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I think you're the first person I've ever seen who subscribed to Prime for the video instead of the free shipping.
by Causality1 7y ago
I think you're the first person I've ever seen who subscribed to Prime for the video instead of the free shipping.
- snek 7y agoI use prime for the movies too!
- michaelg7x 7y agoI have a laugh every time I see their "Recently Added Movies on Prime" section and find films from 2007. Or their "Popular|Trending Movies on on Prime" and see films with a <5 score on IMDB. There is no reason I would keep Prime for its movie offering! In the last six months they've added more and more sponsored offerings too, which is _really_ annoying -- I mean, I'm a subscriber, stop advertising to me.
- OJFord 7y ago> I'm a subscriber, stop advertising to me. I hate it when I miss the start (separate annoyance: seems often that audio takes a few seconds to start? Maybe that's the Shield's fault rather than Prime's) so I rewind, and then it hits me with the advert again...
- pavanlimo 7y agoPrime Video + Prime Shipping + Prime Music is ~16 USD per year if you get the subscription from India. I used to live in India but not anymore. So I was keen to only use Prime Video + Prime Music (since Prime Shipping doesn't work outside of India for that sub). Both Prime Video and Music were rather unsatisfactory, and no Chromcast support was just the last straw for me to unsub.
- vinay_ys 7y agoIn India, I don't know of anyone who actually pays for prime. Everyone gets it free bundled with their mobile or broadband plans. All of these plans get Amazon Prime with free shipping, prime video and Amazon Music ad-free unlimited downloads: Airtel: - INR 299 (USD 4.37) per month plan includes unlimited call/text and 2.5GB data per day and includes Amazon Prime. BSNL: - INR 399 (USD 4.37) per month plan includes unlimited call/text and 30GB data per month. Vodafone/IDEA: - INR 399 (USD 5.83) per month plan includes unlimited call/text and 40GB data per month and includes Amazon Prime (full year) and Netflix (3-months trial). Reliance Jio: - INR 149 (USD 2.19) for unlimited voice/text and 1.5GB per day. Bundles HotStar (which streams cricket, tennis etc live) along with premium content from HBO, Starz etc. IMO, all of the telcos in India have strong TV apps that give access to Movie/TV/News/Sports content (live+recorded) on mobile screens for free (bundled with really cheap mobile plans). Then there is Hotstar which is orders of magnitude better content than prime videos. So, unless someone is getting prime video for free I doubt anyone would be paying for it. Even music is very much like that. Prime Music is good. But there is Airtel's Wynk, Jim has Saavn, then there is Youtube which has huge viewership for music videos.
- abhijat 7y agoIMO Hotstar is not orders of magnitude better in terms of content. Prime has big sitcoms like the office, 30 rock, seinfeld etc. Their B&W and 60s/70s movie catalog is also much larger than any other services.
- gopkarthik 7y agoBut this only works if you are a new prime user and not an existing one :(. Though at least in Airtel you get INR 1500 worth of Netflix subscription which is pretty useful.
- tsjq 7y agowith Airtel, doesn't Amazon Prime free subscription end after 12months ?
- vinay_ys 7y agoIt hasn't been one year yet. So let's see. I would expect it to renew for free next year as long as I'm subscribed to their 499 or higher plan.
- AnssiH 7y agoThere are a lot of people in countries that have no Amazon Prime shipping benefits - Prime Video is $5.99/mo or €5.99/mo in those places.