And I will “ramp down” my Prime subscription.
Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025
Submitted 1 year ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/amazon-prime-video-is-getting-more-ads-next-year/
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bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Jeff, I’ll say this as nicely as possible. Go fuck yourself
interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I want to congratulate streaming services. They got me off torrenting for a decade but multiplication, price hike and general enshitification has gotten me to install an *arr stack. My only media subscription now is $5 a month for a VPN.
So congrats guys, you’ve become the new cable and we’ve come full circle 👍.
Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 year ago
Stop, stop, I already decided to never buy anything off Amazon ever again, you don’t have to convince me further.
madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I canceled prime as soon as they introduced ads into prime video. You should do the same.
You’ll be less tempted to buy shit from them as an added benefit!
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
I know it’s only fractionally better, but I’ve started using AliExpress more for shit that I’d buy on Amazon in the past. Delivery takes a couple of weeks, but that’s had the added bonus of making think about how much I really need the thing I’m ordering.
But yeah, we canceled Prime when they added adverts. We didn’t really watch much on there, but it gave us the bump we needed to stop giving Amazon £10 a month, even if we didn’t order anything.
interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I also started to use AE, I feel a bit queasy about it for no good reason, but for some stuff AE is much cheaper and I don’t see the point of giving 30% to a middle man selling Chinese stuff they got of Alibaba on Amazon.
What I discovered is that they have warehouse in Europe so even though it’s not next day shipping, most stuff take no longer than a week sometime 3 days. I do remember the time when everything took a month or more.
Their app, though… Designed by a fucking lunatic, and the amount of scammy shit in there is astounding. Like products showing for $3 but when checking the product you realize the $3 is for an accessory and the product shown in the picture cost 20 times that. Most products have 3 or 4 variants which can be completely different items. There are literally no way to easily know what you’re buying without carefully trying to decipher broken English and voluntary confusing description.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
“Amazon.
We’re evil, and we like it!”
Honestly, it’s one of the more mask off of all the big companies.
pyre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
nifty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What’s good about Amazon anyway? It’s better to get stuff directly from a sellers site, even better if they’re indie. There’s not much value to prime shipping anymore, most sellers are pretty good about it now ironically because of Amazon. Using services like Amazon just creates more pollution, wage depression and small business closures. Use services like Amazon less, favor indie and small and fair wage businesses
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 1 year ago
While I do try to buy direct on some items that I am confident I’ll keep. The return policy and ease of use are why I’m still with Amazon. I just don’t want to have to deal with thirty different companies and their return policies.
But if I’m buying something like replacement parts or something that I’m not sure about if there isn’t significant savings, then I’m going with Amazon for piece of mind that I can return the item at no cost to me.
nifty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I guess I don’t buy enough for that to be an issue 🤷♀️
LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The hardest part to combat is laziness. Amazon is a one stop shop. Personally I don’t care to shop online much anymore but when I do I’m always using direct websites for the companies since I know what I’m looking for.
Also something scary to think about, They could lose most of their customers and still thrive because of how much money they have already pulled in.
Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And when it crashes the greedy rich fuckers who invested will find a way to pass the losses to the tax payers. Private gains and socialized losses are the newest trick of the rich.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Good thing adblock didn’t work on the browser version of Prime video last time I used it after getting tired of the ads on the app version!
It’s possible they’re embedding ads now though
ArugulaZ@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
“Tolerate,” my ass. I’m paying the three dollars a month for ad-free Prime, because I’m not watching ads during an election year. The damn election is stressful enough as it is.
Prime Video is just barely worth the price, but now that all the Stephen J. Cannell shows have been moved to Shout Factory TV, I’m reconsidering. Between that and all the shows on Freevee (uh, what part of “ad free viewing” don’t you understand?), the only tangible benefit I get from Amazon Prime is free shipping… and that free shipping isn’t as fast as it used to be before the pandemic.
Veneroso@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hmmm maybe it’s time to solicit that VPN that doesn’t collect logs and is shady enough to accept cash payment…
Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In this day and age, accepting cash payments is the least shady and most customer friendly thing of all.
It’s the ones who want to know ALL about you and partner with payment processors who want to know ALL about you that are shady.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 year ago
You know you can pay proton with cash, right? No need to go all shady
Veneroso@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh I know
underthesign@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just in time for me to have already cancelled my Prime membership last month. I’ve also not purchased from Amazon at all since then. Plan working as intended?!
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When they announced the ads it was just the incentive I needed to quit Prime totally. I don’t miss it. I’m glad buying my stuff elsewhere except when I can’t find something somewhere else
Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Same, dumped them, but they resubscribed me twice weeks later to Prime after I got two confirmation emails I was cancelled
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I do have a prime account as do use Amazon, but we haven’t watched a second of prime TV since they put ads in the included video subscription.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For some reason this was the straw that broke the camels back for me. I setup a NAS, Plex server and all the arr apps. It’s been amazing. Haven’t looked back.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I watch their content, I just dont pay them for it
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Did they ever ramp down?
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, they need to have perpetually increasing profits.
unphazed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Still waiting on a video free version, like I originally ordered… probably $30/mo next year
Arkatakor@lemm.ee 1 year ago
🎶We’re rascals and scoundrels, we’re villains and knaves Drink up me hearties, yo ho We’re devils and black sheep, we’re really bad eggs Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me🎶
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
That’s what you do if you pay a giant corpo; you feed a kraken, so it can grow more arms and get greedier.
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I paid for the ad free add-on while Rings of Power is on but after that I’ll just cancel Prime completely until there’s another show I want to watch, so they’re overall losing money from me with this decision.
houstoneulers@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Deeper into the high seas!
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I will ramp down my use of amazon prime
Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
I won’t. At least not via TPB.
Lennny@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What do they even have that’s worth watching? It’s mostly garbage unless you’re into critical role. The boys shows? Oh no my poor hard drive space is going to be swamped with prime video mkvs lol
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Hmm, unfortunately I can’t go negative.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Get an RF jammer and block your neighbors’ wifi
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Attention subscribers! We will be making your experience worse going forward! We’re not even going to soften our language to make it seem like we’re doing you a favor! More ads for everyone!
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean, I never used prime video even when it was as free, it’s selection was garbage even compared to Netflix which has been known to have nothing of value for a few years now. I don’t see how them adding /more/ ads is going to do anything but make other people come to the same conclusion I did.
Artyom@lemm.ee 1 year ago
My Amazon streaming app on my Xbox literally only works when using my PiHole. Their poorly tested ad software literally prevented me from watching Prime for a few weeks until I turned my PiHole back on.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s okay, I’ll ramp up my piracy of Amazon-exclusive shows in 2025 too.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
How many shows do they produce that are even worth mentioning let alone watching?
CarCdrCons@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s quite a few worth watching besides what’s already been mentioned.
Patriot Bosch Goliath The Night Manager Sneaky Pete Reacher Jack Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Smith Good Omens The Man In The High Castle The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Off the top of my head, the only one that I’ve watched in recent memory was Fallout.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Clarkson’s Farm. And until recently, The Grand Tour.
Can’t think of any others from the last few years.
unclejeeves@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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Railcar8095@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have free prime through my ISP. I still pirate the content. I started even before the full blown ads, when they had “previews” of other shows and movies.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Is it weird that I have prime but I pirate still?
It’s not just a good experience…
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I do the same. Their video app was shit before the ads.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Prime Video is easily the worst mainstream streaming service. Fuck all for selection, movies that you think are available cost money, and the add-on channels only have select episodes or seasons, never full shows.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yup, I had it for a bit when we used Prime, but the experience sucked so I naturally just didn’t use it. Then I realized I’m only using shipping and Twitch subs, and that certainly wasn’t worth the cost, so I cancelled.
Screw 'em.
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Breaking news, money making company found a way to make a little more money. This time, it’s annoying to some.
GreenSofaBed@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
And they’ve already ramped it up quite a bit. Been watching a show for couple of months, used to be one ad per episode, which I could handle, now it’s like every 10 minutes. So I’ve already cancelled and found the show using other ways.
Narlythotep@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So I started reaching out to any company puting ads on .my PAID amazon prime account with the lowest rating possible anywhere I can find them on their aps, websites contacting their customer service citing the ads on amazon…if we vote with our wallets things can change.