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Title: There's More Film and Television For You To Watch Than Ever Before -
Good Luck Finding It

Link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/0...

The entertainment industry has achieved an unprecedented milestone: more film
and television content exists today than at any point in human history. The
technical infrastructure to deliver this content directly to consumers' homes
works flawlessly. The problem? Actually finding something to watch has become
a user experience nightmare that would make early-2000s software developers
cringe. Multiple streaming platforms are suffering from fundamental interface
design failures that actively prevent users from discovering content. Cameron
Nudleman, an Austin-based user, told Salon that scrolling through streaming
service landing pages feels "like a Herculean task," while his Amazon Fire
Stick setup -- designed to consolidate multiple services -- delivers
consistent crashes across Paramount+ and Max, with Peacock terminating
randomly "for no discernible reason." The technical problems extend beyond
stability issues to basic functionality failures. Max automatically enables
closed captions despite user preferences, while Paramount+ crashes during
show transitions. Chicago media writer Tim O'Reilly describes "every single
interface" as "complete garbage except for Netflix's," though even Netflix
has recently implemented changes that degrade user experience. The industry
eliminated simple discovery mechanisms like newspaper listings and
Moviefone's telephone service in favor of algorithm-driven interfaces that
Tennessee attorney Claire Tuley says have "turned art into work,"
transforming what was supposed to "democratize movies" into "a system that
requires so many subscriptions, searching and effort."

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