In message , at 13:38:20
on Thu, 6 Oct 2016, David Cantrell remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.
The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service
It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.
I don't care what the quality is like if I don't have the time to watch
it, or if I have better things to do with my time.
YMMV

And that was my point. Peoples' preferences differ. I said that Prime
didn't look like a good deal if you weren't interested in the video
service. You are asserting that the video service THAT I'M NOT
INTERESTED IN makes it worth paying for.

but I use my limited TV-watching time on good quality programming,

So do I. It does not follow that Prime is worth paying for. This may
come as a surprise to you, but there is plenty of good quality
programming available elsewhere.

Also note that the definition of "good quality programming" differs from
person to person. Just because Amazon's offering closely matches your
preferences doesn't mean that it matches everyones' preferences.
Because, as you said, YMMV.

Once Amazon start carrying substantial numbers of documentaries *on
subjects I find interesting* and they start carrying current rugby
matches then I might consider promoting them from "slightly more
interesting than watching paint dry" to "quality programming worth
paying for".

I would pay extra for TV channels (in whatever guise) which agreed not
to show any sport at all. Good documentaries are hard to find. What I
like are what are termed in the trade "Police procedural dramas".
Anything from Inspector Morse, to Person of Interest.
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Roland Perry