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Comment by raw_anon_1111

9 hours ago

You can’t watch the full catalog of movies they have for rent or purchase for one price.

You know you’re being pedantic.

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embedding-shape  9 hours ago

Same is true for Amazon, you can't watch 100% of the content unless you "Buy"/Rent, so is Amazon Prime Video not a streaming service?

You know you're trying to be misleading, but not everyone falls for those sort of things.

  • pests  4 hours ago

    Prime video is more than just prime content, they are more of a marketplace where you can watch competitors content as well. Like their web marketplace for tv and movies. That's why you can sign up for things like HBO and even Apple TV directly via Prime.

  • raw_anon_1111  9 hours ago

    No you’re being pedantic. Compare Amazon Prime Video subscription content to Sony’s subscription content.

    Is Amazon creating new content and giving other streaming services first dibs on it? Are they putting their back catalog content on other streaming services en masse?

    Is Sony spending billions of dollars to produce content to go on their own streaming service like Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Peacock, HBO Max (for now)?

    Heck is HBO releasing theatrical movies and giving first run streaming rights to other streaming services?

    You’re not making serious arguments if you don’t see the difference between every other streaming service and what Sony is doing or seeing what companies with both streaming services and movie studios like Warner Bros, Disney, and Paramount are doing.

    • embedding-shape  9 hours ago

      You're making this way more complicated than it is, no need to compare against others to understand if what Sony is doing is a streaming service or not.

      So I guess back to basics:

      > A streaming media service, also known as streaming service, is an online provider that allows users to watch or listen to content, such as films, TV series, music, or podcasts, over the Internet

      Fairly simple, I think at least. So with that, is what Sony is doing a streaming service, regardless of what HBO/Amazon/their mother is doing? Yes, in my humble opinion, what Sony is offering lets users "watch or listen to content, such as films, TV series, music, or podcasts, over the Internet", so it is a streaming service.

      I disagree it's pedantic, it's just understanding what terms mean, in this particular case, what "streaming service" means.

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