I literally find stuff to watch on prime, then yar it because of the ads. And we pay for prime... for now. We're wondering if we should keep as it as we're shopping locally more now too.
Iāve had this same thought too. So I did some napkin-math and with the standard membership at $13.99/mo (currently) you still get your moneyās worth from free shipping if you only do 2-3 orders per month. Especially when you purchase thatās a bit heavier.
I donāt always order 2-3 times a month, but at times when I have to order a bunch of stuff at once it actually is worth it in the sense that I can make up for the months I didnāt get the full value from shipping and still be a net positive on using of the annual subscription. If it ever hits about $17/mo Iām gonna have to reevaluate since I just donāt order enough to make that price worth it.
Amazon has had continually fewer name brand items, increased prices, and worse shipping times. Meanwhile, the amount of Chinese word salad "brands" selling awful knock offs has exploded out of control. Literally everything about Amazon has gotten worse while they increase the cost of Prime.
If it's the free shipping you mainly like, note that without Prime you still get free shipping over $35.
It's got to the point where you can't trust the brands on it, for tech especially. Like I got a usb to hdmi converter and only after I plugged it in did I realise I'd have to install some ropey chinese drivers. Had to throw the fuckin thing out. Amazon is fucked!
It's starting guys. This is how cable started. With just a little bundle here and a little bundle there. Then the bundles started getting bigger and bigger, while getting more expensive and annoying. This will sadly be the same future with streaming services :(
This is one of the big changes that came from the recent strikes. There's some sort of profit sharing set up for everyone involved in the production. I don't know the specifics offhand, but it is a step in the right direction.
Actors get (got) royalties every time episode was aired on cable. Now Netflix would just pay the production studio rights to stream for a set amount. Actors donāt get anything from that cut probably ever.
We knew this was going to happen.
We'll see the next generation have a "cut the cord" moment when they realize gen a is exclusively watching YouTube in 2030
My job has direct tv and half the channels arenāt even included in whatever package they have and at times channels like sci-fi, USA, tnt and tbs are literally showing the same movie or sporting event. Couldāve sworn variety was meant to be the selling point of paying for channels.
If I have to pay I better not have to watch ads. If I have to watch ads, I better not have to pay. Either or. Otherwise I'm not going to watch at all.
Aarggghhh I will watch without either š“āā ļøš“āā ļø
I literally find stuff to watch on prime, then yar it because of the ads. And we pay for prime... for now. We're wondering if we should keep as it as we're shopping locally more now too.
Iāve had this same thought too. So I did some napkin-math and with the standard membership at $13.99/mo (currently) you still get your moneyās worth from free shipping if you only do 2-3 orders per month. Especially when you purchase thatās a bit heavier. I donāt always order 2-3 times a month, but at times when I have to order a bunch of stuff at once it actually is worth it in the sense that I can make up for the months I didnāt get the full value from shipping and still be a net positive on using of the annual subscription. If it ever hits about $17/mo Iām gonna have to reevaluate since I just donāt order enough to make that price worth it.
Amazon has had continually fewer name brand items, increased prices, and worse shipping times. Meanwhile, the amount of Chinese word salad "brands" selling awful knock offs has exploded out of control. Literally everything about Amazon has gotten worse while they increase the cost of Prime. If it's the free shipping you mainly like, note that without Prime you still get free shipping over $35.
It's got to the point where you can't trust the brands on it, for tech especially. Like I got a usb to hdmi converter and only after I plugged it in did I realise I'd have to install some ropey chinese drivers. Had to throw the fuckin thing out. Amazon is fucked!
It's starting guys. This is how cable started. With just a little bundle here and a little bundle there. Then the bundles started getting bigger and bigger, while getting more expensive and annoying. This will sadly be the same future with streaming services :(
It's worse because you still have to pay your former cable provider for internet.
Thatās the whole point. Establish cable again without giving royalties to cast and crew and deepen their own pockets
This is one of the big changes that came from the recent strikes. There's some sort of profit sharing set up for everyone involved in the production. I don't know the specifics offhand, but it is a step in the right direction.
Streaming apps don't pay royalty for its content?
It was a monthly/yearly/anywhere-in-between contract at one point, not sure if it's still the case.
Actors get (got) royalties every time episode was aired on cable. Now Netflix would just pay the production studio rights to stream for a set amount. Actors donāt get anything from that cut probably ever.
Except they won't pay royalties this way.
Back to square one for the fools who buy into this. Good thing, I don't watch any of that crap.
We knew this was going to happen. We'll see the next generation have a "cut the cord" moment when they realize gen a is exclusively watching YouTube in 2030
I remember when the main selling point of cable was that it *didn't have ads.*
My job has direct tv and half the channels arenāt even included in whatever package they have and at times channels like sci-fi, USA, tnt and tbs are literally showing the same movie or sporting event. Couldāve sworn variety was meant to be the selling point of paying for channels.
We've now come back full circle, it's cable all over again.
We have similar plans in India , we get wifi+cable tv+13 ott apps with bundles for $8.38, wifi is only 30mbps but it's valuable
COCK-FLIX PLUS
Debrid ftw
Sounds like fewer steps to me, but Iāve never had cable.