• TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Is twitch or prime video even profitable? I’m pretty sure twitch isn’t but prime might be just due to locking people in to making their e-commerce purchases on amazon

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      10 months ago

      prime might be

      It all depends on Amazon’s accounting, and whether or not they want it to be profitable.

      They can pretend that people are subscribing to prime just for the videos, and then it becomes profitable. Or, they can pretend that people are subscribing to prime for the shipping, and prime video is just a loss-leader they use to encourage people to subscribe.