Compare BBC with Amazon Prime? No contest
You simply can’t compare the BBC with Amazon Prime, as Gary Walsh carelessly does in Issue 640. One is a national institution that, despite its faults, is woven into the fabric of our society. The other is a money-grabbing, tax-avoiding goliath that sucks up our high streets like a retail equivalent of a black hole. Like Gary, I’m fortunate that I can afford both the TV licence fee and Amazon Prime. But unlike Gary, I would keep the Beeb over Amazon if I were forced to choose. Look at it this way – when news about our Queen’s passing was coming through, people didn’t turn to Amazon Prime for confirmation and comfort.
We avoided Prime because it’s so hard to cancel
Following your article on whether to cancel Amazon Prime (Issue 639, page 60), we try not
