Recent content by barrem01

"Prime Video is instead punishing its pre-existing subscribers with a stealth price hike dressed up as an optional charge." That's not what it looks like to me. I signed up for ad-free Prime for a year last October. To me it looks like false advertising. At one time I had Prime, Max...

"Discovery Plus shows, meanwhile, are what i call "laundry TV" — background filler you kinda-sorta watch while doing chores." Isn't that niche filled by podcasts now? "It's a lot. Too much, really. I know I'm not alone in scrolling aimlessly through a service, trying to decide what to watch...

I suspect Disney thinks it can get away with this because of unique properties of their audience. On the one hand are the hard-core Marvel and Star Wars nerds, who are used to paying through the nose for their obsession. On the other hand - kids. Adults can make a logical decision about the...

An expensive feature that might make your phone prettier, but will definately make it harder to use. The bezel is the part of the phone that separates the holding surface from the touch controls. I've got a Samsung without a bezel, and it's as bad as I thought it would be.

"I’m now paying a larger sum of money a month to still have access to the streaming service. ... I’m staunchly against businesses making life more difficult for paying customers in an effort to make more money for themselves, and unfortunately, that’s what Netflix is doing here. My other concern...