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HBO Max was renamed Max, and Warner Bros. Discovery lost subscribers
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You literally cannot change the fucking size of the subtitles anymore, at least on Android or Chromecast. So you're stuck with giant letters, black background. It's the most infuriating shit of all time, HBO Max had options to change these things, I can't believe that 1 programmer couldn't solve this in a single day.
I feel like Netflix is the only one with a sensible default subtitle size.
Everyone else is like "Oh, you need subtitles. ARE YOU DEAF? IF WE MAKE THE LETTERS EXTRA BIG WILL YOU HEAR THEM BETTER!"
No motherfucker, I just need them because modern audio mixing is a fucking mess and actors have started mumbling. This is what happens when all the stage actors retire or die. I never had trouble understanding Alan Rickman or Tim Curry. They didn't need subtitles. But them you get Matthew McConaughey, and he's all "mmmhmmhm Murph" even without the spaceship engine noises, like even his fucking name is mumbled. Fuck you.
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It doesn't help that TVs don't include decent speakers anymore. A soundbar is a minimum, although I've seen those start to cheap out on the speakers too. Poor audio quality makes humans less understandable.