I'm curious to see if this deal will get the same amount of backlash over Sesame Street's partnership with HBO.
Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows
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#23I appreciate that they made a "deal". While there are reasons for giving it all away because it's public and paid for with taxes and donations, I think this just means that they will be able to produce more and better content for a longer period of time.
That being said, there are a few moments in parenting that are especially magical:
1) When the kids don't need diapers anymore.
2) When they stop wanting to watch these kid shows.
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#24"Amazon Prime reached a deal to become the exclusive premium streaming service " The exclusivity is a real problem! And with something like PBS??? My family uses Netflix to watch many PBS shows like Dinosaur Train and now can't do that anymore. Screw you Amazon! Edited to add: And Screw you PBS!
>Screw you Amazon! Don't you mean "Screw you PBS!"?
It takes two parties to make a deal. And when one of them is a huge corp like Amazon, it is more plausible that PBS was "made an offer they couldn't refuse." Amazon is known to use underhanded tactics to monopolize markets. (Ie. Removing competitor items from their stores.)
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#25I think that Mister Rogers' Neighborhood should be mandatory viewing for all children throughout the world. The show at its core teaches empathy, unlike a lot of children's programming these days that have the primary goal of selling merchandise.
If anyone is interested, there's a wonderful 4.5 hour interview with Fred Rogers: http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/fred-rogers#
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#26Damn. That explains why Dinosaur Train and Daniel Tiger are no longer on Netflix today. That's frustrating.
Fun fact, the "dinosaur" family in Dinosaur Train are not actually dinosaurs, scientifically speaking. Of course, no self respecting 3yo will ever accept your explanation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodon
Of course. Just like I have difficult explaining to her just how crazy it is that a T-Rex egg not only ended up in a Pteranodon nest, but also somehow got adopted by them. Pteranodon would be ideal prey for a T-Rex, there's just no way Mrs Pteranodon would ever keep Buddy around.
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#27I think that Mister Rogers' Neighborhood should be mandatory viewing for all children throughout the world. The show at its core teaches empathy, unlike a lot of children's programming these days that have the primary goal of selling merchandise. If anyone is interested, there's a wonderful 4.5 hour interview with Fred Rogers: http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/fred-rogers#
Daniel Tiger's neighborhood is also a great show that takes a lot of the music and lessons from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, but is an updated and animated version of it.
I've always been very impressed with the music and talent of the musicians he had on his show - they actually played live during most of the shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peDn6XQ3bjI for an example.
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#28They've had a ton of PBS content for a long time. I actually just lost 5 seasons of Wild Kratts today.
And this is why so many people pirate. I pay for these services, and get no notification.
I feel justified as long as it's on one of the services I pay for (Amazon, Netflix, Hulu), since I don't feel like having to remember which damn app to use. Nor can I get me 5yo to grasp it either.
So I use Kodi and a file server. Now my son can choose what he wants to watch, which makes him so happy. He'd much rather get the remote and change it himself than ask us to change it for him.
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#29I can't help but imagine a future where every single resource that we consume will provided by one of a small number of megacorps (gigacorps?) and branded, right down to the home that you live in, the people that teach your children, the food you eat, the water you drink, and the air that you breathe. "Amazon Air. For a lighter, purer you."
"Apple iWater. Drink it for life."
Naturally formulated with iHemo and iElectrolytes. Dive underwater for up to an hour and power your implanted devices for 2 full days! iWater contains synthetic oxygenated liposomes along with other patented technology.
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#30"Amazon Prime reached a deal to become the exclusive premium streaming service " The exclusivity is a real problem! And with something like PBS??? My family uses Netflix to watch many PBS shows like Dinosaur Train and now can't do that anymore. Screw you Amazon! Edited to add: And Screw you PBS!
Maybe if PBS was better funded thru all channels they wouldn't feel the need to do this.