Can't even seek through songs.
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Yeah for a few months there I was starting to like the Amazon player too and then they made it worse for more money and I realized.... I am so done with Amazon and paying them $180 a year for barely getting things (mostly scams and garbage) shipped from them, a weird mess of a video player and radio.
I actually have YouTube premium because at least it helps me get rid of the onslaught of YouTube ads and helps pay my creators of choice slightly better, and the music player is I guess just basically YouTube which isn't that bad. Not perfect but not bad.
For a company worth over a trillion dollars, there's this unmistakable layer of couldn't-give-a-fuckness to all their products.
From a store that ships blatantly fake products, through the video service that misses subtitles on like half the movies, or looks like it's been transferred from a well used VHS, to the music service that used to let you listen to full albums, but on playing you notice that a bunch of tracks are missing from it.
And the race to the bottom ain't even over yet.
It's actually really fucking sad how bad their marketplace is. I can buy more legitimate tech items from a creepy back alleyway in Malaysia and that's a really bad sign. I don't want to be scammed and have to return every other item or more, it's so wasteful.
They are able to burn so much money without even a second thought it is so impressive and scary to watch. So yeah "This track is not available" was like final straw.
P.S. on couldn't give a fuck-ness did you know that Amazon video has a share watch function that includes a live chat and sync play? They paid a developer for this and it seems completely forgot it's in their system
My favourite Amazon Prime GUI WTF was the old one where you'd have a bit of blurb about the film on the main page, you'd click into it to see more info, and it would just show it in bigger text so you'd be able to read even less of it... 👍
You don't need YouTube premium, FreeTube is even better and free: https://freetubeapp.io/
Mmmm I have a Roku TV I like to put stuff on in the background and funny enough I tell people and help install those vanced and other YouTube alternative apps.
I am actually fine with paying for YouTube for the moment. It might change because I was grandfathered into the older cheapest version (when it was red) but it pays out literally to the people I watch better than adsense. And it works on pretty much any device any time I want.
I'm actually pretty big into paying for what I use. Heck I even bought the Blu-ray for the Venture Bros movie and then still torrented it for my jellyfin server. I want to support people I like just not have to deal with shit for doing so. But thank you for the recommendation, people I know will be happy to have adblock while they watch reruns of kitchen nightmares