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Now that Amazon is branching into original content production (loved Betas!) it makes me think that Netflix is doomed. Amazon Prime has a large % of the Netflix

by canvia 13y ago

Now that Amazon is branching into original content production (loved Betas!) it makes me think that Netflix is doomed. Amazon Prime has a large % of the Netflix library, plus Amazon will sell you digital copies of most of what Netflix is missing. They capture far more revenue per customer because of this. I will still subscribe to both but if Netflix doesn't keep up with the original programming Amazon will eat them alive IMO.

sjm-lbm 13y ago
Anecdotally, my experience is the exact opposite. Since Netflix does not attempt to sell devices (like Kindles, for instance) itself, their streaming app is on literally every device I own that is capable of running it. Lots of Amazon streaming apps (off the top of my head, the TiVo app) only support normally purchased content, not the free Prime streaming; and other platforms (say, Chromecast) don't have apps because (I'd assume) they likely don't fit into the ecosystem that Amazon wants you to exist in - namely, Kindle-based devices. In other words, I'm actually considering dropping Prime because (among other reasons) Amazon's attempts to push related products and systems reduces the utility I can get out of Prime Instant Video.