As if the Prime Video app couldn’t get any worse.
Inb4 “the pirates are destroying the industry”
Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause
Submitted 6 months ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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drmoose@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I unsubbed from prime last year once the ads were announced on prime video.
There’s no reason to have it anymore imo.
A VPN sub is like $40 a year and that lets me get any media I want.
Free Shipping without prime starts at orders over $35. Who doesn’t spend at least $35 in 2024?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Looking more like the rigjt decision i made to drop prime last year
DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Further justifying my commitment to avoiding Prime at all costs.
randompasta@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I avoid Amazon as much as possible. And Walmart. Fuck those assholes.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ll stay subbed but I wont be seeing the ads, matey.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I unsubbed years ago.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Yeah I don’t use prime video but as soon as I saw they were going to add ads, that opens the door for them to make their app shitty as hell.
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Glad I dropped prime 1.5 years ago. I’ll never pay monthly for something with ads. If I pay monthly for software, it better treat me like royalty.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
That is why most of us dropped cable, $80+ for 10 mins of ads in a “30” min show
Fapper_McFapper@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Where does it end? Toilet seat advertisements? Telephone poles that project advertisements onto your windows? Alarm clocks that wake you up at 2 in the morning to play an ad? Bathroom mirrors with built in ads? Advertisement screen when you’re trying to pump your gas? Shoes that play an advert when you tie them? Ads when you open your closet door? Floor tiles made of screens that play an ad when you walk near them? Coffins with built in advertising? A toaster that toasts ads onto your bread?
explore_broaden@midwest.social 6 months ago
Advertising screens on gas pumps (with sound too!) are already a thing here and I hate it.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
What do you mean “end”? As long as capitalism is guiding the ship it can’t end the line has to go up
barsquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The Fifteen Million Merits episode of Black Mirror.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 6 months ago
It ends when trump popularizes his shitty brain microchip and the engineers figure out technology to project image and sound into your head.
24/7 unmodifiable banner ads, ads while you sleep, ads related to what you see that cover your vision until you pay an extra subscription fee, then just border ads.
That is the future that musk and tech BoDs cum in their pants for.
The consumer advertising industry is a scourge of humanity. The dregs of the groveling worms.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 6 months ago
DRINK VERIFICATION CAN!
JCreazy@midwest.social 6 months ago
Oh no, you just gave them more ideas.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I dont like it, but I can deal with ads while paused. But its also just an entry point for them to see how much they can sneak it. Its becoming cable TV all over again, with ads making their way in, despite paying for the service.
twinnie@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Amazon Prime is absolute dogshit anyway. Fallout wasn’t even that good, I don’t know why it got such a warm reception. Probably because people had such low hopes for it. Rings of Power was a billion dollar investment and only 30% of people finished the whole series.
JCreazy@midwest.social 6 months ago
Let’s be honest, one of the main pulls of that show is the main character is an attractive woman. I haven’t seen the show, but I’ve seen the oogling over her.
NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I had forgotten all about the Rings of Power. Never saw it. Loved listening to the super fans talk about it. Wasn’t generally received well at all
lightnegative@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It just wasn’t well written. Pretty pictures can only take a mediocre story so far
bobgray123987@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
Ill just give the Amazon products that are advertised 1 star reviews. Enough people start doing that maybe we can do what helldiver did.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Spread democracy?
arcticFoss@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not surprised at all lol I am tempted to just start using Jellyfin and shop from sites that don’t do this to their “premium” users.
Salix@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Wait… I already now get annoying ads in the middle of watching a show. Now they want to add more ads to Prime Video? That’s absolutely ridiculous.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Did they make a deal with VLC player?
LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
?
wagesj45@kbin.run 6 months ago
If I'm being honest, I can handle an ad in my pause menu as long as it doesn't interfere with the rest of operating the device. If I can unpause and reach the closed captioning or audio menu, fine, whatever. What really gets my goat is pre-roll and mid-roll ads. Can't stand them.
harsh3466@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I’m not bashing your opinion, if you don’t mind it that’s cool.
I do mind it. I cancelled prime years ago already because two day shipping somehow was never two day, so I’ll never see one of these pause ads.
That being said, I mind the idea of it a lot because I often pause to see something on the screen. Be it a text message in a show or something else written/printed, the cinematography, the lighting, the outfits, etc…. Fuck if I ever want an ad thrown up blocking the actual content I want to inspect in more detail.
wagesj45@kbin.run 6 months ago
No I get it. I don't like them, but I can live with it if I have to. Luckily my local library has enough DVDs to fill my Jellyfin server. :3
blargerer@kbin.social 6 months ago
On a free service sure, on something you are paying for? fuck off.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 6 months 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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_lilith@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Did everyone not just pirate this series? It seems like Game of Thrones level pirate content, who would pay for that.
kromem@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I wish the high seas had better quality. So much isn’t available in 4k at least in the waters I’ve checked out.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
It is for me.
iegod@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Mmhmmm.
dorumon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah I already know about this. Also as a long time prime subscriber we have had ads longer than you’d expect. It first started as ads for Amazon products and also previews for other Amazon shows. It doesn’t surprise me that there are pause screen ads now like other streaming services.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hold on, I gotta watch a Charmin commercial before my toilet 🚽 will flush for me…you know, my toilet that I purchased for my restroom. …it’s coming, laugh now but you, know it! Cha-cha-cha! Charmin!
StaySquared@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Soon as I get low voltage wiring completed in my home, I’m going back to being a pirate, matey.
TacoNot@mander.xyz 6 months ago
When you say low voltage, are you referring to network stuff?
StaySquared@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yep!
HubertManne@kbin.social 6 months ago
im pretty sure I have already seen this.
inset@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Well, then are not going to see my money anymore, that’s for sure.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Acceptable.
fluxc0@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wow, what happened to paying for things supporting the product and not needing ads?
FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re forgetting one important thing - Bezos needs more money! Line must go up. Always. At any cost.
fluxc0@lemmy.world 6 months ago
yeah, companies gotta do what a companies gotta do. and we get NO say.