I'm Getting Annoyed With the Peacock App...

[Ian J. Ball]

I think it was BTR that first pointed out a recent problem with the
Peacock app. After a recent update, I'm now noticing the same thing:

If the app is open for a while (in the background), and then you go
back to it, the "Continue Watching" and "My Stuff" panes just disappear
from the main page, and if you go to your "My Stuff" section directly,
it claims it is "empty".

Luckily, the "fix" for this is to forceably quit the app through Apple
TV, and then reopen it.

But I'm now needing to do the "force close-and-reopen" of the Peacock
app about every other time I open the app just to get the "Continue
Watching" and "My Stuff" panes back.

This strikes me as a pretty major bug... >:/


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"Who would ever do this to him!?" - HottCiara on DOOL (04-27-2020), asking
who would stab Victor Kirakis... How about ANYONE WHO'S EVER MET HIM??!!

[anim8rfsk]

Ian J. Ball <IJB...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> I think it was BTR that first pointed out a recent problem with the
> Peacock app. After a recent update, I'm now noticing the same thing:
>
> If the app is open for a while (in the background), and then you go
> back to it, the "Continue Watching" and "My Stuff" panes just disappear
> from the main page, and if you go to your "My Stuff" section directly,
> it claims it is "empty".
>
> Luckily, the "fix" for this is to forceably quit the app through Apple
> TV, and then reopen it.
>
> But I'm now needing to do the "force close-and-reopen" of the Peacock
> app about every other time I open the app just to get the "Continue
> Watching" and "My Stuff" panes back.
>
> This strikes me as a pretty major bug... >:/
>
>

I stopped using Peacock because sections kept disappearing. There was a
long time there where my stuff wasn’t anywhere to be found. It’s like
they’re trying to force you into just watching the live TV at random stuff.

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

[Ian J. Ball]

For the record, even after an app update, the Peacock app is still
doing what I (and Anim?) describe above.

[BTR1701]

In article <tikoib$3i25s$1...@dont-email.me>,

Ian J. Ball <IJB...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> On 2022-10-05 02:15:38 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>
> > Ian J. Ball <IJB...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> >> I think it was BTR that first pointed out a recent problem with the
> >> Peacock app. After a recent update, I'm now noticing the same thing:
> >>
> >> If the app is open for a while (in the background), and then you go
> >> back to it, the "Continue Watching" and "My Stuff" panes just disappear
> >> from the main page, and if you go to your "My Stuff" section directly,
> >> it claims it is "empty".
> >>
> >> Luckily, the "fix" for this is to forceably quit the app through Apple
> >> TV, and then reopen it.
> >>
> >> But I'm now needing to do the "force close-and-reopen" of the Peacock
> >> app about every other time I open the app just to get the "Continue
> >> Watching" and "My Stuff" panes back.
> >>
> >> This strikes me as a pretty major bug... >:/
> >
> > I stopped using Peacock because sections kept disappearing. There was a
> > long time there where my stuff wasn’t anywhere to be found. It's like
> > they're trying to force you into just watching the live TV at random
> > stuff.
>
> For the record, even after an app update, the Peacock app is still
> doing what I (and Anim?) describe above.

I've found that when the "Continue Watching" section disappears, if you
manually navigate to any of the shows that are in that section and watch
an ep, when you exit it, the "Continue Watching" section will be back
again.

[Ian J. Ball]

Like I said, I just find it easier to manually "close" the app, and
then "restart" it.

[anim8rfsk]

BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <tikoib$3i25s$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Ian J. Ball <IJB...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2022-10-05 02:15:38 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>
>>> Ian J. Ball <IJB...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>> I think it was BTR that first pointed out a recent problem with the
>>>> Peacock app. After a recent update, I'm now noticing the same thing:
>>>>
>>>> If the app is open for a while (in the background), and then you go
>>>> back to it, the "Continue Watching" and "My Stuff" panes just disappear
>>>> from the main page, and if you go to your "My Stuff" section directly,
>>>> it claims it is "empty".
>>>>
>>>> Luckily, the "fix" for this is to forceably quit the app through Apple
>>>> TV, and then reopen it.
>>>>
>>>> But I'm now needing to do the "force close-and-reopen" of the Peacock
>>>> app about every other time I open the app just to get the "Continue
>>>> Watching" and "My Stuff" panes back.
>>>>
>>>> This strikes me as a pretty major bug... >:/
>>>
>>> I stopped using Peacock because sections kept disappearing. There was a

>>> long time there where my stuff wasn’t anywhere to be found. It's like

>>> they're trying to force you into just watching the live TV at random
>>> stuff.
>>
>> For the record, even after an app update, the Peacock app is still
>> doing what I (and Anim?) describe above.
>
> I've found that when the "Continue Watching" section disappears, if you
> manually navigate to any of the shows that are in that section and watch
> an ep, when you exit it, the "Continue Watching" section will be back
> again.
>

Thanks for the tip, but wouldn’t it be a heck of a lot easier to quit and
restart?

[anim8rfsk]

And then use the time and effort saved to send me ice cream!

[Ian J. Ball]

Other way around, sport! - I posted at 19:57:16; you posted at
20:06:26: You owe ME ice-y cream!!

[anim8rfsk]

But you’re on California time.