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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)
submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn't really need it.
  • Leaving Prime meant slower shipping but the author was happy to wait and still found the selection and delivery speed satisfactory.
  • Many people love Prime for its fast shipping and convenience, but some readers expressed ambivalence and considered canceling.

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[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is it really 140 USD annually in US? Here in EU it's about equivalent of 12 dollars yearly... What is that?

[–] demesisx@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 months ago

It’s called regulatory capture. They have a monopoly here, so they can just raise their prices until the pain threshold starts diminishing their returns noticeably then dial it back a notch.

[–] JaN0h4ck@feddit.de 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

12 Dollars yearly

In which EU are you living in? It's 90€ annually in Germany, which is about 100 USD.

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Poland

49 PLN is about 12 EUR\USD (and it's been like this since 2021 I believe). I am losing my mind because I can't figure this out. It's the same thing - shipping, Prime Gaming, Prime Video, free Twitch sub?

[–] JaN0h4ck@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, same features. Good to know that there are incredibly high price differences, even though we're neighbouring countries.

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I was thinking about that and then found this article - https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/amazon-prime-video-cost/

They collected a lot of data and stats, like the catalogue sizes of Prime Video around the world and it varies massively. So that's part of the answer. And Polish is mostly crap and midocrity, and few good older shows. Lower Decks last season is missing, this kind of crap happened to me number of times.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

50€ on Amazon Spain.

[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are varying levels of quality of service in different countries due to shipping infrastructure, partnerships, content restrictions, etc, and I'd say that ties into the cost.

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/amazon-prime-video-cost/ - found this article, and it seems what you are saying is correct. Polish catalogue is pretty small, has shows missing seasons, a lot of frankly obnoxious Polish crap.