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Amazon Prime Will Soon Be More Popular Than Cable TV (recode.net)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: Someday soon, more U.S. households will be subscribers of Amazon Prime than cable or satellite TV, according to recent estimates of Amazon's popular shipping and entertainment service. According to estimates from Morningstar, nearly 79 million U.S. households now have an Amazon Prime membership*, up from around 66 million at the end of last year. That compares to a projected 90 million U.S. households that will pay for cable or satellite TV this year, according to S&P Global. According to these estimates, more U.S. households may have an Amazon Prime subscription than a pay TV subscription as soon as next year. The implication here is not that Amazon's Prime Video service is more popular than TV; the main reason most people subscribe to Amazon Prime is still the fast delivery of products.
"They don't like paying over $100/month for a pretty basic package loaded with useless channels? Fuck 'em. Watch them cry when they invite friends over to their house."
"They didn't pay their bill on time? Fuck 'em. Cut off their service immediately, even if the big game was on."
"They're having service problems? We'll send someone over at OUR convenience. They better be home all day because our guys have lots of stops to make and they can't make appointments."
"They want to cancel their service? Don't let them. Turn them over to sales reps armed with scripts that will given them some short-term discount so they'll stay, and don't take no for an answer."
This conflates accessibility with actual use under the term "popularity". I have yet to hear anyone say, "hey, did you watch that show on Amazon Prime?" but I've heard plenty of people talking about stuff on cable tv. Similarly, I have yet to hear anyone talk about how they eat their own shit for dinner despite 100% of people having access to their own shit. -_-
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Man, that's tough. You deserve a purple heart or something. Are you OK? Did you manage to survive the horror? After watching those horrible "million things" did you need rehab? Triage? Medical assistance? I'm surprised you survived the horrible ordeal.