I've been an Amazon customer since 2003 and a subscriber to Prime since it was started back in 2005. Back then it was $79 per year for free 2 day shipping on select items. In 2018 they raised the price to $119. Over the years they have added video and music streaming plus numerous other features. This week I decided to unsubscribe from the service. The main reason is because I only use the shipping and video and I am currently unemployed and don't plan on buying from Amazon as often as I have in the past. One could argue that if I only use the video service, I'm still getting a bargain at $10 per month compared to Netflix, which is $12.99 per month. I like Amazon Prime video more now than in the past because they have added more content. But, I had to make some cuts, and the Prime subscription was up for renewal. I still believe that Amazon could crush Netflix if they offered a separate video streaming subscription at a lower price. You can still watch a few things for free on Amazon's streaming service without Prime. One is the IMDB channel, but they do show ads. As far as the free 2 day shipping? That has been hit and miss lately. Sometimes they can only ship part of an order in 2 days and the rest comes days later. You can still get free shipping without Prime if your order is over $25. You can also get free shipping from other large online retailers like Target and Walmart. Ebay is another good source for items with free shipping. So, other than the video service, I don't think I'm going to miss Prime very much. They claim to have over 200 million subscribers, so my leaving isn't going to hurt them in the least.
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