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by dave78 724 days ago
Curious - what specifically about it bothers you?
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I don't know which app GP is specifically referring to, but on Apple TV

1. Open the app 2. Go to a show 3. Wait for the little preview of the show to start playing 4. Click the "Watch Now" button 5. Enjoy hearing both the audio of the little preview and the audio of the actual show playing on top of each other until you force quit the app.

It doesn't happen every time, and I'm not sure exactly what has to be done to get it in this state. But it's happened to me 4 or 5 times.

1. Long startup time

2. It has a splash screen but continues loading long after the splash screen ends.

3. The UI thread and data fetch thread are the same thread.

4. If you want to jump to an old season in a show with 20+ seasons, you have to scroll season-by-season to get there. Every season loads up every episode before you can move on, taking 2-4 seconds. Thus, it takes 30+ seconds to get from where you start to the season you want to be on.

On Roku it doesn't save your progress. I have to remember the last episode of what I watched and then find that episode. It's really annoying.