Well, guess it’s time to get an eye patch and a pet parrot
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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peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I have already ramped up on that one on their last ad ramp up.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I can’t stand it.
NineMileTower@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do you know any sea shanties to go along with that?
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is Alestorm close enough?
Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 year 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!
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 year 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!
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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.
spector@lemmy.ca 1 year 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.
br0da@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I cancelled prime when they first introduced ads. But the delivery fees without prime, damn. I think I’d pirate shows if I got prime but I’m pretty sure that just makes them think they should invest in fewer shows. And damned if, pre ads, prime didn’t have a lot of my favourites (boys, invincible, end of the expanse etc.)
What a ramble. I’m just torn.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
just wait until you have like 40-50$ worth of items, a lot of the time they’ll give you free shipping at a certain price point. Plus some items give you free shipping regardless.
That being said, I still have prime myself cause I order /a lot/ and it’s shared with the house, plus I use the family member feature to give my mom prime as well and we just split the cost. When they do away with that feature is when I cancel my sub, 140-160 a year is not worth it for one person to pay alone, that’s roughly 3 orders a month
rubikcuber@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I just went cold turkey because I can’t/won’t watch content with ads, and already felt the cost of our streaming services was too much for what we get out of it.
What I’ve found myself doing is if I do buy from Amazon and it’s below the free shipping amount, I try and buy from a marketplace seller who ships themselves for free. Often this ends up matching the Prime price, but it’s buried further down the result because it doesn’t have Prime shipping. Or I buy the same product via eBay, which is mostly cheaper. But main thing is, I’ve found I just buy less. Like A LOT less. As a family we’d often get 3 or 4 Amazon deliveries a week. That’s not been replaced with orders from other retailers. It’s almost as if having Prime encourages you to buy stuff you maybe don’t need!
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Perhaps the ad-free prime video subscription could be a viable option if prime has a lot of your favourite shows and you are opposed to piracy?
Not judging or telling you what to do. Just thinking out loud.
I would just go with piracy if you don’t want to pay the ad free tier.
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 year ago
My gripe is that i was on an ad free tier. They just changed it so that the tier that was previously add free now had ads.
If they had added an ad free tier below my tier i would probably still be a subscriber.
“you watch ads now, pay more or fuck off” didnt sit well with me so i fucked off
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
I still pirate shows I would have the right to stream 😂😅quality is better and no tracking 🤷🏻
darthsid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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?
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
Visstix@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
r00ty@kbin.life 1 year ago
Raises where you work are still based on merit? Damn!
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They aren’t, it’s just an excuse.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’ve just stopped watching all prime content. Paramount+ is really pissing me off right now as well.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Thank you amazon for encouraging piracy
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Ones that haven’t been mentioned yet is Clarkson’s Farm and the Grand Tour.
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Right, sadly…
obinice@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
I think amazon actually has the most enjoyable stuff to watch for me. Not that I pay for it.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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.
Famko@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
hypertown@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Piracy is going to be as popular as ever.
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Great news!
rubikcuber@feddit.uk 1 year 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.
obinice@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Check out Ludwig on iPlayer it’s a good watch! David Mitchell in some light, witty modern day Poirot detectiveing.
rubikcuber@feddit.uk 1 year ago
We are halfway through it!
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 year ago
I’ve had prime for years but still pirate.
It’s just easier.
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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 1 year 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
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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 1 year 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
CrimsonMishaps@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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.
Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fitting cover picture
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I cancelled prime the day they announced it and got a VPN instead.