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IMHO they also focus on their own content too much. Every time I look for a movie, even from 80s or 90s so not exactly the latest blockbuster, it is simply not

IMHO they also focus on their own content too much. Every time I look for a movie, even from 80s or 90s so not exactly the latest blockbuster, it is simply not there while it is on Amazon Prime Video.

physicsguy 3y ago
Yes, and if it's not there as part of the subscription, it is at least available to rent/buy on Prime.
- toss1 3y ago
  >>available to rent/buy on Prime. Which I find endlessly annoying. Already paying for the service, being required to buy ad hoc almost everything I want to watch is a source of repeated annoyance. Our response is to just say "Oh forget this, screw Prime", exit and switch to looking for something on Netflix, PBS, or whatever. If it was the exception for new hot content, that'd be fine. But it seems to be the rule for the majority of content, even if it's a decade old. So, we hardly go there anymore.
  - physicsguy 3y ago
    I always view with the “free to me” thing unless I’m looking to watch something specific that I can’t find on any other steaming service
jarym 3y ago
Agree with both comments - the balances between high-quality/low-quality and original/non-original has been upset quite a bit (at least in the UK). Too much lower-quality 'original' programming has ruined the experience. Netflix today reminds me of Prime Video when it first launched :( Plus, their recommendation algorithm turned into garbage a while ago. It suggests a bunch of stuff I sometimes really regret watching.
ghaff 3y ago
I have way too many subscriptions for the amount of video I watch. I should probably drop Netflix for now.
dylan604 3y ago
Amazon Prime app is doing nothing but pushing it's secondary subscription for other platforms for me, especially Freevee. I have to go a few carousels down before I can even get back to my "Continue Watching" carousel. I have go past "ads" for Paramount+, Max, Freevee before seeing the stuff that I'm already paying for.
kjkjadksj 3y ago
Except its not on the amazon streaming service it will be for $3.99 rent on prime video like the blockbuster days again.

physicsguy 3y ago

Yes, and if it's not there as part of the subscription, it is at least available to rent/buy on Prime.

toss1 3y ago
>>available to rent/buy on Prime. Which I find endlessly annoying. Already paying for the service, being required to buy ad hoc almost everything I want to watch is a source of repeated annoyance. Our response is to just say "Oh forget this, screw Prime", exit and switch to looking for something on Netflix, PBS, or whatever. If it was the exception for new hot content, that'd be fine. But it seems to be the rule for the majority of content, even if it's a decade old. So, we hardly go there anymore.
- physicsguy 3y ago
  I always view with the “free to me” thing unless I’m looking to watch something specific that I can’t find on any other steaming service

jarym 3y ago

Agree with both comments - the balances between high-quality/low-quality and original/non-original has been upset quite a bit (at least in the UK). Too much lower-quality 'original' programming has ruined the experience. Netflix today reminds me of Prime Video when it first launched :( Plus, their recommendation algorithm turned into garbage a while ago. It suggests a bunch of stuff I sometimes really regret watching.

ghaff 3y ago

I have way too many subscriptions for the amount of video I watch. I should probably drop Netflix for now.

dylan604 3y ago

Amazon Prime app is doing nothing but pushing it's secondary subscription for other platforms for me, especially Freevee. I have to go a few carousels down before I can even get back to my "Continue Watching" carousel. I have go past "ads" for Paramount+, Max, Freevee before seeing the stuff that I'm already paying for.

kjkjadksj 3y ago

Except its not on the amazon streaming service it will be for $3.99 rent on prime video like the blockbuster days again.