Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them::Amazon’s Prime Video will begin showing ads during shows and movies early next year.
The only reason I used prime video was because it came with prime. I’m just going to stop using it altogether if there’s ads
I’m probably just going to cancel prime. It’s only gotten worse and worse. I can wait a week for shipping
I think Prime is up to $140 a year now. They used to promise 2 day delivery, but that is now 2 day shipping, and delays prior to shipment aren’t counted. We are not renewing when it comes up later this month. It’s no longer worth it.
I like the same day delivery stuff. A lot of their catalog gets to me in a couple hours if my cart is over $25
Honestly, that’s the only thing keeping me paying for prime. Most of the shit in their catalog comes in less than a week without prime. But if I need something today, Prime is cheaper than a lot of the competing same-day delivery services.
We’re also in an area where same-day is possible, but I don’t mind waiting for stuff anymore. Typically there’s only been a few times a year I really need something today or tomorrow. I’m betting/hoping the charges for fast shipping when I need it will total less than $140.
We cancelled back in 2022. It was noticable for about a month, then we got used to buying much less and going to a store for what we needed. I feel better about buying directly from a company’s site when I need to get their product online and most places offer free shipping anyway.
Right? Or maybe watching the first part of a show until the first commercial to determine if I want to take the time to find it elsewhere.
During COViD, I did get addicted to Prime, so I guess they’re just trying to help with the cure? Anyhow, now I can goto stores again, plus my kids are off on their own so it’s just me, so it does seem excessive. Actually,Prime TV has already gotten harder to watch, as they keep steering g you to ad supported networks. Just when I get less use out of it, they raise their prices and add ads?
There’s isn’t a difference between cable tv and streaming services anymore. I guess I’m gonna go back to sailing the seven seas.
I never stopped. It’s been obvious for ages that if you don’t have the data on your drive, you may not get it again.
I do pay for Prime, but all I care about is saving on shipping. Even if a show is on Prime, I’ll pirate it if I want to watch.
They need to be reminded how easy it is to pirate video content.
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in Bird Culture this is considered a dick move
Thats a funny way to say amazon are raising the cost by 2.99 per momth.
Yup raising the price and adding a lower tier at the current price, which everyone is moved to
Odd, all the Amazon show I watch are on Plex.
Emby too ;)
Plex is clamping down on uses violating the TOS though. They’re banning whole hosting provider IP blocks next month that were popular with people selling access to Plex servers.
I’ve also seen reports of them banning individual users sharing large libraries with family and friends over residential connections. And then sending notifications to those people that their friend/family member was running a commercial piracy operation.
So the $140/year subscription they’re already collecting isn’t enough for them?
I guess this is as good a reminder as any to look at what I’m actually using Prime for these days.
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LOL, I dropped it last week, but it quickly became apparent I have to have it to save on shipping, no brainer for me.
Still, don’t care about their video service. Who isn’t pirating that stuff anyway?!
Hope it was worth the 0.005 cents you made per video to lose all those subscribers.
They won’t lose too many, most will just not pay the extra fee, and the ad revenue will more than make up for it.
Just cancelled my prime membership because of this, I encourage all of you to do the same.
I use prime mainly for Prime gaming, which gives me my money back.
I use it for shopping. I live in the country side, not a lot of options around here, and in a country where the concept of free shipping does not exist. So Prime saves me a lot. I barely use prime video though…
Was going to say the same. You get so much shit from Prime Gaming. Given, half of it is actual shit that you’ll never use. But if you play games on PC, it’s something worth looking into.
Fuck right off. Makes me want to break shit.
I will be cancelling my subscription the first time I see an ad.
Probably should talk to someone about that
What do you mean? I’m talking to you guys about it!
I guess being a trillion dollar company isn’t enough for them, you see. It has to go into quintillion, and then into infinity profits. And also poor Amazon is so poor they can’t provide the user free grocery delivery, UPS pick up anymore, or even Prime video.
The old Microsoft approach, slowly make it shitter, then charge you (make you upgrade) to remove the shit we’ve snuck in.
Isn’t there already a monthly charge on Amazon prime?
On one hand, it is quite cheap but on the other hand their catalog is very bad. I wonder how long will these streaming services survive before they go all the way through the enshittification and kill themselves.
Crazy because I feel like their catalog was better at one point, but has gotten worse as studios make their own services and claw back their programs into them.
So glad I canceled prime about 9 months ago at our annual renewal. Turns out, packages arrive within a couple days regardless. It’ll say Thur but arrive Tue, consistently.
Prime Video, I don’t miss it at all.
So glad I didn’t renew my prime subscription this year. I could smell this turd coming from down the road.
