who the fuck is watching amazon prime on a desktop browser who doesnt know about fmovies or somethingI do because Im at my desk already and dont feel like getting up and turning the TV on since my vision is crap and I cant see it as well from a comfortable sitting position anyway.
you ppl are the biggest fucking boomers
I do because Im at my desk already and dont feel like getting up and turning the TV on since my vision is crap and I cant see it as well from a comfortable sitting position anyway.
All these streaming services are just turning into cable all over again.
Thanks for this post. A lot there so I need to take time to read when I can focus on it more
who the fuck is watching amazon prime on a desktop browser who doesnt know about fmovies or somethingPeople that have prime. Why would I watch something at a lower quality if I have access to the original. What a dumb comment.
you ppl are the biggest fucking boomers
who the fuck is watching amazon prime on a desktop browser who doesnt know about fmovies or something
you ppl are the biggest fucking boomers
Remember when streaming was way better than cable?
remember when most things were good until greed ruined them?
@praetorxynNo problem. Ive sort of fallen down this rabbit hole over the last few years.
Thanks for this post. A lot there so I need to take time to read when I can focus on it more
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-prime-advertising-streaming-tiers-e3713ac21acc14b8ba8381fa7ab447e5
Streaming services are in a heated tug-of-war over viewers and users are growing more adept at jumping in and out of those services, often depending on price. The platforms risk losing customers with price hikes, but they could lose them if they dont generate new content that wins over users.
I'd like to point out the bullshittery here:Tubi is a godsend. If you can't fine something to watch on there at any given moment then you didn't want to watch anything anyway.
Netflix used to be $8 a month for B-movies and old shows, and they'd mail you a dvd if it wasn't streaming - and we loved it.
"Gotta spend two billion dollars on a Lord of the Rings show nobody likes!" only happened when every-goddamn-conglomerate just had to have its own little corner of the streaming market.
Now, all we have is multiple outlets all wanting about $15 for a tiny handful of "originals" along with a constantly-rotating menu of everything else. Oh, and Freevee, Crackle, and Tubi, which are basically "old netflix" but free.
Tubi is a godsend. If you can't fine something to watch on there at any given moment then you didn't want to watch anything anyway.If you don't know what you want to watch, there's always Pluto.
It's interesting that Amazon has finally hit some sort of point where they are no longer content to simply incinerate money for no additional gain.The worst part is that Amazon keeps using things like Prime Video and Music as the excuse for why they have to keep raising the price of the Prime sub. In reality whose were forcefully added "benefits" that no one even asked for in the first place. Amazon Prime Delivery, which is what most people actually care about is probably only worth $5 a month, but they aren't going to decouple all those other extra things and give them their own separate sub services because they know damn well that almost everyone will sub only for Delivery.
Prime has always been an oddball in the streaming industry as it is the only one where streaming is an incidental service. Like I have to imagine the people who subscribe to Prime only for their streaming is incredibly small. It was an additional value add for Prime customers rather than a service itself and all the money spent on it was closer to advertising for Prime as a whole rather than the operating costs of a legitimate business segment. Basically Prime video kept Prime in the headlines and at award shows, but it didn't meaningfully generate distinct revenue.
This is Amazon trying to get a more tangible revenue from Video so it can offset some of the cost. They are still going to lose a ton of money on it, but it's clear they are no longer content to do so without recouping some of the cost.