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Watch Out Netflix, Amazon Streaming Video to Prime Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the optimus-would-be-proud dept.

ageoffri writes "Amazon has announced that they will include streaming with a subscription to Amazon Prime. The free 2 day shipping on a huge selection of products either sold directly by Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon is already worth the Prime cost. Now add in streaming that works out to just under $7/month and it gets better. Sure the selection isn't that great yet but this has the ability to really change the streaming market!"

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  1. "Sure, the selection isn't great yet..." by eln · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So it's basically Netflix, with the exact same shortcomings of Netflix. I'd gladly pay at least twice what Netflix currently charges for streaming if I could get their entire collection that way. Unfortunately, the content providers haven't yet pulled their heads out of their asses and figured out that digital distribution is the future, so we're still stuck waiting for DVDs in the mail for most reasonably modern and/or highly rated content.

    As digital distribution becomes more ubiquitous, more and more people will turn to piracy unless the content providers start allowing more of their stuff to be streamed legally. Hopefully they'll figure that out instead of fighting streaming every step of the way.

  2. works in linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not only works in Linux, but it works *well* in Linux.

    Netflix can eat it.