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Netflix does not beat them in videos. Netflix's library has moved towards very specific titles and original programming done by Netflix. Amazon has still retain

by notus 7y ago

Netflix does not beat them in videos. Netflix's library has moved towards very specific titles and original programming done by Netflix. Amazon has still retained a lot of movies in addition to their original programming plus they have plenty of options you can pay for which Netflix doesn't even offer. Amazon Prime has around 18k titles to Netflix's 4k titles.

quotha 7y ago
Netflix destroys, eviscerates, demolishes, annihilates them in videos!!!
- tinus_hn 7y ago
  To shreds you say!
  - quotha 7y ago
    To be fair though "Ronja, the Robber's Daughter" is must-see
- PasserBy2020 7y ago
  It puts them on their knees and smashes their little skull in videos!
dragonwriter 7y ago
> Netflix does not beat them in videos. Whether or not they beat them in videos is very much a matter of subjective preference for the videos one has that the other does not; if someone says they do in explanation of a personal decision, you need unusually personal information to argue that they are incorrect. > Amazon Prime has around 18k titles to Netflix's 4k titles. As most people won't watch a significant fraction of either, the counts are mostly irrelevant in deciding which wins for any individual; what matters most is who has more of the usually very small number of titles for which the individual has a strong preference; everything else ends up being mostly noise in the menus, more likely to be a cost (unless masked by personalization) than a benefit.
- asark 7y ago
  I almost never use Amazon's streaming because they mix in paid crap with free-with-prime crap so it's hard to browse. Also their UI tends to perform poorly on any given platform, compared with Netflix (I suspect more use of Web frontend tech in Amazon's apps). I'd been meaning to cancel, actually, and this reminded me to. Looks like they already got me for a year a couple months ago, but I've got a reminder set to cancel next time. It's really, really not worth it.
dllthomas 7y ago
I don't know how much of it is the recommendation algorithms vs amount of wheat and chaff in that 18k and 4k, but from my experience looking for something new to watch I would easily believe a claim that the additional 14k is all complete crap.

by notus 7y ago

quotha 7y ago

Netflix destroys, eviscerates, demolishes, annihilates them in videos!!!

tinus_hn 7y ago
To shreds you say!
- quotha 7y ago
  To be fair though "Ronja, the Robber's Daughter" is must-see
PasserBy2020 7y ago
It puts them on their knees and smashes their little skull in videos!

dragonwriter 7y ago

> Netflix does not beat them in videos. Whether or not they beat them in videos is very much a matter of subjective preference for the videos one has that the other does not; if someone says they do in explanation of a personal decision, you need unusually personal information to argue that they are incorrect. > Amazon Prime has around 18k titles to Netflix's 4k titles. As most people won't watch a significant fraction of either, the counts are mostly irrelevant in deciding which wins for any individual; what matters most is who has more of the usually very small number of titles for which the individual has a strong preference; everything else ends up being mostly noise in the menus, more likely to be a cost (unless masked by personalization) than a benefit.

asark 7y ago
I almost never use Amazon's streaming because they mix in paid crap with free-with-prime crap so it's hard to browse. Also their UI tends to perform poorly on any given platform, compared with Netflix (I suspect more use of Web frontend tech in Amazon's apps). I'd been meaning to cancel, actually, and this reminded me to. Looks like they already got me for a year a couple months ago, but I've got a reminder set to cancel next time. It's really, really not worth it.

dllthomas 7y ago

I don't know how much of it is the recommendation algorithms vs amount of wheat and chaff in that 18k and 4k, but from my experience looking for something new to watch I would easily believe a claim that the additional 14k is all complete crap.