Jared Newman / Foundry I’m not fully against using marketplaces like Roku Premium Subscriptions or Amazon Prime Video Channels, but they have to provide clear value beyond what you’d get by signing up for a service directly. Some examples of where that applies: Free trials: Many marketplace subscriptions come with one-week trials, even as their standalone counterparts have dropped them. Grabbing a trial can be a slick way to watch a specific series or sporting event for free. Exclusive discounts: Amazon, for instance, is currently offering a year of Starz for $24, which is $12 less than the s
Why I avoid subscriptions through Roku and Amazon… You won't find those offers on streaming marketplaces. The marketplaces are also missing some of the bundle deals that the streaming services offer directly. Amazon and Roku's marketplaces will sell you HBO Max, for instance, but not the discounted HBO Max bundle with Disney+ and Hulu. …
… In a normal PC market, a manufacturer might celebrate a big anniversary milestone with special merchandise. …
… Hopefully it'll push the broader market down in price, too. …
… Intel has vastly more market share -- about 74 percent of the market -- so it stands that a lower-priced chip could be used to boost its market share. …
… AMD's market share finally declines For once, the change in buying behavior hurt AMD. Though the company had reported several quarters of increasing share, AMD lost ground in the desktop market by 3.2 percentage points from the end of 2025 through the first quarter of 2026. …
… Steam is already the de facto marketplace for PC games, for better or worse. …
… Expect similar listings to pop up on Facebook Marketplace et al. in the next few days. …
… HighPoint's RocketStor 8631D can handle the most powerful desktop GPU on the market—an RTX 5090—with zero limits on power or output. …
… I add that one should be cautious about interpreting broader market trends based on Steam users alone. This survey obviously skews toward users who are interested in PC games, and the Steam Deck presents a significant bias in the data versus the market at large. …
… Nvidia hopes to take the top of the K in the increasingly K-shaped laptop market. Apple and Intel duke it out for the bottom, with Qualcomm as a possible dark horse. In a disappearing mid-range, AMD and Intel still fight for the laptop market. …