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.
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BustinJiber@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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 9 months ago
kcuf@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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 9 months ago
www.comparitech.com/…/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.
JaN0h4ck@feddit.de 9 months ago
In which EU are you living in? It’s 90€ annually in Germany, which is about 100 USD.
BustinJiber@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Poland
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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 9 months ago
Yeah, same features. Good to know that there are incredibly high price differences, even though we’re neighbouring countries.
BustinJiber@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I was thinking about that and then found this article - www.comparitech.com/…/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 9 months ago
50€ on Amazon Spain.