Why is Amazon Prime overpriced in the Anglosphere demographic?

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨CmdrGraves@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

Is it just me, or that Prime Video is a blantant rip off in the West as it costs so much when they could’ve priced it the same on what they consider a “poor country”. As mentioned in the first table below, prices are a f*cking joke (especially US Amazon) $139?! SERIOUSLY?

This is what I mean:

Prime	US	UK	EU	AU
Monthly	$14.99	£8.99	8,99€	A$9.99
Annually	$139.00	£95.00	89,90€	A$79.00

How much the same subscription is in Japan

Prime	in USD	in GBP	in EUR	in AUD
Monthly: ¥600	~$3.70	~£2.80	~3,25€	~A$5.30
Annually: ¥5900	~$36.60	~£27.65	~31,90€	~A$52.15

Another reference (i.e. India) for the same thing:

Prime	in USD	in GBP	in EUR	in AUD
Monthly: ₹299	~$3.20	~£2.40	~2,75€	~A$4.50
Annually: ₹1499	~$15.90	~£12.00	~13,85€	~A$22.65

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prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨46⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
This account is fun cuz it will post questions in the form of “and here’s the information I want you to have to agree with my take”

West bad. East good. Right?

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ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
You’re not paying for just the video service (at least in the US), prime is primarily their free 2-day shipping plan. The streaming was always just kind of an extra that was included with that

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apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I could be wrong but I think what you’re seeing is an entrenched market versus newer ones. Amazon is shrewd about stomping its competitors by luring millions of customers with prices that are too good to be true. They get them hooked on the product and then hike the price when it becomes too habitual to get rid of.

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Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
First the price is set to maximize profits, nothing else.

The reason it’s cheap in Japan is probably because the value is low for Japanese people, they don’t want to pay more, the price they’ve set is the balance between how many subscribers they can get to maximize the total revenue and profits.

In India I imagine the value for the individual might be better, but it’s a poor country, so the low price is necessary for people to afford it.

Second they have copyright deals that vary greatly by region, so cost and content can vary greatly too.

But you can be 100% sure that the low price in India isn’t because they want to be nicer to the Indians. It’s because that’s the price that will earn them the most money.

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notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Didn’t we all agree to boycott Jeff Bezos?

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Arnl@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
In poland after recent price increase its 69 PLN annually witch is ~16 euro.

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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Amazon also pays employees differently based on the local economy.

The marginal cost of a customer of a digital service approaches zero, so it doesn’t matter what they charge. In Japan, perhaps they’re working on getting customers. In India, they need it affordable.

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