If I was a tech billionaire, I would make something that people actually NEED - that is, an aggregator UX that means you only have to log into one app to watch all your shows and it interacts with all the other apps.
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We have the argument every night which channel things are on, because actually their brand identities are blurry.
aug 1, 2025, 8:03 am • 0 0 • view
But no, they just want to invent the bus again or something to spy on your employees.
aug 1, 2025, 8:06 am • 11 0 • view
I'd disagree they are trying to reinvent the bus Rather, they want to intervene and derail any chance if bus, rail or any other mass transit being properly funded and successful Hyperloop was exactly this. Pure vapour concept that did it's job - stopping investment in proper mass transit projects
aug 1, 2025, 8:09 am • 2 0 • view
I couldn't figure it out at the time. Why even attempt this given that there's no chance of it making him any money, and if it did, it would cannibalise Tesla. This insight from you makes it clear to me in retrospect. Thank you.
aug 1, 2025, 8:57 am • 2 0 • view
YEah I just use "reinvent the bus" as a shorthand tbh.
aug 1, 2025, 8:59 am • 2 0 • view
Also an aggregator that allows you to buy individual articles on paywalled news sites. (TM @nonthepratt.bsky.social)
aug 1, 2025, 8:03 am • 5 0 • view
I would break my screen paying for this so fast
aug 1, 2025, 8:05 am • 1 0 • view
RIGHT???
aug 1, 2025, 8:05 am • 2 0 • view
A universal newspaper would be a good idea, with a composite subscription discounted for the bits you don't want to read.
aug 1, 2025, 8:05 am • 3 0 • view
Yes, i do not want to be paying for sports and house and garden or whatever!
aug 1, 2025, 8:06 am • 2 0 • view
Exactly, just news and books for me. I am sure others would be happy with just the supplements so it would balance out.
aug 1, 2025, 8:27 am • 1 0 • view
Though… xkcd.com/927/
aug 1, 2025, 8:10 am • 2 0 • view
I heard every academic referencing system was created as a way to standardize academic referencing and sometimes I think clever people are unbelievably stupid.
aug 1, 2025, 8:28 am • 3 0 • view
hahahaahaha
aug 1, 2025, 8:10 am • 2 0 • view
aug 1, 2025, 8:03 am • 1 0 • view
I just want to find my shows without having to keep track of them in a spreadsheet
aug 1, 2025, 8:04 am • 2 0 • view
yeah, that's the most frustrating thing ever tbh...
aug 1, 2025, 8:07 am • 1 0 • view
I literally have a google sheet saying where everything is. This should NOT be necessary!
aug 1, 2025, 8:09 am • 1 0 • view
yeah, I have so many apps for different shows, sometimes I loose track of them
aug 1, 2025, 8:43 am • 1 0 • view
I might be misunderstanding but I think both Apple and Amazon streaming toys do this? I just tested on mine and got results from Disney, ITV, iPlayer, Netflix etc. all in the same line, and choosing one opens the appropriate app. Or do you mean at a software level on a computer rather than a TV set?
aug 1, 2025, 8:10 am • 1 0 • view
And does it show you "pick up where you left off" across all apps?? That's what I need most. So not stuff I have to search for but it shows me what I'm watching.
aug 1, 2025, 8:12 am • 1 0 • view
Not across all services. I think it's down to the data shared by those services - something something AP something I think? But mine just offered things from three services.
aug 1, 2025, 8:21 am • 1 0 • view
gotcha! Someone's suggested plex, looking into that.
aug 1, 2025, 8:25 am • 2 0 • view
We use Plex for our own media libraries - ie. files we have on a hard drive, stuff we made or ripped from discs - but if it integrates with the streaming services I'd love to know all about it. Could be useful!
aug 1, 2025, 8:28 am • 2 0 • view
What we want, I think, is the BBC and Netflix to play along and spit that data out, rather than keep it in an egg inside a duck, which is in turn inside a hare, in a chest, buried on a faraway island surrounded by walls of flame.
aug 1, 2025, 8:26 am • 1 0 • view
Sounds about right!
aug 1, 2025, 8:27 am • 0 0 • view
Or as fans of the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy might say 'in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign outside the door saying "Beware of the Leopard."'
aug 1, 2025, 9:00 am • 2 0 • view
WHAT????? So I just search for the show and it comes up even if it's not on eg amazon??
aug 1, 2025, 8:11 am • 0 0 • view
Apple TV does this for all but Netflix (which is more a choice by Netflix)
aug 1, 2025, 8:20 am • 1 0 • view
Annoyingly our Apple TV is bust but good to know!
aug 1, 2025, 8:24 am • 2 0 • view
There are rumours of a cheaper one later in the year, but there are always rumours of a cheaper one later in the year
aug 1, 2025, 11:43 am • 2 0 • view
* Apple TV the device, or the TV app on an iPhone, but not Apple TV the app on other devices
aug 1, 2025, 8:21 am • 1 0 • view
Here's what happens when you search for Friday Night Dinner and Doctor Who. Results across everywhere.
aug 1, 2025, 8:17 am • 1 0 • view
Yes please.
aug 1, 2025, 8:10 am • 1 0 • view
Plex does that in theory!
aug 1, 2025, 8:18 am • 1 0 • view
oooh will go google
aug 1, 2025, 8:19 am • 1 0 • view
Plex.tv is the site!
aug 1, 2025, 8:22 am • 1 1 • view
Ta! Looking for an "explain this to me like I'm five" explainer!
aug 1, 2025, 8:23 am • 1 0 • view
This looks promising... www.howtogeek.com/252261/how-t...
aug 1, 2025, 8:26 am • 2 0 • view
I primarily use it to watch private content from mine and my friends servers. You can connect your services like Netflix et al to it and then when you search for things it’ll list where you can watch them, with gateways to each. Also has its own content with ads baked in.
aug 1, 2025, 8:28 am • 0 0 • view
I would set up a charity that takes dogs for rides in cars with the window down, so they can stick their heads out.
aug 1, 2025, 8:04 am • 11 2 • view