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Raised as a usability problem by 19 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2022–2026), in 18 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Subtitles are almost impossible to read with some videosUnreviewed
20222026- Subtitles show raw x,y codes and italic text jumps to the opposite side of screen2023-01-13
- Forces subtitles on for every episode, ignoring system accessibility settings2022-04-22
- Subtitles are almost impossible to read with some videos2022-01-17
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 19 complaints
- App is unstable and slow, and many things don't work right2026-01-12
- Player wrongly thinks credits started during live match, confusing user, hard to override2025-12-08
- Pause needs pressing twice, and playback overlays cover the screen and subtitles2025-12-08
- Video frequently switches to a cycling color tint on certain shows2025-11-07
- Won't play on smart TV app, laptop, or adapters; only AirPlay from phone works2025-08-14
- Downloaded episodes are often corrupted, roughly one in ten videos2025-02-05
- Jumping to an old season takes 30+ seconds of loading each season2024-06-29
- Pause doesn't work reliably, and episode browsing is jittery and doesn't resume where you left off2024-03-23
- App crashes on fast catalog browsing, buffers badly, and crashes when scrubbing video2024-01-20
- Video starts with blocky low-quality picture for about 30 seconds before sharpening2023-11-14
- Video shows black bars and can't fill a widescreen display2023-10-20
- Fast-forward and rewind jump back to the episode start, forcing real-time viewing2023-07-19
- Phone controls hide only after a complex sequence of finger taps; progress not remembered2023-05-04
- Subtitles show raw x,y codes and italic text jumps to the opposite side of screen2023-01-13
- Doesn't remember closed-captioning setting and can't change it during ads2023-01-05
- Genres dump unrelated titles alphabetically, with no watch history or recommendations2022-09-14
- Video won't play; site demands disabling ad blocker, even when it's off2022-07-25
- Forces subtitles on for every episode, ignoring system accessibility settings2022-04-22
- Subtitles are almost impossible to read with some videos2022-01-17