Do any HNers find those cues sufficiently distracting that they’re excited about this feature? I always have subtitles on. While I find those cues occasionally amusing, I’ve never found them to be an impediment to my enjoyment. Maybe they are for people who read slowly? Or because they break the fourth wall?
Not sure why this is being presented a something new here.
Pro Max buyers get "cut" too.
They real advantage is that you don't need to create priper subtitles that are subject to different standards. So, they are cheaper.
They have different standards for stuff like how many letters to show on screen at the same time and for how long.
I've seen this option for a long time, I always assumed they create them as the starting point of subtitling in foreign languages. Presumably nobody is French, hard of hearing and wants to watch an English language program.
It's the kind of thing where there is a horse-drawn carriage going by on screen and they print the text "[clip clop clip clop]". If you can't hear it, wouldn't you just want to watch it?
[Window breaking]
[Gun cocking]
[Stairs creaking]
The weird ones for me are where some absolutely unintelligible background murmuring is subtitled. I couldn't tell that any actual words had been spoken and suddenly it's all spelt out.
Quiet parts loud, loud parts quiet.