PhiloReviews of philo.com

ok app bit the controls for this piece of shit fvcking sucks.fvck tvapp you fycking db fvcking bastards

Why am I paying 28 dollars for 9 (over two minute) ads.

Philo works great on the TV in my family room. But it works the way it's supposed to about 40% of the time on my second TV. Often I can't watch the recorded version of shows on my second TV - only the video-on-demand version is available, which has numerous very long commercials that I cannot skip. If I watch half of a two-hour show and try to watch the second half on my second TV by pressing "continue," most of the time it won't work without watching multiple long commercials. So I mostly end up watching recorded shows in two parts on my family room TV unless I want to sit through 35 to 40 minutes of commercials on the hour I have left of a show. So if you only have one TV it works great. If you have more than one TV and expect it to work the same on both TVs, most of the time it won't. My impression is meh.

I was a Legacy subscriber since Philo came online. I agree 100% the commercials embedded in series that have long ago ended is maddening! Philo customer service will argue that it is not their doing, or not as sever as people claim. Sometimes (not always) they can be avoided by saving the series. The I.D. Channel Programs do not work with this method. I don’t understand why when a company starts off with a winning format; great programming choice, excellent competitive pricing, and little to no invasive commercials, they shoot themselves in the foot and go straight to self destruction mode and GUT EVERYTHING that built their reputation and customer base! When did the old saying, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” quit applying? In the last two years Philo has continued pulling yet again some of its most beloved programming out from under their most loyal customers by locking them out or removing it all together, such as Hallmark Channel forcing customers to “upgrade” to a more expensive package to watch programs they have been saving and watching for over 12yrs! Their pricing and programming choices was the primary reason I started with them. True enough they still lead the pack in that category, however the quality of programming, reruns of long ago ended shows coupled with expecting people to deal with a constant barrage of intrusive commercials! This puts them in the same bucket with the rest of the garbage channel apps! The straw that broke this camels back, was their pulling the higher end programs into higher priced packages, which is by definition the truest form of corporate greed! In my opinion this is not a good look or business model…If it ain’t broke Philo, don’t fix It, you’re on a slippery slope!

The shows that are older and not live to record you are stuck watching commercials. It’s so annoying. Going to cancel.

The free trial makes you not want to pay for a subscription. There's more commercials than anything and they're long as ever. It seems like every 5 minutes there's a commercial. When you try to rewind it goes right to the beginning of the episode. Hopefully I get through this show I want to watch before a week is over. Will never recommend to anyone

So you pay for Paramount+ but then forced to pay 28$ a month on Philo for 20 minutes of adds in a 45 minute show. This is a scam and literally nothing more. Add to that it forces you off your VPN so it can track you.

28 bucks to pay for ads, and the fact you can't go back to other seasons of a certain show and just watch, you gotta wait for it to be shown on the date and time whatever channel is aired on. To hell with Philo.