I am in my 2nd years of Amazon Prime. They have done some sneaky things.
One series they advertised as Prime and I started watching was Stargate Universe. A couple of months later, about half-way through my viewing the first season, they changed it to $$.
Last week, I started watching the Cinemax Banshee series. Yesterday I looked at the seasons list and discovered seasons 1 and 2 are Prime, but 3 and 4 are $$.
I also noticed that Prime has been putting $$ series/movies in my queue.
Prime, like Netflix, seem to have stopped adding good series/movies. I read that Prime is also going to cut back on ‘originals’.
Metflis sure is spending a lot of money on original programming.
I always expect those kind of changes. The “the first hit is free” thing doesn’t apply to me much because I don’t do “new” TV shows and I’m such a cheapskate that if I’m in the middle of a series and they start charging, I just stop watching and go on with my life. It’s partly because I’m old now, but I see it all as temporary distraction and it’s not that important how the story ends since it’s all made up. And if you’re not watching cliffhangers, it isn’t relevant. :)
If the shows were only a buck or two that would be palatable. However they charge $4 or more for an hour long episode. They can KMA.