Time to ditch Amazon Prime?
Time to ditch Amazon Prime?
Amazon says its Prime Video users will see ads on TV shows and movies unless they pay extra.
This will be the straw that breaks the camel's back for me.
According to the comments, I might be the only person on earth that subscribed to Prime exclusively for their shipping.
PS: 🏴☠️
63I think we had Prime before streaming even started, so that was like a bonus.
But lately we hardly use it. The site is so janky and bloated with trash, I’d rather pay shipping and buy directly from a brand website or a normal retailer. Most have free shipping nowadays anyway.
I just bought an Apple USB wall adapter from Amazon because Best Buy was out of them. I spent like 20 minutes inspecting it and the package and watching videos about how to make sure it isn’t counterfeit. Buying a $20 thing shouldn’t be a stressful ordeal.
5We just write down things we need to get from Amazon, then wait until they give us another free trial month of Prime and do it all at once lol.
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And piracy is yet again the superior experience.
60I started pirating their shows, even though I pay for prime. Their UX is just so absolutely bad, that it was easier to use torrents
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And execs wonder why we torrent.
13Time to buy more hard drives for my Plex server.
13If you're selfhosting then you should consider Jellyfin. It does all the important stuff Plex does without the ever-increasing bloat as they try to monetize it.
9I’ve run a Plex server for over a decade. It just works and the barrier to entry for family is extremely low. I’ll keep using Plex for now.
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Welp, back to the high seas....
🎶Do what you want cuz a pirate is free, You.Are.A.Pirate!🎶
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7I wish they had the option for prime shipping only. I barely use prime video, only for the occasional Grand Tour special and a couple of movies a year
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You mean I get to pay for the privilege of watching your ads? Wow thank you so much amazon how could I be so lucky wow I am not worthy
7It already forces you to watch many trailers anyways ahahaha
7You can skip those trailers... don't think that will work with those ads.
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Guess I’ll be pirating their shows then
7Will be cancelling prime, little used anyway, but kept it going.... this latest news, is the impetus to ditch it... thanks Amazon..
5There is something that I really don’t get. Aren’t we close to critical advertisement mass by now? With all the silly advertising at this point, Amazon, for example, must be advertising on Disney+, while Disney+ is advertising on Netflix.
4Advertising going up, prices going up, quality going down, consumer disposable income going down.
Plus the writer and actor strikes that are going to hit content releases hard once they finished releasing already-finished content.
5This happens. I’ve seen Prime ads on Hulu where their streaming platform is a prominent feature.
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The only time I had amazon prime was a free trial.
4Dude, the time to ditch Amazon as a whole was like 10 years ago.
3I canceled it at the beginning of the year. Im not missing anything and I try to diversify the stores I purchase from.
The only thing that sucks is when I HAVE to use amazon for something. They will nag you so hard to get prime. It only makes me avoid them even more.
3Why would you HAVE to use amazon?
4There have been many items I've looked at or bought, mostly from small-ish manufacturers, that are only available through amazon due to the manufacturer not have the resources to handle all the logistics and web store that come with selling through amazon. I do everything I can to avoid buying from them because I can't stand their bull shit.
7If you live remote, say, an hour or more from real shopping and such it’s the way to get fast delivery on anything, though Walmart does ok with this, though their “fast” is fairly unreliable. (Great for front door delivery of kitty litter, dog food, etc)
But no, most people don’t need it because most people don’t live remote.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Amazon is set to introduce adverts to its Prime Video streaming service in 2024 as it seeks to put more cash into creating TV shows and films.
UK Prime customers, along with those in the US, Germany and Canada, will see ads early next year unless they subscribe for an "ad-free" option at an additional cost.
At the moment, a Prime subscription, which includes free one-day delivery on goods as well as access to its streaming service, costs £8.99 per month, or £95 a year, in the UK.
The company said it would get in touch with Prime members a few weeks before ads are introduced to show how to sign-up for the ad-free option if they wish to.
Live event broadcasts, like sports matches, will still include adverts even for those who sign up to the ad-free option.
Data previously released by analysts Kantar showed that people cut back on video streaming services in their droves last year as they sought out different ways to deal with the spike in the cost of living.
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3Yep. I'm moving this month and not renewing.
2We were already leaning towards replacing it with WalMart+ before this announcement. It used to be worth it when it was cheaper and got you next day delivery, but those are gone. We have little use for it's various features, so we figure give W+ a try for a year, it's cheaper, and seems to cover our needs, though there's a good chance that'll be a one and done thing, since I don't think we'll find it worth it, but I don't see us going back to Prime.
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1One of the rare cases in which Betteridge's law doesn't apply.
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