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DHagar
DHagar
4/19/2016 7:24:01 PM
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Re: Early holiday
@Michelle, I agree with you that this offers the customer some really nice choices.  I believe customers want to be able to select their subscription level.  They also want, as you point out, the a la carte customized mix.  I do believe it will be preferable to cable in the end - both from content as well as in pricing.

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Michelle
Michelle
4/19/2016 3:14:57 PM
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Early holiday
I think the new subscription model will help Amazon gain even more holiday shoppers. The flexibility to choose your subscription level and adjust as needed will likely be a welcome option.

All the new a la carte subscriptions are a growing biz these days. I wonder if the distrubuted model really will be better than cable in the end...

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Mike Robuck
Mike Robuck
4/19/2016 10:51:34 AM
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Re: Amazon Has a Long Way to Go
I agree about the Amazon interface being clunky, although it has gotten a bit better since we first started using it. We used to use a Kindle to search, select, etc., which made it a bit easier. So far HBO Go seems to be smoother and faster. 

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afwriter
afwriter
4/19/2016 9:44:35 AM
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Re: Amazon Has a Long Way to Go
It's more like: I like certain authors and Netflix uses the Dewey Decimal System while Amazon is just a giant pile of books on the ground.

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elizabethv
elizabethv
4/19/2016 9:10:37 AM
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Re: Amazon Has a Long Way to Go
@vnewman - there are actually a few ways to access Amazon video from the main page. And if you're already paying for Amazon prime, you might as well look into accessing the video content. They have a large variety and a lot of really good movies/TV shows you won't pay anything more to enjoy whenever suits your needs. Plus, one aspect that I really enjoy is the ability to actually download what you want to watch, so that you can watch it another time without streaming/using data. This is really helpful when you don't have access to reliable WiFi. (Read - my kids watch kids TV shows while we're shopping to make my life easier.)

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elizabethv
elizabethv
4/19/2016 9:01:03 AM
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Amazon has game
I actually see Amazon as being really successful in taking this route. And I'm a little excited. Granted, there's a "I hate big businesses/corporations" part of me that despises this tactic. But there's also a love for Amazon that I have (and their undeniably low prices) that absolutely loves Amazon. And if you have to play the capitalism game, Amazon comes to the table fully loaded. I've had prime for years now, and regularly watch content on Amazon video. There have been very few instances where Netflix had something that Amazon didn't (outside the obvious Netflix original content.) Head to head, they will almost solely compete on an original content level, and I've enjoyed both for their own merit. Catastrophe is a great series on Amazon, and my kids enjoy Tumbleleaf. To wit, House of Cards is a great series on Netflix, and my kids enjoy DinoTrux (okay, I enjoy DinoTrux too.) I know both will inevitbaly vie for the title of best, but I'd assert they both stand on their own and are equally pretty dang good. I'll fork out $20 a month to have access to both. (yeah, I already do.....)

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vnewman
vnewman
4/19/2016 8:48:51 AM
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Re: Amazon Has a Long Way to Go
@afwriter. My reasoning is much worse. I'm a long-time prime member and I just plain forget about their video service. I couldn't even tell you where it is on the site. I feel like a teenager gently letting down a romantic interest: "I just don't think of you in that way, Amazon."

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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
4/19/2016 7:15:06 AM
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Market ratchet
Just to make sure we mention the obvious (which is part of what we do around here!): consumer-desired changes that are added on as luxuries and perqs from one competitor quickly become mandatory for all.  This is another step on the path to fully a la carte on demand, pay-as-you-go content. They won't be able to take this step back later, and everyone else will have to take it soon. 

The endpoint is obvious; how we all get there is an interesting question and fortunes may depend on it, but in the longer view of economic history, in 20 years, questions about the exact mechanics of what goes into streaming/download packages are going to be about as relevant as the old questions about whether key-lock self-starters, heaters, radios, and automatic transmissions were going to be standard or add-ons are to car buyers now.

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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
4/19/2016 7:06:02 AM
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Re: Amazon Has a Long Way to Go
@afwriter, I'm mildly fascinated and perhaps a bit horrified that you rank the interface above the content in formulating your choice. It sounds like saying, "Well, I like certain authors, but more importantly, I want books printed in Baskerville Old Face with wide margins."

 

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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
4/19/2016 7:02:22 AM
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Re: new OTT user profile
I think you are on to something there, @jbtombes.  The "when I want it" component of consumer choice really didn't, probably couldn' t, anticipate how many people would rather watch a series a season at a time, taking a couple of weeks at most per season (and thus pretty much completely defeating the original purpose of continuing-story TV's wipeout of the old freestanding-episode version).  It makes absolute total sense from a binge-watcher standpoint to simply hop from service to service so as to watch all the seasons of everything they like over the course of a year. In fact, if content they want is spread across more than one service, that's what makes the most sense.

"Binge churners" might also be called "consumers that aren't being bullied around anymore" or "market conditions advantage takers" of course.

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