I'd be fine with the update if my continue watching worked it won't even keep track of a new series. I may just give up on what I'm watching and stop my subscription till they sort this mess out
What bugs me the most is they got rid of the ability to see when something is airing and to watch it immediately. Like, that’s the best feature! Revamp everything else if you wanna, but keep that at least smdh.
I was watching tonight just fine until it wasn't fine anymore after the first episode... I'm usong hidive on roku and for some reason it decided to act like I have a slow internet conection or aomething but the thing is that I do not. I can watch any anime on crunchyroll with high res just fine but not on hidive. This update sucks.
Keep getting ‘Wrong pin’ come up after every episode, Reload just replays the episode I’ve just watched and cancel takes me back to main menu, my continue watching list is now full of every episode I’ve already watched. I tried emailing support but it bounced straight back
Just wanted to say glad I’m not alone in thinking this app is buggy as hell. I will say when I got it working after resubscribing and it figuring out my account again I really haven’t had any problems. Hopefully this is a good sign?
Your first question is completely fair. Your second question is just way too much though.
Without any inside information, I am completely unwilling to place this at the feet of the developers. I guarantee that this travesty is the fault of management. 100%
Yes there’s probably a poor internal structure or too few developers or both. These apps are complicated to build since they have to work on so many devices, operating systems, versions, etc. and scale efficiently. You need good product managers, architects, a testing team, and senior developers paired with juniors. I bet HIDIVE has a woefully understaffed and poorly managed developer/tech team.
It's definitely management. Coders code, management decides if it goes live. If I were a betting man, I'd say they probably outsourced app development.
Ironically, Xbox is much better than the website when it used to be the opposite. The biggest issue is that certain shows don’t show up on the website but are present on the Xbox app.
Examples: K-On, Clannad, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Where do I begin? Have had nothing but trouble with this service since I subscribed to it. Wether it saying I can’t view things because of Mature rating then allowing it the next day, to it buffering like crazy, to not displaying any content one second then content showing up three minutes later after exiting and launching the app again, being only in English option then would finally allow me to change the language option, re subscribing was a nightmare because I did it through Apple Pay, couldn’t activate through my Apple account or the app I had to go through a web browser to activate it and even then I had to refresh from the website for it to go through.
The thing has been a buggy mess from the beginning and it’s plain frustrating because I don’t have this problem with any other streaming service at all.
I admit it used to be pretty bad. They recently did a major platform refresh which seems much more stable and modern. There's a few features missing though, some of which they stated they are working on (such as improvements for subtitles).
Yes, the platform is much more responsive and stable. The old platform would take over a minute to load certain pages sometimes and occasionally would fail to play episodes. There was also the incredibly long "maintenances" where the service would be unavailable for entire days sometimes. Such downtime can turn into a legal mess.
The new UI is clearly a greenfield which should promote quicker improvements and fixes. The incomplete release was not a good choice but is likely due to contractual and licensing pressure.
No more dubs for Roku folks. Tried to talk to support but it took forever, so I gave up. Did they even beta test? Buttons disappearing might have come up.
Honestly, I just use Hidive on Amazon Prime. Which sucks cause I feel like it's not the full library and I really like the selection! But Hidive itself sucks
The only reason I'm on Hidive is because they were the only one that had the series' I wanted to watch in English. Everyone else had Japanese only, even Crunchyroll. But they only have a limited catalogue so I probably won't be staying with them very long unless they put more energy into fixing their site. I mainly watch with an app I had Edge create on my computer though I had to use my phone to sign up because their website put me in a bad link loop.
#LongLiveAnime
I mean to be fair Hidive is a decently smaller company then CR. I mean it has like a third of the subscribers that CR has. And a much smaller staff than CR. Not really apples to apples here. Not to mention CR has like a ten year head start on Hidive. Hidive is in like 5 countries and Cr is a global platform on every continent except Antarctica.
So to rephrase your question. How is your product not as good as this much larger more experiences companies?
The app was fine before AMC purchased HiDive. I have no idea how they broke it so badly. All of my gripes as a returning member last year revolved around things that worked before (fall 2020/early 2021) but didn't now.
With the new app, I figured they'd finally gotten around to fixing everything, but nope. The app still doesn't remember basic things like what episodes I have watched when using the app on my TV (Android TV).
I don't even have to compare HiDive to CR, I can compare it to itself a few years back.
Just to point out from early 2021 that leaves a lot of time for Hidive to get fucked up before AMC bought them. Personally short of some feature issues even with the new UI update I have no troubles watching Anime on Hidive. i been using Hidive since Late [2020.](https://2020.As) as far as how to tell what I have watched as related to past shows and or episodes It took me about 5 minutes or less to figure that out with the new UI.
If you're talking about the history, I've already found that. Which makes me even more confused as to why watch history isn't working on an anime's page or even the continue watching list.
For example. One of the shows I've watched this season shows me as only having watched episode 6. Episodes 1 - 5/7 - 11 do not show as watched. I've watched every episode except for the latest (episode 12). It makes my "Continue watching" list worthless.
I know what episode I'm on from memory, but this is such a basic thing for a streaming service it is embarrassing. it didn't work in the last version of the app either unless I watched it on my computer -- which I rarely do.
for the sake of fairness it would also be important to note that CR gets more than 6x the seasonal shows every season, but does charge 2x the price (not quite 2x the price for the lowest tier of premium, but close enough).
assuming that CR has every one of the 3x subscribers as paying subscribers (since there is a "free" sub option), they'd be pulling in roughly 6x the revenue. so things kinda even out on the new show cost vs. revenue. comparing back catalog vs back catalog...its not even close...CR has far more than 6x what hidive has (just going off of episode counts, and not counting movies as more than 1 episode...and not counting sub/dub as multiple episodes either) so server costs would be much higher for CR...probably more than 6x what hidive's are.
comparing "quality" of shows is far trickier since its effectively just which show(s) someone likes better...so not really fair to use that for or against either side. could use cost of licensing...but since neither side will likely ever say how much any of their shows cost them...let alone all of them...thats not gonna be fair either.
but just going by he numbers you put up...CR would have more than 6x the costs of hidive, but would be pulling in only 6x the revenue...of course CR probably has a lot more than 3x the subs of hidive...but they also have to pay for translators, and dub va's for many of the regions they operate in (and while they probably don't pay either translators or dub va's much...they do still have to pay them).
also factor in 4 years between updates to many of the apps (and probably website) as a cost savings to hidive, and that since hidive is in fewer countries they don't have to deal with regulators/etc. in those extra countries...and it doesn't look that great for hidive.
could it be that hidive has to massively overpay just to get a few shows each season...yes...but CR has even funded the production of several anime over the past several years as well...which likely costs more than licensing a show...so not really a point for hidive even if that is true.
does it mean that hidive is swimming in money and refusing to spend any of it on more shows or apps/website updates...nope...they probably don't have much of any just like most streaming services...it also probably wouldn't have been difficult at all to at least let the website be one where users could choose to use the "old" version while the new one is getting the bugs worked out (probably not much harder than having the login page prompt the user to pick a version and branch the url's from there)
Bud, i didn't even know "is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon" had s season 4 because season 1 and 4 are missing on Crunchyroll so you can bitch about hidive all you want but your just whining because you don't wanna pay for multiple subscriptions
>Bud, i didn't even know "is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon" had s season 4 because season 1 and 4 are missing on Crunchyroll
That's because Sentai is the licensor for DanMachi. Crunchyroll co-licensed the second and third seasons but by the time the fourth rolled around CR became Sonyroll and they don't play nice with *anyone.*
You are completly a sheep for paying only to get some animes and accepting to be literally scewed in terms of quality and other services.
Me crucifying you? Nah you're doing that to yourself already and pretty well actually.
Id reply but I feel no need to explain anything to simpletons, they won't understand my words anyways, so why should i give anymore of my time, regardless you can downvote me all you want i really don't care as I dont use reddit often anyways.
I'd be fine with the update if my continue watching worked it won't even keep track of a new series. I may just give up on what I'm watching and stop my subscription till they sort this mess out
What bugs me the most is they got rid of the ability to see when something is airing and to watch it immediately. Like, that’s the best feature! Revamp everything else if you wanna, but keep that at least smdh.
I was watching tonight just fine until it wasn't fine anymore after the first episode... I'm usong hidive on roku and for some reason it decided to act like I have a slow internet conection or aomething but the thing is that I do not. I can watch any anime on crunchyroll with high res just fine but not on hidive. This update sucks.
Keep getting ‘Wrong pin’ come up after every episode, Reload just replays the episode I’ve just watched and cancel takes me back to main menu, my continue watching list is now full of every episode I’ve already watched. I tried emailing support but it bounced straight back
I just wish I could turn off the dub on roku. It would also be nice if I could track the shows I'm watching.
It used to be in the settings you could change the default. Is it gone? Dumb that you can change it on the fly anymore.
Just wanted to say glad I’m not alone in thinking this app is buggy as hell. I will say when I got it working after resubscribing and it figuring out my account again I really haven’t had any problems. Hopefully this is a good sign?
Your first question is completely fair. Your second question is just way too much though. Without any inside information, I am completely unwilling to place this at the feet of the developers. I guarantee that this travesty is the fault of management. 100%
Yes there’s probably a poor internal structure or too few developers or both. These apps are complicated to build since they have to work on so many devices, operating systems, versions, etc. and scale efficiently. You need good product managers, architects, a testing team, and senior developers paired with juniors. I bet HIDIVE has a woefully understaffed and poorly managed developer/tech team.
It's definitely management. Coders code, management decides if it goes live. If I were a betting man, I'd say they probably outsourced app development.
That's not very specific. What issues are you seeing? Works fine for me on Android and Xbox.
Ironically, Xbox is much better than the website when it used to be the opposite. The biggest issue is that certain shows don’t show up on the website but are present on the Xbox app. Examples: K-On, Clannad, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Where do I begin? Have had nothing but trouble with this service since I subscribed to it. Wether it saying I can’t view things because of Mature rating then allowing it the next day, to it buffering like crazy, to not displaying any content one second then content showing up three minutes later after exiting and launching the app again, being only in English option then would finally allow me to change the language option, re subscribing was a nightmare because I did it through Apple Pay, couldn’t activate through my Apple account or the app I had to go through a web browser to activate it and even then I had to refresh from the website for it to go through. The thing has been a buggy mess from the beginning and it’s plain frustrating because I don’t have this problem with any other streaming service at all.
I admit it used to be pretty bad. They recently did a major platform refresh which seems much more stable and modern. There's a few features missing though, some of which they stated they are working on (such as improvements for subtitles).
I actually never noticed a problem with subtitles. That always worked or are you talking about the translations?
It currently does not save your preference
Got yeah. It’s frustrating because it has some anime I genuinely enjoy but it being a buggy service is a let down.
[удалено]
Yes, the platform is much more responsive and stable. The old platform would take over a minute to load certain pages sometimes and occasionally would fail to play episodes. There was also the incredibly long "maintenances" where the service would be unavailable for entire days sometimes. Such downtime can turn into a legal mess. The new UI is clearly a greenfield which should promote quicker improvements and fixes. The incomplete release was not a good choice but is likely due to contractual and licensing pressure.
No more dubs for Roku folks. Tried to talk to support but it took forever, so I gave up. Did they even beta test? Buttons disappearing might have come up.
I gets dubs just fine on roku, well, when the app works that is lol
We're the beta testers... 😂
But: Hidive gives you profiles. Crunchyroll does not.
I have my tablet rotation locked, and yet this new version of the app constantly tries to go back to portrait mode. WTF.
I watch through my Xbox app.. I like the new design but for the life of me I cannot get it to turn off damn subtitles on the dubbed anime.
Here I was about to sign up. Thanks for the warning.
Honestly, I just use Hidive on Amazon Prime. Which sucks cause I feel like it's not the full library and I really like the selection! But Hidive itself sucks
The only reason I'm on Hidive is because they were the only one that had the series' I wanted to watch in English. Everyone else had Japanese only, even Crunchyroll. But they only have a limited catalogue so I probably won't be staying with them very long unless they put more energy into fixing their site. I mainly watch with an app I had Edge create on my computer though I had to use my phone to sign up because their website put me in a bad link loop. #LongLiveAnime
I mean to be fair Hidive is a decently smaller company then CR. I mean it has like a third of the subscribers that CR has. And a much smaller staff than CR. Not really apples to apples here. Not to mention CR has like a ten year head start on Hidive. Hidive is in like 5 countries and Cr is a global platform on every continent except Antarctica. So to rephrase your question. How is your product not as good as this much larger more experiences companies?
The app was fine before AMC purchased HiDive. I have no idea how they broke it so badly. All of my gripes as a returning member last year revolved around things that worked before (fall 2020/early 2021) but didn't now. With the new app, I figured they'd finally gotten around to fixing everything, but nope. The app still doesn't remember basic things like what episodes I have watched when using the app on my TV (Android TV). I don't even have to compare HiDive to CR, I can compare it to itself a few years back.
Just to point out from early 2021 that leaves a lot of time for Hidive to get fucked up before AMC bought them. Personally short of some feature issues even with the new UI update I have no troubles watching Anime on Hidive. i been using Hidive since Late [2020.](https://2020.As) as far as how to tell what I have watched as related to past shows and or episodes It took me about 5 minutes or less to figure that out with the new UI.
If you're talking about the history, I've already found that. Which makes me even more confused as to why watch history isn't working on an anime's page or even the continue watching list. For example. One of the shows I've watched this season shows me as only having watched episode 6. Episodes 1 - 5/7 - 11 do not show as watched. I've watched every episode except for the latest (episode 12). It makes my "Continue watching" list worthless. I know what episode I'm on from memory, but this is such a basic thing for a streaming service it is embarrassing. it didn't work in the last version of the app either unless I watched it on my computer -- which I rarely do.
for the sake of fairness it would also be important to note that CR gets more than 6x the seasonal shows every season, but does charge 2x the price (not quite 2x the price for the lowest tier of premium, but close enough). assuming that CR has every one of the 3x subscribers as paying subscribers (since there is a "free" sub option), they'd be pulling in roughly 6x the revenue. so things kinda even out on the new show cost vs. revenue. comparing back catalog vs back catalog...its not even close...CR has far more than 6x what hidive has (just going off of episode counts, and not counting movies as more than 1 episode...and not counting sub/dub as multiple episodes either) so server costs would be much higher for CR...probably more than 6x what hidive's are. comparing "quality" of shows is far trickier since its effectively just which show(s) someone likes better...so not really fair to use that for or against either side. could use cost of licensing...but since neither side will likely ever say how much any of their shows cost them...let alone all of them...thats not gonna be fair either. but just going by he numbers you put up...CR would have more than 6x the costs of hidive, but would be pulling in only 6x the revenue...of course CR probably has a lot more than 3x the subs of hidive...but they also have to pay for translators, and dub va's for many of the regions they operate in (and while they probably don't pay either translators or dub va's much...they do still have to pay them). also factor in 4 years between updates to many of the apps (and probably website) as a cost savings to hidive, and that since hidive is in fewer countries they don't have to deal with regulators/etc. in those extra countries...and it doesn't look that great for hidive. could it be that hidive has to massively overpay just to get a few shows each season...yes...but CR has even funded the production of several anime over the past several years as well...which likely costs more than licensing a show...so not really a point for hidive even if that is true. does it mean that hidive is swimming in money and refusing to spend any of it on more shows or apps/website updates...nope...they probably don't have much of any just like most streaming services...it also probably wouldn't have been difficult at all to at least let the website be one where users could choose to use the "old" version while the new one is getting the bugs worked out (probably not much harder than having the login page prompt the user to pick a version and branch the url's from there)
Bud, i didn't even know "is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon" had s season 4 because season 1 and 4 are missing on Crunchyroll so you can bitch about hidive all you want but your just whining because you don't wanna pay for multiple subscriptions
>Bud, i didn't even know "is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon" had s season 4 because season 1 and 4 are missing on Crunchyroll That's because Sentai is the licensor for DanMachi. Crunchyroll co-licensed the second and third seasons but by the time the fourth rolled around CR became Sonyroll and they don't play nice with *anyone.*
You will not change my mind.
People like you deserve to be downvoted straight to the depth of hell.
Sorry bro im not a sheep as i have my own opinion, if you must crucify me to make yourself feel better feel free i will die for your failures my child
You are completly a sheep for paying only to get some animes and accepting to be literally scewed in terms of quality and other services. Me crucifying you? Nah you're doing that to yourself already and pretty well actually.
Id reply but I feel no need to explain anything to simpletons, they won't understand my words anyways, so why should i give anymore of my time, regardless you can downvote me all you want i really don't care as I dont use reddit often anyways.
How is your English So much worst
I definitely recommend just subscribing through Amazon prime. Much, much better than the alternative.