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Amazon Prime: Old-fashioned episode-a-week format
megaresp
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Is anyone else frustrated by Amazon Prime's approach to new TV series, drip-feeding them one episode a week?
I first noticed the difference between Netflix and Amazon when Vikings series 2 came out at about the same time as House of Cards season 2. My wife and I watched the entire series of House of Cards over 3 days, while I had to wait 7 excruciating days :eek: for Amazon to release the next episode of Vikings.
Why do Amazon constrain their otherwise wonderful on-demand service this way? Surely the purpose of an on-demand service is to put the customer in control of his/her viewing?
If you find yourself in agreement, please email Amazon and ask them to change their approach. And let me know I'm not the only one who finds Amazon's approach irritating
I first noticed the difference between Netflix and Amazon when Vikings series 2 came out at about the same time as House of Cards season 2. My wife and I watched the entire series of House of Cards over 3 days, while I had to wait 7 excruciating days :eek: for Amazon to release the next episode of Vikings.
Why do Amazon constrain their otherwise wonderful on-demand service this way? Surely the purpose of an on-demand service is to put the customer in control of his/her viewing?
If you find yourself in agreement, please email Amazon and ask them to change their approach. And let me know I'm not the only one who finds Amazon's approach irritating
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I remember back in the 70’s that video rental shops would do that with films on Betamax.:D
The only shows that Netlfix or Amazon will and can release all at once are either shows that it produces exclusivity for itself, i.e House of Cards, Orange is the New Black (Netflix), Transparent (Amazon) or older shows that have finished airing completely or the current season has ended, for example just before season 4 of Homeland started a few weeks back, Netflix made all episodes of Season 3 available.
I suppose they do it, to stop people subscribing for a month then canceling once they've seen the show.