# Paramount+ 11 Hacker News commenters recommended Paramount+ and 35 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for Champions League games, Warner Bros. shows and a smoother app on some devices; the most common caveat is a buggy, laggy app. ## Why people recommend it - App runs smoothly on some devices (3 comments): "Later I subscribed to paramount+ via amazon, and said goodbye to the glitches." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46596597)) "My Paramount+ app went from crashing daily to no crashes in many months." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595230)) "offer the best app experience on my (very low-end) smart TV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643990)) - Better user experience than YouTube (2 comments): "offer the best app experience on my (very low-end) smart TV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643990)) "they all provide a better user experience than Youtube." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49921727)) - Sports and Warner Bros. content (2 comments): "So far all the Champions League games have been available on the app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196420)) "would rather have the Warner Bros content over there than on Netflix" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193406)) ## What people warn about - Buggy, laggy, crashing app (5 comments): "It has really strange bugs like with an hour left of a Champions League match it thought it had reached the end credits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193764)) "it's an impressively bad app that, along with being very laggy, will crash fairly regularly too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591769)) "Later I subscribed to paramount+ via amazon, and said goodbye to the glitches." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46596597)) - Owner's politics and deals (2 comments): "canceled my service after they made a bribe to the current president to approve one of their acquisitions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46193467)) "Paramount will probably stay in the red because they are overly-catering to conservatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643141)) - Shows and films moved or dropped (3 comments): "Once they axed Prodigy and sold season 2 to Netflix (ironic, in retrospect), the writing was on the wall." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46199710)) "Paramount was already deep in shuffling a lot of movies to Paramount+ exclusives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197170)) "Even less now that Taylor Sheridan has left for greener pastures." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46157297)) - Content seen as weaker than rivals (3 comments): "It's a lot of fluff on the same or even lower caliber than Netflix." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46157171)) "Paramount is more of an also ran as far as streaming media IMO" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984323)) "Unfortunately for P+ it just hasn't been compelling enough." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46194352)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [YouTube Premium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-premium.md): 197 recommend - [Netflix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netflix.md): 181 recommend - [Nebula](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nebula.md): 58 recommend - [HBO](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hbo.md): 32 recommend - [Amazon Prime Video](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-prime-video.md): 29 recommend ## Where to get it - [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Paramount%2B+subscription&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link) - [Official site](https://www.paramountplus.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Paramount+", https://hackerapproved.com/p/paramount-plus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).