I’m actually hoping they don’t screw up Wheel of Time.
“Amazon has struggled to distinguish itself in the streaming market”
Want to distinguish yourself in the streaming market? Offer _everything_.
I’m not interested in [streaming_service] Exclusive.
That’s making stuff for the central purpose of being the only one supplying it, which detracts from the central purpose of making stuff CUSTOMERS WANT.
I actually go out of my way to ignore “Amazon/Hulu/AppleTV+/whatever Exclusive” movies.
I’m interested in getting _everything_ from ONE SOURCE.
I know I can walk into a public library and find or order darned near any book ever published (exotica aside).
I just had a prolonged heated discussion with my wife yesterday, trying to explain to her why I can’t “just get Movie X” without forking over stupid money to get services I otherwise don’t want - when I’d have no problem with dropping ~$6 to rent what she wants on-demand, _if_I_could_. (Not signing up for $7-70/month just so she can wait for a channel to get around to playing Movie X when they darned well feel like it, and then I pay for several months of it before realizing she hasn’t watched anything on that service past the first week, and I waste time figuring out how to cancel it.)
We’re in the 21st Century.
The vision of Netflix/Amazon/AppleTV+/etc is to provide customers EVERYTHING, ON DEMAND for a modest flat- and/or rental-rate. But no, they’re squabbling over rights control (ok, understandable, it’s big bucks) and trying to produce “Exclusive!” movies that weren’t asked for.
Amid all this squabbling, I noticed The Name Of The Rose has disappeared outright. Major movie, highly rated, big stars, ... gone.
So what is America’s future, less than 25 giant companies owning and running everything????
Maybe Prime will improve its available for viewing catalog. It’s pathetic if subscribers can’t drill down into at least historical cinematic works of international impact. All the greats. TCM with an advanced scholarly selection.
Maybe Prime will improve its available for viewing catalog. It’s pathetic if subscribers can’t drill down into at least historical cinematic works of international impact. All the greats. TCM with an advanced scholarly selection.
Yes more Stargate SG-1 please.