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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My membership is up in a week or so. I was looking into the Walmart equivalent as a replacement, but they've proven to be even worse. I don't know where to go from here.

I'm not a daily Amazon user. Maybe one or two orders per month. But when I need those things, they can be tough to find at brick and mortar.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

You can cancel Prime and keep your Amazon account. A lot of stuff still ships for free on orders of more than $25.

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[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

Stremio + Torrentio

[–] lambda@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly. I'm surprised they haven't done this sooner. Prince video is included with a normal prime subscription. So, with some of the originals they've produced and paying for the rights to many movies/shows, they are probably bleeding money with this service..

[–] Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You make it sound like a savvy business decision to double dip with subscriptions and ads. They choose to give it away with prime to get market share from Netflix. All that's changed is they've decided you're ready to be bent over a barrel now.

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[–] N00dle@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'd forgotten they were gonna start doing this. I've got Amazon for the shipping there video has always been leaking. I use it maybe twice a year. They're probably trying to delay a price increase to Amazon and increase revenue.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My parents still watch cable and the odd time I've seen an ad for some other service advertised as only 12/mo with ads or something like that. Is that supposed to sound good to anyone. All these shit corporations need to get fucked.

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[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Are there any videos/guides to set up a Usenet for dummies? Asking for a friend of mine.

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[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

In a word: yarrrrr

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We have prime because we order enough through Amazon that the 'free' shipping we pay for is still a good deal. If I don't watch any Amazon video anymore, that's fine. And I don't plan to if there are commercials.

[–] Cyclist@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, my monthly coffee subscription saves me enough to pay for prime in four months. I don't really use the video service enough to care.

[–] thecookingsenpai@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's just dystopic

[–] Marcbmann@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's worse than you think. As an advertiser, I can actually buy targeted product placements in shows. So, let's say I'm Google, and I know you recently searched for a Google Pixel. If I pay for product placements in the next Prime show, I can get all the phones to be Pixels when you watch it.

But if your friend searched for an iPhone, and he gets targeted by apple, the phones in the show could be iPhones.

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[–] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 11 months ago

FFS, at least give me some quality programming for once.

[–] croobat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

There is no change to the current price of your Prime membership. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here.

Then there is a price change you damn dimwit, you just gave the shitty tier the same pricing as the old normal tier, and amped up the normal tier by $3.00. I absolutely hate the wording for this, you just know it was to be able to not release the ad membership at a lower price.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Presently, every time i dive into az video i find nothing and that my time spent was in vain... so now they want me to pay even more for this added misery? Easy decision... I'm out.

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

I've already canceled my Amazon prime subscription. I'm just waiting for it to expire in March

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Amazon replacements:

Audiobooks: Libro.fm (no DRM)
eBooks: eBooks.com (specifically, their DRM-free section)
Shopping: basically any major online retailer's website
Electronics: System76 (for gaming machines), ThinkPenguin (for FOSS machines)
Groceries: your local grocer, lol.

As for video streaming, it's going to take a breakup of the Big Tech monopolies via revival of anti-trust laws to fix that. Hear the first chapter of The Internet Con (skip to 2m5s) by Cory Doctorow for more on that.

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