Our Amazon Prime subscription, cancelled back when they booted Parler off AWS, finally expires in eleven days. Looking for a streaming service with which to replace it.

We already have NetFlix, PBS Passport, and OAN.

Not interested in sports in the least.

Expensive bundled streaming packages (YouTube TV, Hulu+, DirectTV, and the like) are not and will not be under consideration.

What would you recommend, and why?

Why let it expire over that?

If you quit everything because of their politics, you'll have nothing to watch AND will starve to death too.

My wife now hates Netflix for whatever reason and wants to cancel it, but we use it nearly every day. I'm not cancelling it.

BTW, Apple has brought Parler back onto the App Store

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BTW, Apple has brought Parler back onto the App Store

Only after Parler ousted the CEO, changed the platform, made new rules regarding censoring posts and deleting members,

Apple and Amazon forced Parler into being different and playing by their rules or cease to exist...

Who are we to challenge the great and powerful OZ.....



A tip on streaming services, several have tied offers for free access to cell carriers, so if you have a phone coming up off contract, look at the different carriers, My SIL has Sprint and he gets free Hulu.

Check around to see who has joint marketing deals with the streaming services.

Jailbroke firestick with a VPN.

The primary reason I first signed up is for the free shipping.
The Prime Video wasn't much at that time.
It has grown but it wouldn't kill me to lose and I watch Netflix much more.
Still I am not one to cut off my nose to spite my face.
I would keep it especially for the Amazon commerce part but there are quite a few good shows and originals on Prime Video.
Sorry no help for a replacement here.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Why let it expire over that?

I've been unhappy with Amazon and reducing my purchasing from them for the last year or so, anyway. This was merely the straw that broke the camel's back.

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Originally posted by PASig:
If you quit everything because of their politics, ...

Likewise: If you just *shrug* and say "If I quit everything because...", nothing will ever change.

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Originally posted by PASig:
BTW, Apple has brought Parler back onto the App Store

Too little, too late. Apple TV+ will be allowed to expire when the free trial is up, too.

And don't think there aren't series on both platforms I'm very unhappy to leave behind, either. But this is a sacrifice I feel must be made.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Still I am not one to cut off my nose to spite my face.

I'm not killing my Amazon account entirely. Just Amazon Prime. It's an unfortunate fact that there are some things one simply cannot get anywhere else. (And, if that isn't a reason to start shopping elsewhere, I don't know what is.) I hardly buy anything from Amazon, anymore, anyway.

Anyway... I guess nobody has any suggestions? Thanks for the follow-ups, anyway.

I think Hulu has a bit to offer and it's relatively inexpensive even without the Disney ESPN+ bundle.

And I hate to burst your bubble, but Netflix is not a shinning light as far as left leaning politics.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/ar...-politics-of-netflix

HBO Max is what I would get. Especially if you've never had HBO or seen their originals. There are years' worth of great shows on HBO and some of their current ones are good, as well. Plus you get some same-day-as-theaters releases, TCM library, and a few hundred movies that rotate through.

HBO Max has a robust library of original content (Rome, Sopranos, GoT, etc...)and they've got a slate of more releases (Dune, Got, etc) coming up in the next year.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:
I think Hulu has a bit to offer and it's relatively inexpensive even without the Disney ESPN+ bundle.

We've had Hulu before. Found it more-or-less worthless. Particularly since we don't need their live content as we have good OTA TV reception and a capable whole-house networked DVR.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:
And I hate to burst your bubble, but Netflix is not a shinning light as far as left leaning politics.

*sigh*... You're not bursting any of my bubbles. I hold no illusions regarding NetFlix. I don't care about NetFlix' politics. I don't care about Amazon's politics. I don't care about Apple's politics.

Again, for the slower among us: I was on the verge of dumping Amazon Prime, anyway, for other reasons. Their deplatforming Parler was simply the last straw.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:
HBO Max is what I would get.

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Originally posted by corsair:
HBO Max ...

Thanks for the recommendations. This jibes with the direction I was leaning.

I agree with HBO Max. It's included with my fiber plan and has a lot of stuff to watch. I watch it more than Prime.

I added HBO / HBO Max via my Prime account last year because my roommate wanted to see GOT. There was enough other good content there that we kept it going. We probably watch 40% HBO, 40% Prime, 10% Netflix and 10% OTA.