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Is it me or is there a lot more DC stuff available on Comixology Unlimited? Edit: but too terrible for browsing and discoverability. hadji murad fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Feb 18, 2022 |
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On the bright side Rebellion is having the time of its life and there's a new Humble Bundle of their stuff. (The usual rear end-ton of Dredd and 2000ad with a whole bunch of UK Based Comic stuff) https://twitter.com/2000AD/status/1494463990226903043
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Feb 18, 2022 12:54
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They deleted all my comics and the dumb redownload link they provide goes to an error page. I had my comixology and regular amazon account separate but it shows up on neither. Christ.
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Feb 18, 2022 13:28
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I was just saying the other day how much I loved Comxiology's reader, especially Guided View. It's how I read Watchmen ,Dark Knight Returns, and I was just getting into the Under the Red Hood TPB when I come back a few minutes ago to find....nothing. Absolutely nothing. What the gently caress
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Feb 18, 2022 14:23
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It's very cool how when browsing the comics on sale everything appears to be in a random order instead of alphabetically, and you can't sort it alphabetically. How are they so bad at this. That seems like a really basic function everyone would want.
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Feb 18, 2022 14:30
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Thill-suckers have no need for concepts such as 'what every customer wants' and 'honouring past purchase'
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Feb 18, 2022 14:33
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For them to flat out admit that they don’t have any plan for the basics like having a cart shows how serious they have taken this and how much we can expect going forward.
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Feb 18, 2022 14:44
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It's really clear that Guided View and a captive audience were the only things Amazon considered valuable and also don't realise GV is largely talented people putting the work in to do bespoke experiences for each book. Their half-hearted damage control email is also really hard to take seriously when it talks about improvements soon when they delayed this by like 6 months and apparently launched with zero improvements to the beta. And even setting all that aside, yes, how is this internet based company so bad at UIs. Say what you will about Google, but at least their poo poo looks like it was designed by people who actually use the services... usually. Gaz-L fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Feb 18, 2022 |
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Feb 18, 2022 14:46
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Is there a good alternative comic reader with anything close to Comxiology's guided view?
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Feb 18, 2022 14:52
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Most of them have something but it's usually basic 'zoom in on 4 quadrants' stuff or requires you or another reader to upload a configuration file for each book - which is pretty much GV but Comixology did the configuration for you and for publishers.
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Feb 18, 2022 15:03
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The app updated on my android tablet and it straight up won't load. Just gets stuck at the main screen and then my tablet freezes up. It's incredible how much of a disaster this is.
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Feb 18, 2022 15:03
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Srice posted:The app updated on my android tablet and it straight up won't load. Just gets stuck at the main screen and then my tablet freezes up. It's incredible how much of a disaster this is. Clear cache?
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Feb 18, 2022 15:06
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Chin Strap posted:Clear cache? I tried both that and restarting my tablet and no dice. Guess I'll completely reinstall the app to see if that fixes things though honestly that is gonna suck a lot since I have a ton of stuff downloaded and it'd take a lot of time to redownload everything.
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Feb 18, 2022 15:07
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They just took out my iPad. 0 books available, 435.7 GB used on device. Time to start my Legion of Super Heroes Chronology in YAC Reader.
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Feb 18, 2022 15:15
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It turns out that reinstalling the app did fix my problem, though unfortunately I had over 30 GB of stuff downloaded and it's gonna be a hassle to redownload it all.
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Feb 18, 2022 15:25
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NikkolasKing posted:Is there a good alternative comic reader with anything close to Comxiology's guided view? If your library has any budget, you might luck into their Hoopla (has panel by panel view) or Comics Plus (supposed to add guided view someday as of mid-2021) subscription. ...didn't there used to be some ad-supported "everyone but DC and Marvel" free comics apps? Farrago is gone...
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Feb 18, 2022 15:35
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Marvels gv is bad
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Feb 18, 2022 15:39
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I heard things were bad about the "new" Comixology website for people outside the US (I'm in Australia), so I wanted to see just how bad it was for myself. Got redirected to Amazon as expected, things look a little off. Let's see what's in New Releases this week?  Stranger and stranger. Maybe just thumbnails aren't linked properly for the "featured releases"? So if I click on "See more"...  gently caress you, Amazon.
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Feb 18, 2022 16:56
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You'd think a company as bloodsucking and money driven as Amazon wouldn't just throw money away like this, but here we are.
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Feb 18, 2022 18:39
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Two Tone Shoes posted:You'd think a company as bloodsucking and money driven as Amazon wouldn't just throw money away like this, but here we are. You've obviously never used Prime Video.
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Feb 18, 2022 18:47
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Srice posted:It turns out that reinstalling the app did fix my problem, though unfortunately I had over 30 GB of stuff downloaded and it's gonna be a hassle to redownload it all. if it makes you feel better. I didn’t have to reinstall the app and I still have to redownload everything. Unfortunately, I don’t see the super helpful smart list of “poo poo I’m reading” anymore, so this will be a pain in the rear end figuring out what I want to download.
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Feb 18, 2022 19:18
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Looks like amazon saw what happened to marvel unlimited and decided they could do worse
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Feb 18, 2022 21:07
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vkeios posted:if it makes you feel better. I didn’t have to reinstall the app and I still have to redownload everything. You can filter by Read/Unread at the top. Of course, mine was screwed up so I had to go manually tag a bunch of books as read
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Feb 18, 2022 22:15
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If you're sorting by series, it only counts the series as 'read' if you've literally 'read' every single issue/collection.
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Feb 19, 2022 04:43
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Gaz-L posted:If you're sorting by series, it only counts the series as 'read' if you've literally 'read' every single issue/collection.
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Feb 19, 2022 09:51
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That thumbnail at the bottom can gently caress right off. And no way of telling if I’ve downloaded a series or not. Terrible grouping of some books that has them scattered. So many annoyances. Edit: Sandman fills up 75 slots because they can’t group it hadji murad fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Feb 19, 2022 |
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Feb 19, 2022 12:10
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Just checked, IDW seems to be completely walled up DRM Wise for the forseable.
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Feb 19, 2022 12:22
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No idea what they were thinking off, the interface just seems like a massive setback and as a causal reader, I dont see exactly how it will encourage me to buy anything when it seems so user unfriendly.
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Feb 19, 2022 18:58
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I love getting an individual email for every subscription that's coming up next week, but without the email actually telling me what the preorder is.
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Feb 19, 2022 19:27
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sounds like this is hitting creators hard too, unsurprisingly https://twitter.com/JimZub/status/1495051330154602498?t=_KB1dkgEwtLGCNTpXx4Pdg&s=19 https://twitter.com/gregpak/status/1495071370153271305?t=nCkT_KaAXs7T3JCmpslVCg&s=19
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Feb 19, 2022 19:29
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Something that some folks have discovered is that the Comixology-based DC and Marvel apps are still working as they used to (on Android at least). While the Marvel one is still available, the DC one isn't on the Play store anymore, but if you have ever downloaded it on your account in the past you should be able to find it and re-install it from your app library. Edit: Looks like Amazon caught up. There's now a "this app is going away" popup in the DC app, like the one that appeared in the official Comixology app leading up to the forced merge with Kindle. Alehkhs fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Feb 20, 2022 |
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Feb 19, 2022 21:18
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The gators and the thoughtless just saying "just go to your LCS!" ignoring all the reasons why that wasnt feasible kinda throws all the progress I thought we made here out the window.
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Feb 20, 2022 09:40
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they could have at least not forced the update. it feels lazily malicious. thanks for the functional lobotomy Amazon.
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Feb 20, 2022 21:02
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Cheap Trick posted:I heard things were bad about the "new" Comixology website for people outside the US (I'm in Australia), so I wanted to see just how bad it was for myself. Great job.
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Feb 20, 2022 21:35
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The new app is somehow worse on an Amazon Fire tablet than an iPad—on my Fire, I can't read in landscape orientation, even if I lock rotation
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Feb 20, 2022 22:21
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I put the Android update of Comixology through its paces: discoverability sucks, filtering my library... exists, reading experience itself is actually pretty good. Guided View has stuck around, manga has gained two-page mode (it's new to my Android 8.0 tablet at least), and I appreciate the "start reading while download is in progress" mode for larger trades/omnibus editions. If this was Comixology's initial large-scale debut, I would say it's an alright starting place, but coming from the industry leader with the backing of the third-largest market share company in the world... what a let down. Everything about the website experience got worse, obviously. And keep in mind, this is what they came up with after delaying the move back in 2021! Space Fish fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Feb 20, 2022 |
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Feb 20, 2022 23:01
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Space Fish posted:I put the Android update of Comixology through its paces: discoverability sucks, filtering my library... exists, reading experience itself is actually pretty good. Guided View has stuck around, manga has gained two-page mode (it's new to my Android 8.0 tablet at least), and I appreciate the "start reading while download is in progress" mode for larger trades/omnibus editions. If this was Comixology's initial large-scale debut, I would say it's an alright starting place, but coming from the industry leader with the backing of the third-largest market share company in the world... what a let down. Now download the Kindle app. And open one of them without looking at the icon you tapped, and tell me which one you opened.
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Feb 21, 2022 04:02
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Was reading while downloading not a thing on Android? You've been able to do it on iOS for as long as I can remember. Hell, two page mode for manga has been there for a long time, too.
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Feb 21, 2022 05:17
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Gaz-L posted:Now download the Kindle app. And open one of them without looking at the icon you tapped, and tell me which one you opened. Comixology being consumed by the leviathan to the point that its product and the serpent's are indistinguishable sucks a whole bunch, I agree! Endless Mike posted:Was reading while downloading not a thing on Android? You've been able to do it on iOS for as long as I can remember. Turning my tablet sideways while reading manga on Comixology's Android app used to result in a shrunken version of the one-page view. Shonen Jump and Kobo's apps handled wide/two-page manga mode just fine.
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Huh, weird. Never had a problem on my iPad.
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