I didn't know you could do that on Netflix. How?
Am I the only one who can't stand Paramount+'s skip button?
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I don't currently have an active subscription so I can't check, but it should be in the settings menu, or whatever it's called.
Me neither. I mean, the Skip Intro button is not actually covering up any part of the image (it's in the letterbox bars), so we're not missing anything...
AMC+ is the worst of all. No Favorites list except behind another step. Favorites split into multiple types, (TV, Movies) means so much extra work to use. Doesn't keep track of watched programs, have to remember where I left off every time. Not renewing ever again.
I can see how that would be irritating. I'm getting a little OT here, but I've experienced the opposite when it comes to Hulu. When I watch Hulu via my Roku, I don't get any commercials, even though I'm not paying for the ad-free version. Maybe there's some sort of glitch relating to my Roku being an older model. Whatever the reason, I certainly don't mind it.
Living in Vietnam I'd love Paramount+ to be available at all. You guys are lucky to be complaining about a 'skip' button. First World problems and all that.
With a VPN and a US iTunes account, those problems are easily fixed.
I believe it is coming to other countries soon. Here in the UK it should be in a month or so.
it's transparent, small, and out of the way for me
Yeah, watching on the computer, it's less obtrusive than when I watch on my TV, though I still hate that it remains up the entire time, plus I feel like I shouldn't be forced to choose a smaller screen.
Believe me, I do feel ridiculous for allowing this particular issue to be such a major source of consternation for me. If I'm going to get worked up over something, there are infinitely more pressing matters going on in the world today that are more worthy of my attention/ire. I dunno, maybe my obsession over this skip feature is a sign that I have some form of OCD or something.
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This is why I'm glad DS9 is still on Netflix (for now--I realize it will eventually leave that service). I hate P+.
On a semi-related tangent, why do streaming shows even have "Previously On" recaps? It's really pointless. Streaming shows aren't the kind of show someone just tunes into a random episode to check out, nor are they the kind of shows which someone misses an episode just because they had something going on the day it aired. It's like this weird vestigial thing from network and cable shows which the streaming services don't want to give up for some reason.
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The skip button is awesome. I mean, if I was recording the episodes to a DVR (or even a VCR) I could see it being something that might ruin it for posterity, but otherwise it's something that only takes a second to click on and I jump right into the story.
[Old Man Voice]
Back in my day, we could only watch things at specific times and couldn't skip through anything. Ah, the wonders of technology...
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Paramount+ has improved the interface drastically from what it was with CBS in terms of failures, commercials randomly repeating several times or just flat out dying, even on a 10gbs connection. I find it works much better on PC and Roku then on the playstation app, though. Might just be my experience. I haven't tried it lately, but I do recall that it seemed to render some interactive functions differently on the game box app.
The worst of the streaming services I have seen so far is Peacock. About to test Gizmoplex (the MST3k theater service). I was supposed to beta test that one but I never got around to it.
The worst of the streaming services I have seen so far is Peacock. About to test Gizmoplex (the MST3k theater service). I was supposed to beta test that one but I never got around to it.
Hard disagree. The refusal of most streaming shows to do "previouslies" has always infuriated me. Like, I'm busy. Shit comes up. I often have to stop a show mid-season for a couple weeks. It drives me crazy that if I want to continue after a break, I need to go check recaps or scrub through the prior episodes to refresh where everything was at.
It always strikes me as such a mark of arrogance from the show creators to not include them. Like, your show is great and all, but your show is not the most important thing in my life, don't make me actually do study hour to be able to watch it.
It's probably only a matter of time before they have a pop-up "Skip Intro" button on physical media too.
Sony recently started the asinine practice of a pop-up graphic that comes up when the end credits start, that gives you the "main menu/bonus features" option. Options that already exist. I just don't get why some idiotic exec thought this was needed.
[Just to be clear, I have zero problem with the skip button on streaming channels. Just so long as it's not ridiculously obtrusive.]
Sony recently started the asinine practice of a pop-up graphic that comes up when the end credits start, that gives you the "main menu/bonus features" option. Options that already exist. I just don't get why some idiotic exec thought this was needed.
[Just to be clear, I have zero problem with the skip button on streaming channels. Just so long as it's not ridiculously obtrusive.]
Many years from now, we will each be surrounded by our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will stare at us in disbelief, begging us: "Tell us again the Tale of the Evil Skip Button!" The thing of nightmares! 
I totally voted "no."
I totally voted "no."
He's Red Buttons' distant cousin.
The skip button bothers the hell out of me too. I want to watch the opening credits because to me it's part of the ritual of the story that helps me transition into the world of the story being told. Similar thing with the closing credits -- to me they're part of the ritual that helps me mentally transition out of the world of the story. (End credits can also be really important commentaries on the story that just finished -- an example for me would be the use of the vocal track of "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks over the closing credits of The Crown season 4 "Fairytale.")