Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video isn’t worth it
The popular subscription service costs too much money and I don’t care enough about the content for it to be worth the investment.
Young people are dropping Prime Video
Ads are too much for them
Sick of Prime Video’s new ads? Here’s how to remove them
It may require an upgrade, but you’ll be ad-free on both any Prime TV app or the web.
Are Amazon and other services in trouble?
Don’t put the cart before the horse
Considering how many people have stuck with Netflix bodes well for Amazon in the long run. It might look bad now, but if Prime Video can weather the initial storm, things should turn out alright.
I think for that reason, Prime will find a way to stick around for a long time, even if Amazon leaves the streaming business. I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon, especially as Amazon continues to secure sports deals, but I don’t think they’re tied to this wagon as much as something like Netflix is.
How to cancel Amazon Prime Video channel and app subscriptions to cut your costs
The future is ads, whether we like it or not
A rough world to be in
Way back when, streaming used to be a way for people to ditch the ads that plagued cable and value their time a lot more. For a while, things were that way, and the best part was that it was all affordable. Of course, more and more companies threw their hats into the ring, so now we have to pick between having subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, and other services – or you can just snag them all if money’s not an issue.
Streaming services can’t have endless growth, despite how much a corporation wants that to be the case, and it could prove to be more profitable in the long run if people are serviced ads.
Although cable viewership has been declining, it’s still hanging on, largely thanks to commercials. Companies still pay an arm and a leg to get featured in a spot during the Super Bowl, so while streaming has dealt a lot of damage to cable, it hasn’t been the death blow. Streaming is now starting to borrow a lot of what cable does, and the lines are being blurred with the reintroduction of ads.
In the case of Prime Video, it seems like it’s causing a stir with the younger audience. Whether that ultimately makes an impact in the grand scheme of things remains to be seen. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it does, because after spending so many years without ads, it feels like a slap in the face to see them again. I’m glad I’m not the only one.
Netflix seems to be covertly positioning itself as a live TV powerhouse
Netflix’s foray into live sporting events appears to be paying off, with its debut episode of WWE Raw attracting 4.9 million viewers.
