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PBS Passport is PBS’s streaming service. You can a whole bunch of content for as low as $5 a month.
I only wish their streaming app wasn’t dogshit bad. We need a standard streaming delivery app, allowing you to log in and get your content. And development costs are shared so smaller outlets don’t struggle to deliver a decent experience.
You would think at least each platform like Roku would have enough in their SDKs to handle the tricky bits so building each app is just an exercise in styling.
But there’s so many quirks. HBO Max struggles to understand when I’ve watched a show. If I go back to look for a new episode and there isn’t one it will start to play the last episode and then reset my watched progress to the beginning of the episode.
I only wish their streaming app wasn’t dogshit bad. We need a standard streaming delivery app, allowing you to log in and get your content. And development costs are shared so smaller outlets don’t struggle to deliver a decent experience.
You would think at least each platform like Roku would have enough in their SDKs to handle the tricky bits so building each app is just an exercise in styling.
But there’s so many quirks. HBO Max struggles to understand when I’ve watched a show. If I go back to look for a new episode and there isn’t one it will start to play the last episode and then reset my watched progress to the beginning of the episode.
I have my opinions on it too. What do you think makes it so bad?
It freezes, crashes, FF and RW sucks, it’s hard to get to your favorite shows (true of commercial apps too), …
There’s not a lot to like and nothing to love other than the content itself.
I don’t really have those problems
What do you have?
Roku TVs, Android app
I meant what issues have you faced?
I didn’t really have any issues