Problems with hardsubs/ closed captions (subtitles that are edited directly onto the video)
People often make them too small, or so big they literally cover the bottom half of the screen.
People don't understand that white text with no borders doesn't contrast with every background
I've literally never seen hardsubs transcribe sounds that aren't speech but are still necessary to understand the video, such as if a door has been closed off screen
People sometimes like to get ...creative with font choices.
Problems with open subs / open captions (subtitles that can be turned off and on)
Correct syncing? Lol
The chances of the video player deciding to spice it up and just turn off the subtitles are near 100%, leaving you wondering why everyone suddenly started speaking in simlish
Increasingly they are actually unedited auto captions 🤮
The switch to google them always requires that first you must answer these riddles three,
In conclusion hardsub makers understand that same language subtitles are an art even if most of the time it gives "graphic design is my passion", and open subs that don't even have the decency to have decent subtitle customisation options are so much worse to deal with that they make me seriously consider if the moving image was a mistake
