While the premise is cool- you know- streaming shows on demand, this has to be the worst implementation I have ever seen.
Lets list all the carnage I endured when trying to stream Gotham last night:
- AirPlay - hit or miss. Sometimes the Apple TV picks up the stream and sometimes it doesnt. This doesnt happen with the HBO or NBC apps AT ALL so lets not blame Apples software this time
- CC magically turns on during AirPlay and cannot be turned off.
- the app crashes randomly while streaming - at least 3 x in a 42-minute show
- you cannot background the app or turn your device off while streaming. Again, NBC does just fine here
- Most annoying - the ad cycle is MESSED UP. Ads play, then the stream tries to resume on my ATV, then the show restarts from the beginning! So then I try to move the slider back to where I left off, already annoyed, and guess what? Ads play again. And then the show restarts from the beginning. Lather, rinse, repeat. Workaround? Not really. Turn off AirPlay, try to move the slider, endure more ads, then finally get the show playing and then turn AirPlay back on and pray it works. More often than not, it wont.
AIRPLAY is completely BROKEN in this version. Ad cycle when you try and use the slider is broken. Note: Im not trying to skip ads, just not watch them again when I skip forward!!
FIX your broken app, until then I will be streaming elsewhere.
P.S. Some amount of testing is advisable if you want quality control. You have clearly not tested some major use scenarios, and that is a standard practice with software development.
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