Prime Video

Like many others, I didn't intentionally purchase a Prime Video subscription; I signed up for Amazon Prime for the free shipping. I looked at my Amazon purchases over the previous three years, did the math, and determined that a Prime membership would be cheaper than what I'd been paying in shipping fees, and I'd get the additional benefit of one- or two-day shipping.

Of course, when The Expanse was cancelled on broadcast TV and Amazon picked it up, I signed into Prime. And I'm a Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet fan, when Good Omens was another no-brainer. Since then, I've found quite a number of good shows and movies, both original and legacy. There's a ton of drek in there, of course. But there are also book adaptations like Bosch and Reacher, big name productions like The Boys, and completely bizarre, off-the-wall stuff like Jean-Claude Van Johnson and Comrade Detective, both of which I would never had looked for, but which were definitely worth seeing.

I'm a history buff, and Amazon's put quite a number of BBC documentaries in Prime, so that's another argument for it, at least for me.

Is it better than Netflix? For me, yes. For most people, probably not. But I've found that between Prime Video and the freebie services Plex and Tubi, I've got more than enough content to keep me busy, so I never bothered getting a Netflix account.

Like crack dealers. You get interested in a show that they include with your prime membership, then just as your about to watch Season 2 episode 6, it's only available to rent or buy.