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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 there while it is on Amazon Prime Video.
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.
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.
Except its not on the amazon streaming service it will be for $3.99 rent on prime video like the blockbuster days again.
Yes, and if it's not there as part of the subscription, it is at least 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.
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
I have way too many subscriptions for the amount of video I watch. I should probably drop Netflix for now.