Lately, I have been purchasing a lot of stuff on Amazon. Baby's require a lot of stuff. There is also a list of things I have been meaning to buy. These are small things that tend to be cheap on Amazon but more expensive in a store. I use this backlog of nice-to-have items or eventually-need items to get me over the $25 Super-Saver shipping. My wife brought up the idea of paying for Amazon Prime. I thought about it, and I can't bring myself to purchase it.
Although it is true that Amazon Prime might pay for itself given the rate we are buying stuff, this rate isn't sustainable. We are buying a lot of stuff for the baby right now. It is stuff we knew we needed, but we didn't know which to get until the baby was here. This rate will eventually die down. The other big reason to get Amazon Prime is for Amazon Instant Video. In all honesty, this is the bigger reason to get Amazon Prime. I have been trying to shift my household to use online video over traditional cable. What better step than to get Amazon Instant Video, right?
The problem with Amazon Instant Video is it isn't available on my TV! Although I do have a Roku, I don't use it. I have an MK802. It is an Android TV. I can watch Netflix, Youtube and Hulu Plus on it. I can watch these services (two of which I pay a fee for) because those companies released an Android app. Amazon doesn't have an Android app. They have a Google TV app, but I have an Android TV, not a Google TV. This means I can't watch Amazon Instant Video on my TV. Until Amazon Instant Video is available on the MK802, I don't know if I would pay for it.
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