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Wanted to watch a movie, couldn't find it on the two other streaming services I already have (Netflix, HBO Max), looked it up on Amazon Prime Video, rented it for $3 for the night. I have Amazon Prime already for shopping, so I get some great movies/TV shows for free as well. I am spending $30/month on Netflix/HBO Max and can't find anything good to watch that I haven't already watched. They add a few new movies every month but most likely I have already watched it anyways. I could be spending that $30 to watch 10 of the best movies that I haven't watched every month. The only reason to keep the these other services is from TV shows, and Netflix TV shows are terrible. HBO Max has a few good ones (HoTD, Succession), but no point keeping them in the off season. As for why Amazon Prime Video over other VOD services, it's because everyone already has an Amazon account which saves time for account creation/payment information, 82% of households have Prime, Fire Sticks are extremely popular and Amazon can create some ecosystem advantages with that and Alexa, etc. etc. Apple TV+ would dominate if they sold TV's and bundled with Apple Music, but they don't.
Does Amazon Prime turn a profit? Main gimmick was free shipping.
Yify, anyone?
Tell me you’re old without telling me your old
Prime Video stream quality is horrendous. Not to mention the UI, like all Amazon products, is a decade or two behind. Getting something for free will not make it win the streaming wars.
Quality on my 4k TV looks good to me. UI is good enough that it’s about the same as all the other streaming apps.
UX is trash but stream quality is the same as any other app. Plus X-Ray is fantastic.
For starters, you're mixing up SVOD and TVOD. Amazon's TVOD competes with Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu... it doesn't compete with Netflix's SVOD.
I'm saying Amazon Prime Video's SVOD + TVOD beats Netflix and HBO Max's SVOD focus because there's more content and the content is cheap - $3 for 2 nights. Plus add that some movies on Amazon are free for Prime with Ads (AVOD), while that's another tier altogether for Netflix/HBO Max.
Plus add that you can subscribe to and watch 150+ other streaming services like HBO Max, Paramount+, Discovery+, etc. with Prime Video Channels so it’s all in one place.
When are they going to improve search in prime video?
It will capture the Indian market for sure. Great Indian content
As someone who works at Amazon I hope this becomes true, but right now I still prefer Netflix and HBO max.
I prefer Netflix and HBO Max too, the problem remains the content.
Lol, blind is always obsessed with having one and only one winner… the market is huge, there will be multiple winners. Or tell me, with over half a century, who won linear TV?
Network TV is free to the consumer, streaming isn't. Cable TV is profitable, streaming isn't except for Netflix. Both Network and Cable TV also consolidated heavily from multiple independent channels to mega-corps. The number of streaming services isn't sustainable - too many options, too much revenue loss, not enough time in the day for customers to watch everything. It's natural to analyze which ones will fall. TV networks consolidated into 4 major ones (NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox) despite being free. Streaming costs $10-15/month. Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+, Hulu+, Starz, Discovery+, Showtime, etc. Then there's Live TV - YoutubeTV, Fubo, Sling, etc. And niche streamers - Crunchyroll, Funimation, etc. Realistically only 3-4 of these will survive.
That’s exactly my point
Sorry to wake you up. But TVOD has been in steady decline for a long time while SVOD has gotten most of the revenue. It doesn't matter what you think. iTune isn't beating Spotify. Also the content provider gets 80% of the revenue, the margin is minimal. Netflix only spends half of the revenue on content.
Unmatched value for sure.