I Built the Perfect Streaming Service 

i like the part where eddy is my dad :)

HBO had me at birds. Cancelled my Netflix as soon as I found out they don’t have the birds.

Not only are Hulu ads so loud, they’re also SO uncomfortable. It’s like every advertisement that Disney can’t put on their family friendly services. I was watching Hulu with my mom and we got FOUR ads about pubic hair in a ROW

I just want a shuffle button so that when I’m watching a show for the millionth time I don’t have to try and choose an episode

The biggest problem with Disney Plus is that, on the surface you’re amazed at the amount of content they had right from the start, but when you actually looked at that content, you realized that you had already seen 90% of it

I paid $9.99 for no ads on CBS All Access. Every time I paused an episode of the one show they have on their platform, the video player would minimize to the bottom corner of the screen to reveal ads for clothing brands. Really toasted my pancakes.

Lol Disney+ always makes me laugh when I think about it. I used to work for Pearson (the textbook company), and while I was working there we got a new CEO who was a Disney executive before he joined the company. One of the first major projects I worked on when I got a new job in the tech side of the marketing department (a little while after he joined as CEO) was Pearson+, a textbook subscription service. Always made me chuckle, like "okay guys you're never gonna believe what my idea is"

My favorite part of streaming services is the part where intellectual property exists, so instead of content being available on all the places and they compete for who can show it all for the cheapest price, they get to have mini-monopolies and make you pay for multiple services. Streaming was good when Netflix was the only one BECAUSE they were the only one. They've done a good job pivoting to making originals, and monopoly control isn't the answer, but now we get all the inconvenience of competing monopolies and none of the advantages the one-stop shop that was Netflix used to provide

The best streaming service is which ever one has the cat in the hat movie.

I like how Netflix asks me if I’m alive sometimes which means I can fall asleep while watching. Hulu just just goes crazy and autoplays through shows you weren’t even watching. You fall asleep and next thing you know you open one eye... BOOM young Sheldon

kinda sad you didn't mention being able to get the names of the actors currently on screen or all who are in the episode for amazon prime, saves me a lot of googling

It’s crazy how much all of this has changed just in the last 2.5 years. Would love to see an update.

HBO max should add the critically acclaimed comedy The Bee Movie so they can say they got the birds and the bees

Something that is annoying about Disney+ is that when you’re done with a show or movie, it won’t get out of your “continue watching” spot unless you finish watching the credits to the very end. Netflix knows that you’re not going to watch the credits

We went from spending money on a dozen different cable channels to spending money on a dozen different streaming services 🙃

“So it’s more likely that your favorite show will be canceled early on Netflix than on HBO” Laughs in Infinity Train

One thing I can't stand about Netflix is that every category labeled "trending, popular, critically acclaimed ", are all Netflix originals. Give me some variety when I'm searching for something to watch. I'm not knocking Netflix originals, I love a lot of them. But stop telling me that the top 25 spots of "most popular movies and shows" are made by Netflix, in every category

The thing that prime does where when the show is paused, you can see the actors names on screen, music etc. Is pretty cool too

I like Prime because it has all the shows I watched on Netflix and loved when I was in middle school, such as Psych, Murder She Wrote, House MD, and Royal Pains. It's just all the shows I'm nostalgic for.

I think he actually convinced all the streaming services because a lot of these problems are completely fixed across the board

Eddy where did you get that glorious shirt

HBO said “we have the birds” and I checked, the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds isn’t even available on HBO Max

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is the play next and skip intro/outdo feature. On Netflix if a show has some extra material after credits you can press a “skip credits” to go see that. On Disney however (that owns marvel, the people doing nothing other than after credits) as soon as the movie is done they will force you into watching another movie, and you can’t even go back and watch the credits if you want to. If you try to return to credits they’ll just go back into counting down to next feature. Why are they doing this?! Netflix changed that ages ago??!

i have always thought they should make it possible to create your own playlists for streaming services so you can watch one episode of this and then one episode of that instead of binging the same show for hours

What worries me is we're going to have another "cable" issue, where so many services get split all over the place. and then eventually a service will come along that combines them and all of a sudden, now it's the new "cable" where you pay for tons of shows, with tons of ads, for a "bundle" package just like how cable has been.

I really want the option to make your own categories/folders for your watch list. Like “you’ve watched this a dozen times and just want background noise” or “unsure if it will be good but I’m interested” and “you need to focus for this movie”

i would love another one of these but including the captions/subtitles for the platforms. netflix's is the best looks wise by far and you can customize it (although it does randomly change sometimes?)

I like the Amazon pause UI where you can see extra information such as the actor on screen's name and a bit of their IMDb page, while the show is playing. It's a good option because i have friends who feel the need to pause and ask "what were they in?" and so now everyone's happy :).

Ed's Declassified Streaming Service Guide

Eddie: "I look like your dad" My dad: * Is African American, middle aged, bald, no glasses, with a full beard and mustache* Me: I see it. 🙂

16:15 i feel like its getting better though, like i feel like stuff like umbrella academy, stranger things, and sweet tooth will continue for awhile and who knows, with so much content getting dropped they might pick some of the shows back up

I remember back in the early days of Netflix on Xbox they had a feature where you watch anything with your friends, you literally just signed in to Netflix and invited your friends, I miss it so much :(

I’d like to add: you should be able to rearrange the categories. Have the ability to move suggestions like originals or horror up to the top so you don’t have to scroll all the way down to search

I think a useful feature would be a warning for when a show or movie that is on your saved list is going to be removed from the streaming service

17:32 "we're gonna have to ask you to give up the table" i hear that every day and now today i heard it twice

I know it’s a while later than when you made this but I love Peacock lowkey… they have a lot of movies out of theaters quickly and if you hyperfixate on TV and rewatch it as a comfort item then it’s great for the NBC shows that always bring a laugh.

I gotta say, I really love these videos where you analyze popular subjects in a certain field or genre. Please keep them coming! 🙏

I'm pretty sure the "% match" on netflix was added when they started losing all of the big name movies and series license and started filling up your recommendation with lots of garbage. With actual reviews you would see that most of your front page is bad content you don't want to watch but with the match system everything is "95% match"

Hearing the music at 14:24 just makes me think of Ryan Trahan, especially some the Penny across America series just ended.😂

Hulu also has a “watch together” feature, only online though but it works really well and there’s live chat

me: but hulu is only available in the US, as a canadian who wants hulu that's a major con why isn't that mentioned!!! eddy: this video was sponsored by express vpn!

something i really appreciate about amazon prime is the screen that pops up when you pause an episode or movie. it shows the actors who are playing the characters in the current scene and i know its not a massive deal but i really like it please could all streaming services add it yes thankyou

i like how teleparty, a browser extention you can use to connect with people online on most of the good streaming services he mentioned, was something he did not know about at the time of him making this video.

0:01 what kind of asmr is that? Its very good eddy, can you tell me where I could get an experience like it?

The man, the myth, my dad who went to get milk and has been gone for a suspicious amount of time, Eddy Burback is back!

So what I'm hearing is, you want more Young Sheldon.

I’m glad someone is FINALLY talking about how good The Imagineering Story is. Maybe I’m biased cuz I’m autistic and my special interest is Disneyland (specifically vintage) but that documentary is so entertaining and interesting and so good through and through. Plus you find out why Matterhorn Bobsleds is such a painful ride…. It’s cuz the guy who designed it needed to learn trigonometry in a week and he previously only designed cars 💀

Basically what we needed was cable tv, that also has a collection of all the shows and movies

Things to add: 1. Make sure and have the skip intro 2. Have a option to say you have watched something 3. Option to re-watch a show (mostly for anime if you skipped the outro so it doesn't start there) 4. And upcoming section

The fact that Netflix hooks you on all these cool originals and then cancels them right as they get into a groove really upsets me. I mean, yeah, some shows get bad after the third season but imagine we didn't have season 4, 5 and 6 of the Office! And they even cancel shows that didn't have a complete ending yet!!! You can't just cancel a show after a huge cliffhanger... Don't do this to my anxious brain!

On an old fire stick my hulus tts turned on and I couldn’t turn it off anywhere, so when you opened hulu it was the most annoying shit, and the ads were even worse. It was always such a jumpscare cuz it was only hulu

"Im not gonna pay for Apple TV+" Ted Lasso: "Allow me to introduce myself"

There is a google chrome extension called “Netflix party” which is basically a watch party for Netflix. All you have to do is send someone the link created by the extension and you can watch the show or movies with friends. It even has a little chat on the side

my _favorite_ thing about netflix is that everyone's favorite show will get cancelled, but they'll keep things like 13rw and cuties on there 😍

Enjoyed this; I would be interested in a new one re-ranking them since so much has changed in the streaming industry since then

10:46 on apple tv (not to be confused with apple tv+) you can select between having the linear keyboard or the grid (the linear keyboard works really well with the touch remote)

I still hate that Sesame Street is on HBO now. For a show that has such a rich history of helping ALL kids learn, it's pretty shitty to add a paywall to it.

Wait there’s a pandemic going on why didn’t anyone tell me

By far the best thing on Apple TV+ is Severance. Starting Adam Scott it’s about a company where you can’t remember what you do for work there and when you’re there you can’t remember your home life. My family and I all watched all of season 1 and it was really good. Oh yeah and the other good thing on Apple TV + is Ted Lasso. The first season of SEE was pretty cool but we haven’t continued on the second season. Nothing else on there has really caught my attention. There was a rumor awhile back that Nathan Pyle and Dan Harmon were working on a Strange Planet cartoon but idk if that’ll ever see the light of day tbh

I also want all streaming options to have speed control options so I can watch shows at 2x speed. I use a chrome extension to get around it, but it would be nice to have it built in. Netflix already does this

We all know that in the end Disney will buy all the streaming services

The worst part of streaming services, undoubtadly: content monopoly The different streaming services we have now almost never overlap in content, aka you have to go to a specific one to get said content (like, The Office or whatever), AKA, the services don't actually have to improve, since no competing streaming service exists that provides that content, and you can only go to them Which is why more people have gone back to pirating

oh my god lowkey u sound like the guy from train ur dragon! love all ur content keeps me laughin

My family has had Netflix since they became a streaming service and I’ve enjoyed seeing how they update things. There was this virtual assistant type thing named max that would help you find something new to watch. For a bit they had a lil quiz asking what genre and such that you wanted to watch and it’s pick one out

can we get a full ASMR episode pls

Should've had a reference to Well Dressed Bird when talking about that HBO ad.

I literally heard your intro and subscribed immediatly, amazing channel.

One feature I'd like, as someone who rewatches stuff, I'd appreciate an option for if you select an episode that you were partway through, it'd give a pop-up asking if you wanted to pick up where you left off, or start the episode over. So far the closest I've gotten is Netflix's start the whole series over option.

The only thing that bugs me about Netflix is that sometimes it won’t give me the description of the show just the description of the first episode

All of them should incorporate the same thing hbo has for “last chance” and “new releases” so you always know what was just added and what to watch by the end of the month without having to go to a separate article you maybe forgot about two weeks later.

Nearly 3 years later, Hulu's UI still has a lot of room for improvement. Not surprising, considering many online services I use have company-owned forums with nearly 10-years old feature or improvement requests.

i did watch the apple tv show with jennifer anniston and it's easily one of my favorite shows of all time, it even got some emmys i believe

Eddy Burback: I'd like to be tread like an adult Also Eddy Burback: Eddy's Super Cool Streaming Services Ranking (no girlz allowed)

I need netflix to put the “just added” section back. It pisses me of every day that its gone

The biggest thing I want in a streaming service is a SLEEP TIMER. I want to be able to push a button, and after x minutes or x episodes my phone goes to sleep mode cause then I can fall asleep.

Prime imdb integration is something everything needs. Animelabs ability to change language for both audio and subtitles at the same time midship is great. Must be keyboard compatible

Just so people know, Netflix has a “watch party” type thing. It’s a free chrome extension, google it and you’ll find it. You’re welcome Eddy.

I wouldn’t get Quibi… because Quibi doesn’t fucking exist anymore

Also with Disney, when you click on a movie you're done with, but haven't watched the credits it'll just stay in your "continue watching" and there's no "restart" button, so you have to rewind yourself like I had to with VHS tapes. Even CDs had, restart buttons

I agree 100% “Fuck Comcast” for a Month straight without fail they turned off our internet every Monday till late Tuesday or even to mid Wednesday. And the customer service when we called was garbage.

the service is clean af but has a disturbing lack of young sheldon tbh

I want that as an intro every video: “Hi I’m Eddy Burback, and I look like your dad.”

There's already a free watch party add-on that connects with all the streaming services you mentioned called Scener! Not sure if it has support for Eddy Flix Max +, though

Coming in late to say that Apple TV+ is pretty great now, Severance, For All Mankind, and Ted Lasso are fantastic shows.

What I would really appreciate are some options or settings, specifically: - A setting to automatically skip intros and outros to television series like Bojack Horseman or Archer. - A setting to automatically make the audio the native language, so I can watch anime with Japanese audio, Pan's Labyrinth in Spanish, Star Trek in English, etc. - An option to have certain titles hidden. For example, I no longer want to see Young Sheldon in searches or recommendations, so I "hide" it. - A setting to turn off "Are you still watching?" It's good for people who leave the room or fall asleep, but I really do watch 10 hours of content in one sitting sometimes and I don't want Netflix to judge me anymore lmao. - A setting to turn off autoplay for a different show or movie. For example, I was watching Archer while working on something and at the end of the latest episode, Hulu played Solar Opposites. I like the show, but I was like, whut?

I feel like something missing from this list is an “international” option. I think it’s cool to learn what countries have other shows, and even if we don’t get English dubs of shows like Dragon Ball Z, it’d be nice to have the option to switch regions and view what’s already there. Same for all other countries and shows from other regions. Netflix is sort of stale for me now but hearing what is in other regions would definitely have me pick it up a bit more.

Netflix had a watch party type thing during the 360 Xbox live period. Your avatars would sit in a movie theater and the movie would play (in a smaller screen size because of the avatars)

This wasn't in the video (because it isn't important to everyone) but some streaming services need to work on having audio in different languages. It's hard to watch something with non-english speaking family or friends if the only audio option is in English.

I’ll never ever get sick of eddy calling himself my dad

That ASMR of eddy saying he’s my dad really hit different

It's amazing how poorly this video aged in just 2 years. Not because of Eddy, but because of just how terrible most of these services became in only 2 years.

Thank you for taking the time to cable manage your tv

Damn dad, you said you’d only go out to get a pack of cigarettes almost 25 years ago and now I catch you hosting your own RU-vid show?

Credit where credit is due: Peacock has a pretty substantial free tier.

there is something called teleparty which is quite recent that let’s you watch shows together on streaming platforms

Hulu also has absolutely no concept of anime seasons being released in named arcs and I hate that they categorize them as whole different shows sometimes, like Durarara & DurararaX2, and the Demon Slayer arcs. I've been pleasantly surprised that they didn't do it to My Hero Academia.

I agree with most of this by you are the first person I’ve heard who actually LIKES auto play. I think having auto play should be an option that you have to choose on setup (and could change later if you wanted)

Eddy: Netflix will cancel your favorite show after 3 seasons because that's as far as people usually watch Also Eddy: Has seen 2.5 seasons of New Girl

started watching eddy last week and currently binge watching

it would also be nice if the "add to my list" feature on netflix allowed you to create different folders so that they won't be crammed into one messy list