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> huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included) Forcing customers to support their unwanted video service by bundling it with the next-day shipping
by chriswarbo 9y ago
> huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included)
Forcing customers to support their unwanted video service by bundling it with the next-day shipping service was a completely transparent move, and every Amazon customer I know a) saw straight through it, b) doesn't use it and c) would like to stop paying for it.
- vidarh 9y agoThe vast majority of time we spend watching TV is via a FireTV box, with a good split between Amazons own video service, the Netflix app (which is very well integrated - Netflix results show up in the normal FireTV search results), and the BBC iPlayer app. With the addition of additional "channel" subscriptions I suspect we'll use it more and more.
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- slowmovintarget 9y agoAye. I got Prime when we needed diaper subscriptions. Later when watching TV on the big screen would keep the little one up, Prime Video was the only way to watch a lot of things (on the PC). Want the shipping, want the video.
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- kodablah 9y ago> every Amazon customer I know [...] doesn't use it and [...] would like to stop paying for it Then consider myself and several that "I know" as a counter to your personal anecdote and the people that you know. You can argue that unbundling is preferable, but in my case I use the video and music portion more than the shipping portion.
- midnitewarrior 9y agoI've watched things on there, I do watch Netflix and Hulu more though.