The original post: /r/television by /u/ppitm on 2026-03-24 19:42:01+00:00.
The wanton laziness of Prime, Netflix and other streaming services is truly astounding. You could be streaming an old movie or show that broadcast on cable with closed captioning for 20 years, only for that to be jettisoned in favor of an AI subtitler with the English language comprehension of a Golden Retriever.
I especially like it when the subtitles try to capture the lyrics of the theme song, and make a different guess at the words in each episode. Even if the big streaming services don’t care about basic accomodations for viewers with disabilities, you’d think they would remember that a double-digit percentage of subscribers with good hearing turn the subtitles on anyways…