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Who pays Amazon for Prime and then only uses it for video? Prime-affiliated services (Prime Video, Amazon Music, etc.) exist to make Prime more sticky and keep

Who pays Amazon for Prime and then only uses it for video? Prime-affiliated services (Prime Video, Amazon Music, etc.) exist to make Prime more sticky and keep you in the ecosystem. Walmart is doing something similar with, IIRC, Paramount+.

zargon 4y ago
Anyone who wants to watch Prime Video content and doesn't use other Amazon services. You can't pay for Prime Video separately.
- cptskippy 4y ago
  > You can't pay for Prime Video separately. I'm not sure that I would be willing to pay for it separately. It has some good shows but not an astounding amount. The interface is hot garbage that tries to upsell additional pay-for content and streaming services like Starz. Unless you know what you're looking for and go in with surgical precision, you get bogged down in a morass of upcharges. They also started intermixing free-with-ads content and making it difficult to distinguish. My kid has started a couple movies only to get lambasted with ads every 15 mins and becoming thoroughly upset.
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gigel82 4y ago
They recently made Amazon Music worse (you can't skip songs in playlists / radios), to force you into upgrading to Music Unlimited. I also haven't watched a show on Amazon Video in years (Man in the High Castle was the last one). Yet they continue increasing the cost of Prime citing those other "benefits". I wish they'd offer an a-la-carte Prime, we only make use of the free shipping one.
- wombatpm 4y ago
  The Amazon Music changes drives me mad. What?! I can’t skip songs in my own playlist. Time to breakdown and pay for Apple Music
  - yunwal 4y ago
    Idk why anyone would pay for prime anymore. They have 1 mediocre but popular show (The Boys) and pretty much nothing else relevant. There’s a decent old movie selection, but most are rentable a la cart for $3. And the shipping is never 2 days. I’m not even convinced it’s faster than non-prime shipping. And certainly no one is doing it for the music service.

zargon 4y ago

Anyone who wants to watch Prime Video content and doesn't use other Amazon services. You can't pay for Prime Video separately.

cptskippy 4y ago
> You can't pay for Prime Video separately. I'm not sure that I would be willing to pay for it separately. It has some good shows but not an astounding amount. The interface is hot garbage that tries to upsell additional pay-for content and streaming services like Starz. Unless you know what you're looking for and go in with surgical precision, you get bogged down in a morass of upcharges. They also started intermixing free-with-ads content and making it difficult to distinguish. My kid has started a couple movies only to get lambasted with ads every 15 mins and becoming thoroughly upset.

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gigel82 4y ago

They recently made Amazon Music worse (you can't skip songs in playlists / radios), to force you into upgrading to Music Unlimited. I also haven't watched a show on Amazon Video in years (Man in the High Castle was the last one). Yet they continue increasing the cost of Prime citing those other "benefits". I wish they'd offer an a-la-carte Prime, we only make use of the free shipping one.

wombatpm 4y ago
The Amazon Music changes drives me mad. What?! I can’t skip songs in my own playlist. Time to breakdown and pay for Apple Music
- yunwal 4y ago
  Idk why anyone would pay for prime anymore. They have 1 mediocre but popular show (The Boys) and pretty much nothing else relevant. There’s a decent old movie selection, but most are rentable a la cart for $3. And the shipping is never 2 days. I’m not even convinced it’s faster than non-prime shipping. And certainly no one is doing it for the music service.