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Ha! This doesn't even register with me. Everything I've wanted to watch on Amazon Prime with my Prime account has been something I had to pay per view. So the n

Ha! This doesn't even register with me. Everything I've wanted to watch on Amazon Prime with my Prime account has been something I had to pay per view. So the net effect is I'm paying a subscription AND paying per view. Nope.

hsod 9y ago
Seems odd to "punish" Amazon Video for offering more functionality than Netflix. The Prime Video product is functionally equivalent to Netflix. The PPV videos are an additional service that Amazon offers that Netflix does not offer. The confusion that seems to be bothering you is easily resolved. Here you can browse only videos that are free with subscription: https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Video/b?node=2676882011 https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Video/b?node=2676882011 Most Amazon Prime apps I've seen make a clear distinction between the two.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  > Most Amazon Prime apps I've seen make a clear distinction between the two. The ones on my Roku and Blu-ray player don't do it as distinctly as I'd like, and don't have an option to permanently ignore the PPV offerings. They're just highly-targeted ads that I'd really like to block, but can't.
- nickbauman 9y ago
  Functionality I don't want == Zero functionality. If anything I want to watch costs money to watch, the free stuff might as well not exist.
kbenson 9y ago
In which case, don't pay for prime, and just pay for the pay-per-view. In any case, you're complaining about them bundling something which they are not bundling. Since you haven't found anything interesting on prime to watch, I'll give you a couple suggestions for prime original series which I found good (or have on good authority are worthy): Goliath - This was excellent from start to finish. It's only 8 episodes, so easy to consume. The Man in the High Castle - Interesting to me in how the geopolitics of two superpowers in the 60's play out when those superpowers are Nazi Germany and Militaristic Japan, and the parallels to the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the same period. A little bit of mostly unexplained and low-key science fiction in-story to drive it keeps it interesting as well. Red Oaks - Only caught one episode, but my wife has seen it all and thought it was fairly funny and it seemed interesting in an 80's John Hughes sort of way.
- jkchu 9y ago
  Sneaky Pete is another Amazon Prime show that is excellent. One of my favorites.

hsod 9y ago

Seems odd to "punish" Amazon Video for offering more functionality than Netflix. The Prime Video product is functionally equivalent to Netflix. The PPV videos are an additional service that Amazon offers that Netflix does not offer. The confusion that seems to be bothering you is easily resolved. Here you can browse only videos that are free with subscription: https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Video/b?node=2676882011 https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Video/b?node=2676882011 Most Amazon Prime apps I've seen make a clear distinction between the two.

khedoros1 9y ago
> Most Amazon Prime apps I've seen make a clear distinction between the two. The ones on my Roku and Blu-ray player don't do it as distinctly as I'd like, and don't have an option to permanently ignore the PPV offerings. They're just highly-targeted ads that I'd really like to block, but can't.
nickbauman 9y ago
Functionality I don't want == Zero functionality. If anything I want to watch costs money to watch, the free stuff might as well not exist.

kbenson 9y ago

In which case, don't pay for prime, and just pay for the pay-per-view. In any case, you're complaining about them bundling something which they are not bundling. Since you haven't found anything interesting on prime to watch, I'll give you a couple suggestions for prime original series which I found good (or have on good authority are worthy): Goliath - This was excellent from start to finish. It's only 8 episodes, so easy to consume. The Man in the High Castle - Interesting to me in how the geopolitics of two superpowers in the 60's play out when those superpowers are Nazi Germany and Militaristic Japan, and the parallels to the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the same period. A little bit of mostly unexplained and low-key science fiction in-story to drive it keeps it interesting as well. Red Oaks - Only caught one episode, but my wife has seen it all and thought it was fairly funny and it seemed interesting in an 80's John Hughes sort of way.

jkchu 9y ago
Sneaky Pete is another Amazon Prime show that is excellent. One of my favorites.