Comment on Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 week ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In Prime Video’s case, pausing the program will bring up “a translucent ad featuring brand messaging and imagery, along with an ‘Add to Cart’ and ‘Learn More’” overlay, per Amazon.
On the other hand, Amazon has not released research publicly on how much constant ad viewing can impact the user experience or interest in a streaming service.
Still, Amazon claimed today that Prime Video ads reach an average of 200 million people monthly.
The Hub Entertainment Media survey claims that Amazon has a higher ad-based to ad-free ratio of subscribers than all other video streaming services examined, including Netflix, Max, and Hulu.
Like all streamers, Amazon is toeing a fine line between using ads to boost the average revenue it makes per user and aggravating subscribers to the point of cancellation.
Amazon is already facing a lawsuit regarding ads on Prime Video that seeks class-action certification and was filed by people who purchased annual subscriptions.
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