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What's to stop you from switching to Amazon? Have you tried watching a movie on Amazon? Way less usable and its hard to find movies sometimes. Netflix has a way

What's to stop you from switching to Amazon? Have you tried watching a movie on Amazon? Way less usable and its hard to find movies sometimes. Netflix has a way better interface and what I find myself doing is checking on Netflix first, and then only if they don't have it, do I go to Amazon.

cookiecaper 15y ago
I've watched things on Amazon Instant in the past and didn't find it any less usable. In fact, I actually find Amazon more usable since it works on my operating system. It's kind of a moot point to say "Well, Amazon has a crappier interface, so Netflix is safe", since Amazon can always update its interface to something more friendly. The important point is that Netflix has given up one of the major incentives to use its service -- the integration of DVD and streaming.
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turtle4 15y ago
I think the parent's point was, that is the case -now-. But that could change with one new release of Amazon's steaming service. Previously, even if Amazon released a new offering, the mailing service added an additional incentive to stay with netflix. Now if Amazon releases a better streaming option, you can simply dump Netflix streaming.
burgerbrain 15y ago
Amazon's streaming movies work great in linux. Even better than youtube fullscreened.
absconditus 15y ago
Amazon's online collection is much, much larger than Netflix's online collection. Are you referring only to their Prime service?
originalgeek 15y ago
Free is hard to beat. Actually, Amazon streaming is better than free. Instead of giving $96/year to Netflix, I can give $79/year to Amazon for a Prime membership, get streaming thrown in for free, and get the usual Prime benefit of free 2-day shipping. As far as the interface goes, are you really watching on your computer? I bought a Blu-Ray player just to stream Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Works decently enough.

cookiecaper 15y ago

I've watched things on Amazon Instant in the past and didn't find it any less usable. In fact, I actually find Amazon more usable since it works on my operating system. It's kind of a moot point to say "Well, Amazon has a crappier interface, so Netflix is safe", since Amazon can always update its interface to something more friendly. The important point is that Netflix has given up one of the major incentives to use its service -- the integration of DVD and streaming.

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turtle4 15y ago

I think the parent's point was, that is the case -now-. But that could change with one new release of Amazon's steaming service. Previously, even if Amazon released a new offering, the mailing service added an additional incentive to stay with netflix. Now if Amazon releases a better streaming option, you can simply dump Netflix streaming.

burgerbrain 15y ago

Amazon's streaming movies work great in linux. Even better than youtube fullscreened.

absconditus 15y ago

Amazon's online collection is much, much larger than Netflix's online collection. Are you referring only to their Prime service?

originalgeek 15y ago

Free is hard to beat. Actually, Amazon streaming is better than free. Instead of giving $96/year to Netflix, I can give $79/year to Amazon for a Prime membership, get streaming thrown in for free, and get the usual Prime benefit of free 2-day shipping. As far as the interface goes, are you really watching on your computer? I bought a Blu-Ray player just to stream Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Works decently enough.