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335points
165comments
#167of 3,515 in 2024
Top 5%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

14 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 24 critical, out of 74 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.

Execution: 1 for, 12 againstIdea: 5 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fast, clean interface compared to JustWatch

    From 3 comments
    • Man, there are a whole bunch of sites that cover the Netherlands, but they always seem to be out of date or dog slow to the point of timeouts and ad-laden. This is fast and…
      frankvdwaal on HN
    • I also thought, "Justwatch clone" but, it's much nicer, even aside from the international info. Justwatch is so cumbersome. Yours is fast and clean. I note that, testing around,…
      tqwhite on HN
    • Nice! I tested a bit, the UI is clean and better than justwatch. Searched for a couple of movies and they are available. Congrats on the launch and thank you for sharing this…
      sunnysogra on HN

Objections

  • Availability data is often inaccurate

    From 5 comments
    • https://whereto.stream/movie/8810?provider=hbo Why does it claim that mad max 2 is streamable on hbo in denmark? Decided to watch the trilogy this weekend and had a laugh that…
      Lewton on HN
    • Netflix's Rebel Moon Part 2 not available anywhere? Pretty sure this isn't accurate. https://whereto.stream/movie/934632
      vidyesh on HN
    • i guess there are not a lot of public apis provided by streaming providers like netflix which makes your service very unreliable. I am from austria and for rebel moon part 2,…
      datguyfromAT on HN
    • I just tested it with The Rookie. Why is the country list not sorted alphabetically? And why does it show for Germany, that I need NordVPN? Are you sponsored? Because it IS…
      7bit on HN
    • It shows a lot of movies available in prime video for Norway which is wrong.
      olekenneth on HN
  • Pushes VPN affiliate links, seen as affiliate farm

    From 2 comments
    • From what I see this looks like an affiliate link farm for NordVPN. Every single movie I tried shows up as being not available in my country with "Stream with NordVPN" slapped…
      eps on HN
    • I don't see the point in this, sorry. First of all, it seems to be inaccurate. If you're going to sell people a VPN so that they can watch something, at least make sure that the…
      daveoc64 on HN

Requests

  • Set home country and filter by country

    From 4 comments
    • Improvement ideas: let the user set their country. If I live in Germany, and I don't want to bother with VPN, knowing that a TV show is available in Argentina and 30 other…
      serial_dev on HN
    • This is really neat. I hope you dont mind some feedback as I’ve used a few web apps like this in the past and have a fair idea of my own needs as a user that you may or may not…
      highwaylights on HN
    • I'd appreciate a top-level country filter. It helps reduce noise, and can still allow you to put VPN affiliate links when there are no matches.
      andridk on HN
    • Features I would like: a country filter and a way to select which streaming services I have access to. And if I search for something show that it is not available with my filters.
      deegles on HN
  • Add more streaming services

    From 3 comments
    • Hi, this excludes some of the major streaming services that we have in New Zealand, namely: - Neon - TVNZ+ Could you please add support for these?
      Chilko on HN
    • Glad to hear that! We'll look into adding Viki and many other streaming services as a source. Thanks for your feedback.
      danilotanic on HN
    • We're working to improve the platform, and one area of focus will be to support more services.
      danilotanic on HN
  • Email alert when title becomes available

    From 1 comment
    • Nice app! Congrats on launching! I was about to start building something similar but a bit different use case (maybe you can add it to your app?): if the tv show is not available…
      fandorin on HN

Questions

  • Where does the data come from

    From 3 comments
    • Where do you source the data?
      wodenokoto on HN
    • How do you get you data? Are you using APIs?
      bartkappenburg on HN
    • It says I can stream this in US on Amazon but I sure can't find it anywhere on Prime video... From where is the underlying data coming? https://whereto.stream/movie/14784 EDIT:…
      schrectacular on HN

Alternatives named

  • JustWatch

    From 3 comments
    • How is this different / better than justwatch?
      100721 on HN
    • At first, I thought you built a justwatch.com clone. But, after a quick inspection I realized you solve a related but different use-case where the user already paid for the…
      soci on HN
    • Justwatch.com
      JaceLightning on HN
  • Stremio

    From 2 comments

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