8 Reasons Why Netflix Is Better Than Amazon Prime Video
5. It Has Quality Control
One of the great things about home streaming is that it opens audiences up to a host of interesting and niche titles they otherwise might not buy from a retail store. The criteria for entry has been lowered, so indie films can now find a new life on Netflix or Amazon that they otherwise didn’t have in theatres.
It’s possible for the bar to sink too low, however.
Although Netflix occasionally gets flooded with cheap (and often hilarious) Nollywood dramas, most of its output keeps to a fairly rigid set of rules. Its movies are almost always feature length – or well-produced short films – and they’ve usually been shot by someone who can competently hold a camera in place for half a minute.
Amazon, on the other hand, will let any old riff-raff on their service. In wading through the murky depths of Prime Video, you can stumble upon Fallout Fan Films, Funny or Die Skits, and even YouTube-style unboxing videos or makeup tutorials.
They might not appear on the service’s front page, but look through genre sections or other categories, and you’ll probably find them fairly quickly. So while they might offer a lot more ‘content’ than Netflix, a great deal of Amazon’s output is bogus, and belongs on a free service, not one that costs £5.99 a month.