This morning Amazon announced a very useful perk for all their Prime subscribers: free video streaming. Users now have have access to about 5000 movies and TV shows which they will be able to stream on-demand, without having to pay anything above their normal Prime subscription rate ($79/year).
Amazon Prime was originally devised as way for frequent Amazon.com customers to get free two-day shipping on all their purchases. Now it’s not just a free shipping service that ties people into Amazon for all their online purchases, but also a Netflix competitor.
Amazon’s selection isn’t up to the same level that Netflix is at (about 20,000 shows/movies), but it’s essentially free so it’s hard to complain. Netflix’s streaming-only account is $96/year so if you don’t mind the smaller selection offered by Amazon, you can get free shipping on all your goods and save $21 a year by going with Prime. [Geek]
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