The streaming stuff was added on for "free". Yes, it's in quotes, because yes, it costs them to provide it.. However, when it started, the price of Prime didn't go up for a few years.
BTW, I'm not meaning to _totally_ defend it, because I'm admittedly not really making the best use of it either. I often let them "bribe" me for slower shipping (with a music credit or a few other things, and now that I think about it, I think the credit for their grocery delivery expired), and I only use the video once in a while. (and so far, mostly for shows I could have Tivoed instead, like Grimm and The Americans).
Solar _pays for itself_ in many many cases. (I personally have such low electricity bills, and have relatively low electricity rates, that it doesn't really make sense for me now.) The renter's electric bill would be lower.
Why do you want an external HDMI switch, rather than have that built into the TV? (Yes, I realize most TVs don't have 6 HDMI in..) Though I admit I use an old hard drive/DVD recorder as a 'switcher' for some analog sources mostly (and watch DVDs through it as it has the best play-faster-with-sound of anything I have.. good for commentary/documentares, etc).
Though I admit I wish more devices would do daisy-chaining like Xbox One tried (and AFAIK has mostly failed at, but I've personally never used it), and the way you could in the long past with a TV/VCR button on a VCR (to then let the raw cable signal through to use the TV's tuner when recording something, for example).
No, I disagree. They're focusing attention on the _correct_ thing... in that someone, EXTERNAL TO YOUR PHONE, can "read texts, listen to calls [sic missing Oxford comma] and track you".
Yes, they need access to SS7, but it's more surprising (IMHO) than the usual "anyone with physical access to your device could do anything" warnings, since they don't have physical access to your device.
Yeah, because the air 'scrapes' the water off of your hands (which you can see/feel).. You didn't actually think it was making all of the water evaporate instantly, did you?
(BTW, I'm actually who still goes to the theaters several times a year...)
No other way to see a movie?
Except at home, via DVD/BluRay (bought or rented through netflix, redbox, etc.), iTunes, Netflix, On Demand, HBO Go (and other cable channel analogs), Amazon Prime, Vudu, etc............
Often these companies work together in agreeing to a data cap and price.
[citation needed]
How is that not illegal price collusion?
(The rest is correct, and IMHO, not by definition a bad idea.. would you really want 5 different cables coming into your house from different Internet services? There WERE separate phone companies/lines and IIRC electric companies way back when, all duplicating wires for each separate company...)
If you walked up to someone in the US, and instead said that "all intensive purposes" phrase in a sentence, no one is going to correct you or have trouble understanding the meaning behind it.
Wrong, I'm going to tell you you're wrong.
I unfortunately very often have to say "fewer" out loud when someone misuses "less" and "fewer".
Yes there is. It's called "expecting the supposedly professional providers of a tech-skewed news aggregation website to do their bloody simple jobs."
That seems very ironic to me. I would expect a _non_ tech-skewed article about this to explain it... Not necessarily the summary to this article though. (I've never used it, BTW, but have heard about it, even in CNET videos which are pretty much 'normal user' coverage. Even the very few they call 'hard', aren't.)
Plus, the other implication still applies: Look it up using the same network you're using to pose the question, via your favorite means, such as google or wikipedia, for a start.
Expensive? Your old fashion land lines would be $35+ a month.
I'm not sure when you're talking about, but at least into the early 2000s, my phone bill was about $15 + taxes.. Then I went metered (as I explained in another post), and it went down by a couple of bucks.
designed to move 100,000 people per week and now carries 430,000 a day
Sounds incredibly successful to me, then.
BTW, I take it a couple of times a year when I go into SF (to avoid paying for parking, plus my main car is an electric that won't make it both ways without charging), whereas I'd never consider taking a bus that distance.
Re-read what the original message in this thread said: "Netflix's deep catalog ended my piracy, since they made it so much easier..." -- sending little plastic-and-metal disks around isn't easier than piracy.
For those who care about being moral/legal, it is.
I guess you do a lot more "random" movie picking than I do. Sure, back when I went to actual video _stores_, I wouldn't know what is in stock so picked something from the new releases that was left. (Since they didn't have a way I could queue things or a huge backlog of most everything ever released, like Netflix has at least on disc.. or used to have at least.)
But for both netflix and redbox (since you can figure out which movie is at which box via the app/web site), you already know what you're going to get before you get it. Usually I limit it to the one a half block away, but once in a while look through all movies or 'nearby' boxes when I'm at another location. I still pre-pick the movie long before I've gotten to the box though.
Even when I did netflix, I routinely rented old movies or TV shows. I guess the 'new release' is far less important to me. Even on my DVR, I bank up things and sometimes watch older things I recorded even _years_ ago. (and yes, I have caught up on shows that old before)
Netflix "still" has DVDs and Blu-Rays of everything.. So does RedBox.
(Personally, I was a Netflix customer from way way way back, from before it was unlimited, and it was effectively $4/DVD.. Though several years ago, basically all rentals were 'rental versions' with no extras.. So if it were that, why not just go to Redbox or wait for it to be on HBO? Plus, I Tivo more than I can watch already, so I cancelled.. Though I do have Amazon Prime, and "play" with the video every once in a while.. Don't use it for routine viewing. *some* day I will likely subscribe to Netflix again briefly (a few months) and binge watch their originals that I care about.)
If netflix ended your piracy, why not keep using netflix?
Plus, you're conflating Amazon Video and Amazon Prime Video. Everything on Amazon Prime Video is _by definition_ free (i.e. included with your existing Amazon Prime subscription).
Amazon Video is separate, paying for rentals (and I think purchases) of other things.
Isn't that how cable TV became the wasteland it is today? Only pushing programming that was extremely popular, reaching for the easy money, and shelving anything more innovative that might be a gamble or only appeal to a niche audience?
You're not looking hard enough, then. If you really want entertainment, or informative things, there's PLENTY out there. Heck, just on the broadcast channels, I record way more than I can watch (partly so I have new stuff all through summer).
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The streaming stuff was added on for "free". Yes, it's in quotes, because yes, it costs them to provide it.. However, when it started, the price of Prime didn't go up for a few years.
BTW, I'm not meaning to _totally_ defend it, because I'm admittedly not really making the best use of it either. I often let them "bribe" me for slower shipping (with a music credit or a few other things, and now that I think about it, I think the credit for their grocery delivery expired), and I only use the video once in a while. (and so far, mostly for shows I could have Tivoed instead, like Grimm and The Americans).
Unfair rates? How are they unfair rates? Isn't the typical rate the _lowest_ rate that a customer would pay?
So the customer is generating electricity, being able to net zero their usage throughout the year with a big enough system..
What's unfair?
Solar _pays for itself_ in many many cases. (I personally have such low electricity bills, and have relatively low electricity rates, that it doesn't really make sense for me now.) The renter's electric bill would be lower.
Give proof it isn't.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out... or STAY OUT if you're not here..
Why do you want an external HDMI switch, rather than have that built into the TV? (Yes, I realize most TVs don't have 6 HDMI in..) Though I admit I use an old hard drive/DVD recorder as a 'switcher' for some analog sources mostly (and watch DVDs through it as it has the best play-faster-with-sound of anything I have.. good for commentary/documentares, etc).
Though I admit I wish more devices would do daisy-chaining like Xbox One tried (and AFAIK has mostly failed at, but I've personally never used it), and the way you could in the long past with a TV/VCR button on a VCR (to then let the raw cable signal through to use the TV's tuner when recording something, for example).
No, I disagree. They're focusing attention on the _correct_ thing... in that someone, EXTERNAL TO YOUR PHONE, can "read texts, listen to calls [sic missing Oxford comma] and track you".
Yes, they need access to SS7, but it's more surprising (IMHO) than the usual "anyone with physical access to your device could do anything" warnings, since they don't have physical access to your device.
Yeah, because the air 'scrapes' the water off of your hands (which you can see/feel).. You didn't actually think it was making all of the water evaporate instantly, did you?
Jeez, what do you do with the people who don't wash/rinse AT ALL? (I see plenty of them..)
Yeah, but aren't those WAY WAY WAY WAY more expensive than "regular" theaters?
I personally just want to see it on a big screen, but not pay _even more_ than the regular theater prices.
No, I'm someone who respects copyright law (and the hard work of the people who made the thing you're attempting to enjoy), apparently unlike you.
(BTW, I'm actually who still goes to the theaters several times a year...)
No other way to see a movie?
Except at home, via DVD/BluRay (bought or rented through netflix, redbox, etc.), iTunes, Netflix, On Demand, HBO Go (and other cable channel analogs), Amazon Prime, Vudu, etc............
MPEG-2 is "documented officially", but is still proprietary (requires licensing agreements).
You still have not shown ANYTHING about price collusion, which you directly stated was happening.
That was the quoted price, but didn't they actually waive that fee, at least for a period of time?
[citation needed]
How is that not illegal price collusion?
(The rest is correct, and IMHO, not by definition a bad idea.. would you really want 5 different cables coming into your house from different Internet services? There WERE separate phone companies/lines and IIRC electric companies way back when, all duplicating wires for each separate company...)
Ironic.
Wrong, I'm going to tell you you're wrong.
I unfortunately very often have to say "fewer" out loud when someone misuses "less" and "fewer".
That seems very ironic to me. I would expect a _non_ tech-skewed article about this to explain it... Not necessarily the summary to this article though. (I've never used it, BTW, but have heard about it, even in CNET videos which are pretty much 'normal user' coverage. Even the very few they call 'hard', aren't.)
Plus, the other implication still applies: Look it up using the same network you're using to pose the question, via your favorite means, such as google or wikipedia, for a start.
I'm not sure when you're talking about, but at least into the early 2000s, my phone bill was about $15 + taxes.. Then I went metered (as I explained in another post), and it went down by a couple of bucks.
You mean this new service, right?
It doesn't have the "it doesn't go out when the power does" of POTS lines though, right?
(BTW, no, I don't have a POTS line any more, and for a long time years ago had one at the metered rate for my old old Tivos to call in...)
But the "still works in a power outage" is one of the reasons many people keep them.
Sounds incredibly successful to me, then.
BTW, I take it a couple of times a year when I go into SF (to avoid paying for parking, plus my main car is an electric that won't make it both ways without charging), whereas I'd never consider taking a bus that distance.
For those who care about being moral/legal, it is.
I guess you do a lot more "random" movie picking than I do. Sure, back when I went to actual video _stores_, I wouldn't know what is in stock so picked something from the new releases that was left. (Since they didn't have a way I could queue things or a huge backlog of most everything ever released, like Netflix has at least on disc.. or used to have at least.)
But for both netflix and redbox (since you can figure out which movie is at which box via the app/web site), you already know what you're going to get before you get it. Usually I limit it to the one a half block away, but once in a while look through all movies or 'nearby' boxes when I'm at another location. I still pre-pick the movie long before I've gotten to the box though.
Even when I did netflix, I routinely rented old movies or TV shows. I guess the 'new release' is far less important to me. Even on my DVR, I bank up things and sometimes watch older things I recorded even _years_ ago. (and yes, I have caught up on shows that old before)
Netflix "still" has DVDs and Blu-Rays of everything.. So does RedBox.
(Personally, I was a Netflix customer from way way way back, from before it was unlimited, and it was effectively $4/DVD.. Though several years ago, basically all rentals were 'rental versions' with no extras.. So if it were that, why not just go to Redbox or wait for it to be on HBO? Plus, I Tivo more than I can watch already, so I cancelled.. Though I do have Amazon Prime, and "play" with the video every once in a while.. Don't use it for routine viewing. *some* day I will likely subscribe to Netflix again briefly (a few months) and binge watch their originals that I care about.)
Huh? You're not being logical.
If netflix ended your piracy, why not keep using netflix?
Plus, you're conflating Amazon Video and Amazon Prime Video. Everything on Amazon Prime Video is _by definition_ free (i.e. included with your existing Amazon Prime subscription).
Amazon Video is separate, paying for rentals (and I think purchases) of other things.
You're not looking hard enough, then. If you really want entertainment, or informative things, there's PLENTY out there. Heck, just on the broadcast channels, I record way more than I can watch (partly so I have new stuff all through summer).