Why is it that these fucks get to increase their price and just to offer shittier service but if I want a raise at my job I’ve got to go above and beyond?
Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025
Submitted 7 months 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/
Comments
darthsid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
r00ty@kbin.life 7 months ago
Raises where you work are still based on merit? Damn!
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They aren’t, it’s just an excuse.
Visstix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m not even sure how many streaming services make a profit at this point. They all seem to lower the quality everywhere at the same time.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Your employer probably made you sign a contract, Amazon just changes their eula/terms&conditions. Amazon aren’t legally bound to keep their prices the same.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
I will ramp down my use of amazon prime
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Hmm, unfortunately I can’t go negative.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Get an RF jammer and block your neighbors’ wifi
Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I won’t. At least not via TPB.
Lennny@lemmy.world 7 months 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
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well, guess it’s time to get an eye patch and a pet parrot
NineMileTower@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Do you know any sea shanties to go along with that?
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What shall we do with an ad filled service? What shall we do with an ad filled service? What shall we do with an ad filled service? Before we go crazy!
Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Before we go crazy!
Cancel our subscription with greatest haste now! Cancel our subscription with greatest haste now! Cancel our subscription with greatest haste now! Before we go crazy!
Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Before we go crazy!
Search for the show on pirate websites! Search for the show on pirate websites! Search for the show on pirate websites! Before we go crazy!
Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Before we go crazy!
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is Alestorm close enough?
Don_alForno@feddit.org 7 months ago
Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
Stealing from Bezos is alright with me
Don’t watch their ads cause your time’s not for free
You are a pirate!
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I have already ramped up on that one on their last ad ramp up.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I can’t stand it.
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Thank you amazon for encouraging piracy
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m not even sure it encourages piracy. That would assume amazon has content people want to watch.
Name an amazon show…
See? You can’t do it. Nobody can! It’s like trying to name lost media from the silent movie generation. Nobody would know what you were talking about if you did name one.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Amazon as a company sucks enough on its own. No need to make shit up.
See? You can’t do it.
I can. I can even name multiple really good shows. But you don’t want to hear them. You want to fabricate a narrative.
obinice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
American Gods, Rings of Power, Good Omens, the Expanse, Man in the high castle, the Last of us, etc etc.
It’s not always as good of a selection as other services, but it’s got a fair few gems on there and a good amount of back catalogue films and tv shows that are fab :-)
And the fact that they collect so much stuff that would otherwise not be available at all (usually because its only on some random foreign streaming service and refuses to work with netflix) is where they really shine.
That said, I immediately stopped using it when they brought adverts in to the paid subscription. I’m not paying to watch adverts, sorry, no.
Visstix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think amazon actually has the most enjoyable stuff to watch for me. Not that I pay for it.
Famko@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The Boys maybe? (Idk I don’t watch Amazon shows)
Btw if you’re gonna put a question like that in your comment, at least make us answer it before making your point. Makes for better conversations methinks.
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Ones that haven’t been mentioned yet is Clarkson’s Farm and the Grand Tour.
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Right, sadly…
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I take your point. Generally it might be correct. However, Jean Claude Van Johnson was great! Comedy. If you don’t know it, you should watch it. I can’t name anything else however.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s okay, I’ll ramp up my piracy of Amazon-exclusive shows in 2025 too.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
How many shows do they produce that are even worth mentioning let alone watching?
CarCdrCons@lemmy.world 7 months 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
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Clarkson’s Farm. And until recently, The Grand Tour.
Can’t think of any others from the last few years.
unclejeeves@lemmy.world 7 months ago
2
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Off the top of my head, the only one that I’ve watched in recent memory was Fallout.
Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fitting cover picture
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Stopped watching netflix because they banned sharing accounts and £18 (24 USD) monthly was too much. Cheaper plans didn’t have 4K or 5.1 audio, so it felt like a waste.
Never watched prime because I refuse to pay for something then still see ads.
Now I either source stuff by other means (🏴☠️🦜) and put it on my media server, or I use BBC iPlayer. Not sure if that’s a thing outside of the UK, but zero ads and decent quality programming is something I’m happy to pay their fee for.
It’s fucked how greed has completely ruined the streaming market. Back in ~2010 it felt like the market was going in such a positive direction.
Strobelt@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Same thing happened with cable decades ago.
The public TV was full of ads and bad programs. Cable offered you pay them for no ads, good series and new movies. Then the prices rose, then the ads started, then the programs turned to shit as much or even more than before.
Streaming just went the same path.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months 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!
interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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 👍.
underthesign@lemmy.world 7 months 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?!
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago
I watch their content, I just dont pay them for it
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 7 months 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 7 months ago
Same, dumped them, but they resubscribed me twice weeks later to Prime after I got two confirmation emails I was cancelled
br0da@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Looks like I cancelled at the right time. They seem to forget that we in fact do have a choice at the end of the day. And my choice is to sail the high seas.
spector@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
They’ve been increasing the ad load the whole time. The most I’ve seen so far is 5 ads. Streaming will return to broadcast TV convention sooner than people think probably. 15 minutes of ads per hour.
rubikcuber@feddit.uk 7 months ago
I unsubscribed in January and still have too much stuff to watch. Although that is helped by being in the UK and having iPlayer I guess. I’ve also spent way less on impulse buying crap because of the free shipping. Absolutely do not miss Prime.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 months ago
I’ve had prime for years but still pirate.
It’s just easier.
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Often times better… I have a 1080p 5.1 surround version of sg1. Prime has a 4:3 version with 2.0 audio, not to mention it’s super dark.
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think I’d miss the free shipping and I might have to actually put things in a cart and wait until I reach minimum order to checkout. I could easily live without video and when I actually went to watch something on it the other day the ads were already enough to turn me off
CrimsonMishaps@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You’re already paying for shipping - just upfront and once a year. My reasoning when I quit was that I could likely add things to get to the free shipping or just pay for shipping a few times and still save money.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
That’s exactly what I am doing. Bought something from them (ugh) 3 times this year. All something my brick and mortar store either pulled from inventory and doesnt sell anymore, more expensive elsewhere or just damn convenience since it’s bigger at the store and thus cumbersome to transport or too expensive or both.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
a good way to balance if it’s worth it, look at your order history, and look at delivery costs of items without prime, and then divide the yearly price of prime by the delivery cost, then again by 12.
For example, if the average shipping cost is 7$, that’s roughly 1.6 orders small (read under 35$) a month, if you order less than that it might not be worth keeping prime.
variants@possumpat.io 7 months ago
I stopped my auto renew for next year, we don’t order things like we used to so at this point we probably pay more on the yearly contract than we would have on shipping. Plus best buy Costco and Walmart have decent webstores too so we’ll probably diversify a little
obinice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Check out Ludwig on iPlayer it’s a good watch! David Mitchell in some light, witty modern day Poirot detectiveing.
rubikcuber@feddit.uk 7 months ago
We are halfway through it!
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Is it weird that I have prime but I pirate still?
It’s not just a good experience…
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months 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 7 months 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.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I do the same. Their video app was shit before the ads.
madcaesar@lemmy.world 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Did they ever ramp down?
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No, they need to have perpetually increasing profits.
houstoneulers@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Deeper into the high seas!
Arkatakor@lemm.ee 7 months 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🎶
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 7 months 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.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m subscribed to Prime because I order too much shit and want to save on delivery costs. Those little Amazon lockers are too damn convenient for me.
If I watch their content, it’s via my PC with an ad block. I stop watching their shit the day I can’t block their ads because fuck’em.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Fwiw, I’ve been prime free now for almost three years. If you batch your orders, you can still get free shipping.
Not only that but if you’re looking at a high priced item the manufacturer will often ship it for free at the same price as amazon.
Petter1@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I still pirate shows I would have the right to stream 😂😅quality is better and no tracking 🤷🏻
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And I will “ramp down” my Prime subscription.
Don_alForno@feddit.org 7 months ago
Stop, stop, I already decided to never buy anything off Amazon ever again, you don’t have to convince me further.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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 7 months ago
Veneroso@lemmy.world 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago
You know you can pay proton with cash, right? No need to go all shady
Veneroso@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh I know
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 7 months 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.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
I cancelled prime the day they announced it and got a VPN instead.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I’ve just stopped watching all prime content. Paramount+ is really pissing me off right now as well.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Paramount’s video player is ass. I have to fight it to start the video by reloading the page and clicking exactly in the right places. Then the player doesn’t pause when the space bar is pressed. And to top it off, the progress bar doesn’t disappear unless you click inside the window then float the mouse away.
Fuck that noise. It isn’t worth it.
Yar har.
Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Jeff, I’ll say this as nicely as possible. Go fuck yourself
Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 7 months 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.
hypertown@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Piracy is going to be as popular as ever.
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Great news!