Nobody cares, Jeff. Netflix is eating your lunch every day you don't have an app on the ATV.
And they're getting the old Top Gear crew's (Clarkson, Hammond, and May) new series.There are some really good shows on Amazon Prime, Man in the high castle for example among others.
How about no Amazon, no one even cares. Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast are doing great without you...
Yes, I am considering it because of them.And they're getting the old Top Gear crew's (Clarkson, Hammond, and May) new series.
I always get the feeling that Amazon vastly over-estimates how much customers value their video/music/fire services and devices. Comcast or Netflix might be high-value enough to make changes happen, but not Amazon right now.
Free delivery alone is probably not enough to justify the price.
People actually use the Prime video? I wish I could just subscribe to the Prime shipping and pay less. Dumping the video service and other junk services. The only reason I have Prime is for 2-day shipping. All the media that is included is a bunch of junk movies and TV shows I could care less about. Every once in a while I look to see if there is anything. All the good stuff you have to purchase.
While I still buy stuffs from Amazon, I cancelled their prime membership because of the same reason.I terminated my Amazon Prime membership several weeks ago because of Amazon's refusal to make their app available on AppleTV. I do not wish to tie up my iPhone with AirPlay - and the very existence of the Amazon app on iOS is evidence enough for me that Amazon is just having a stubborn contest with Apple. Amazon is not only losing my Prime membership subscription money, I have also stopped ordering any merchandise from their online store. I research items in their store and then order them somewhere else. I choose to let my wallet lodge my protest of their misguided decision to deny the app for AppleTV...
What "acceptable business terms" do they currently get on iOS (where the app is available now) that are not currently available to them on tvOS?
Avoid confusion... my ass!
Can't really understand how customers could expect that every piece of tech they buy from Amazon includes the Prime app, and then get disappointed and return it if not.
I do think it's silly they've stopped selling AppleTVs and Chromecasts, and I, too, don't understand why I can have Amazon video and audio apps on my iPhone while they remain unavailable on the AppleTV.
I always get the feeling that Amazon vastly over-estimates how much customers value their video/music/fire services and devices. Comcast or Netflix might be high-value enough to make changes happen, but not Amazon right now.
Roku does have Amazon Video.
I like having it. I don't watch a whole lot of Amazon Prime exclusive stuff (though I do watch some) and spend more time with Netflix, but when it comes time to rent or buy a movie or TV season, I usually go with Amazon.
I do think it's silly they've stopped selling AppleTVs and Chromecasts, and I, too, don't understand why I can have Amazon video and audio apps on my iPhone while they remain unavailable on the AppleTV.
I think you've nailed it really. Bezos has a point about the 30% though. Seems ridiculously high when it comes to subscription models. If you've got a service that costs £30 a month in the App Store apple take £10 of that each month for the whole term of the subscription. In a year that's £120 that the developer loses. The 30% figure was created to help pay for the hosting and distribution within the App Store it doesn't really make sense the keep that high a figure when all the data from there on comes from the app developers servers and not Apples.OK Bezos... what exactly is the product you are trying to push: the HARDWARE or the SERVICE?
Seems simple enough for the average non-confused customer. So... pick one!
- If you are pushing the hardware then you need to stop selling ANY device other that those made by Amazon.
- If you are pushing the service, then you need to make it available on ANY device I may want to use.
He's so full of ***** his eyes are brown.Can't really understand how customers could expect that every piece of tech they buy from Amazon includes the Prime app, and then get disappointed and return it if not.