movie uninterrupted.

The app feels damn near homemade though lol