Haven't they already? A few weeks ago I tried Google Express, and I really liked it, in general. I could get an order from CostCo, WalMart, Target, and others, over night for free if I ordered $35 or more. I ordered at noon on Friday and got the shipment by 10am Saturday.
This last week, Amazon announced they are increasing Prime to $120/year, and I started thinking about whether I needed Prime. For video, Amazon is barely usable these days IMHO. I'm mostly watching entertainment on Youtube, mostly how-to or edu-tainment stuff which Amazon doesn't have much of. Pretty much anything I reach out to watch, I have to buy from Amazon. Their music service has been useless to me too, I started with Google Play by uploading all my music, and could never get started with Amazon because it was too limited.
The most compelling thing about Amazon is it is one place i can go that has pretty much anything I'm looking for. Drawer slides, Sugru, specific DIY tools.
I gladly pay $15/mo for Google Play Family (music, no commercials on Youtube, for me and my family). But, $10/mo for Amazon is starting to feel questionable, when Google Express gives me a similar experience, without the pain of Amazon Pantry (filling a Pantry box), and Walmart will let me buy groceries online and then will bring them out to my wife's car on her way home (she works a block from the store that provides that service).
I think it's getting harder and harder for Amazon to justify the $120/year. Curious what other people are thinking.
Walmart Inc. and Google last August made it easier for people to shop from Walmart using Google's voice-activated home speakers. Similar partnership announcements followed between Google and other Amazon rivals including EBay Inc. and Target Corp.
This last week, Amazon announced they are increasing Prime to $120/year, and I started thinking about whether I needed Prime. For video, Amazon is barely usable these days IMHO. I'm mostly watching entertainment on Youtube, mostly how-to or edu-tainment stuff which Amazon doesn't have much of. Pretty much anything I reach out to watch, I have to buy from Amazon. Their music service has been useless to me too, I started with Google Play by uploading all my music, and could never get started with Amazon because it was too limited.
The most compelling thing about Amazon is it is one place i can go that has pretty much anything I'm looking for. Drawer slides, Sugru, specific DIY tools.
I gladly pay $15/mo for Google Play Family (music, no commercials on Youtube, for me and my family). But, $10/mo for Amazon is starting to feel questionable, when Google Express gives me a similar experience, without the pain of Amazon Pantry (filling a Pantry box), and Walmart will let me buy groceries online and then will bring them out to my wife's car on her way home (she works a block from the store that provides that service).
I think it's getting harder and harder for Amazon to justify the $120/year. Curious what other people are thinking.