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Prime music streaming offers about 2 million tracks, vs Unlimited offering “tens of millions” of songs—and costs extra. So it's not apples-to-apples unless you
by QuantumGood 7y ago
Prime music streaming offers about 2 million tracks, vs Unlimited offering “tens of millions” of songs—and costs extra. So it's not apples-to-apples unless you pay extra on top or your Prime subscription for music unlimited.
- StevePerkins 7y agoTrue. But as a Prime member, their Unlimited service costs me $79/yr, versus $120 for Spotify. The $41 that I'm saving covers one-third of my cost for Prime itself. Combine that with the fact that Prime Video is reaching the point where I would pay for it as a standalone streaming service. At this point, the free shipping portion of Prime is for me becoming the ancillary add-on service, rather than the other way around.
- QuantumGood 7y agoGood point: "The $41 that I'm saving covers one-third of my cost for Prime itself". Though what I'm really paying for is Spotify's excellent discovery (weekly suggestions, etc). I'll have to check out how well Prime does discovery.
- notyourwork 7y agoIf you decide prime has value, the add-on for music is an obvious choice when the big streaming services have feature parity these days.
- QuantumGood 7y agoWhat I'm really paying for is Spotify's excellent discovery (weekly suggestions, etc). I'll have to check out how well Prime does discovery.
- notyourwork 7y agoPrime isn't comparable to spotify in that regard though considering the catalog differences. If you want to compare apples to apples you need to consider trying unlimited from Amazon Music.