DroidTV Primetime app for KindleFire gets a price rise - is it still worth it?

DroiodTV Primetime is an Android app for Kindle Fire with not-clear pricing and a recent additional price-increase but said to be worth it

Amazon has not highlighted DroidTV Primetime but it is pretty big on Android sites when software is recommended.  It may be that it's a soft competitor to HuluPlus especially and to Netflix also.

While DroidTV Primetime is listed for $8.99, a price already high enough to deter purchase by most who prefer free or very inexpensive apps, it's actually $8.99 for 3 months now.  It's essentially a subscription of course, but it doesn't clearly say so.

  Furthermore, the history is that it started out as $1/mo. not long ago and then recently had become $8.99 for 6 months, which seemed okay for those who had signed up for it, at $1.50 per month then.

  In July, the price quietly changed, from $8.99 for 6 months, to $8.99 for 3 months.
  And nevertheless, people on the whole seem to feel it's still worth it at $3/mo., essentially. Why?

  Netflix and HuluPlus each costs $8.99 per month but
  1. HuluPlus has us watch ads even though we pay Hulu $9/mo. because, it's said (and I believe it) that CURRENT TV shows are expensive to rent and distribute.
  2. Netflix does not, for the most part, present current TV shows except for some educational PBS shows like Frontline, distributed not long after being shown.

  With Netflix and HuluPlus (I subscribe to each), you subscribe directly with those companies and the Android app itself is 'free' to use on the Kindle Fire for accessing of the subscriptions you've paid for outside Amazon.
  With both you can watch only when connected online via WiFi or 3G/4G.

  DroidTVPrimetime, though, is equivalent to a subscription VIA the Android app itself. For this, you can, they say (and users confirm) watch some of your favored TV Shows offline when  you're not connected to WiFi, and the product info on Amazon reads:

• Watch full HD TV episodes
• Record episodes to watch later
• Store videos on your device for anytime viewing
  
  
  Product Description
  Watch TV on your mobile device in full HD-480p resolution with DroidTV. Choose from hundreds of episodes of the most popular shows from the major TV networks. Watch whenever you want, wherever you want.
  
  With DroidTV, you can record and watch individual episodes or automatically record every episode for a show as they become available. Episodes are recorded from the Internet, stored on your own dedicated virtual DVR in our data center, and then transferred to your mobile device for viewing.
  
  Recorded episodes are played from your phone or tablet’s memory card, not streamed, so they are available anytime, even when you don’t have Internet access. Episodes play immediately, without buffering delays or reduced quality.
  
  You can store any number of episodes on the virtual DVR. The number of episodes on your mobile device is limited only by available memory on your [built-in] SD card.