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Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads Per Hour

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨bimbimboy@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.adweek.com/media/amazon-doubles-prime-video-ad-load/

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Do you know how many ads are on Jellyfin?

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m was going to say …. I’ve mostly given up on Prime Video but tried to watch it last night and it was intolerable

    Netflix too. Even trying to use it according to their rules, they decided my home network is not my home network. I have to keep using the extra authentication, and they are not willing or able to fix it. I’m really just holding out for Wednesday, but maybe I should cancel, and resubscribe in December when I can watch the whole season

    I’m not currently frustrated with Disney+, but am also not watching anything there.

    I generally try to stay at 2-3 subscriptions but sometimes none of them are worth ot

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    • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why for Wednesday? What happens then?

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    • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      While my kids are watching Disney+, if there is a wifi blip the stream gets messed up. The video starts going into a fast forward type mode and the audio disappears. That’s when I hear my kid yell from the other room “there’s no words again!”

      Never have those issues streaming from my jellyfin server.

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      • NWIBiHigh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Wow, how has the support ticket you opened gone?!

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I watched just the one episode of Wednesday and came to the conclusion that whoever wrote it had never seen The Addams Family at any point.

      It was painful to watch.

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        The first episode was definitely questionable but once the season got the family out of the way, the fan service out of the way, and discussed on Wednesday, it was much better.

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  • frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Awesome, now piracy can also double!

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  • No1@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pray I do not double them again.

    Literally, ad ifinitum

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m old, so many may not relate. I remember when the big selling point of this newfangled “cable TV” thing was zero ads. Can you imagine that?

    Yeah, I have Prime for the savings on shipping. Got the Kodi addon for watching Prime, never used it except to watch The Expanse a few years ago. Would have been fucking enraged if I had seen ads cut into that. Fuck am I paying for?!

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    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think about this all the time. Kids today have no experience of the media without ads. Like we had commercials, but imagine Mr. Rogers stopping his show every 5 mins to sell you athletic greens and test boosters.

      This image has a totally different context today then when it was first created

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      • timetraveller@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I prefer the obvious product placement in old movies, tv shows. How funny it is to see product placement all over the place on the kitchen shelves of Seinfeld, the sugar cookie of Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

        The list could go on.

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      • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Fucking weird, isn’t it? Another rant would be about where is all the advertising money coming from?! Imagining being a buyer, I’d have to wonder how well my spend would be profiting.

        A couple of decades ago I played around with being a salesman. Top advice was to try this ad, try that ad, compare results. Surely these people are finding revenue from spending on these ads? It just seems impossible to me that there’s profit for all of these cockroaches.

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      • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Actually for my kids at least it’s different. They’re so used to ad blocked YouTube and ad-free Netflix. That when the adblocker fails for whatever reason they get first delighted to see something new and very soon after annoyed at having to see that shit all the time and cry for someone to help them.

        We watch regular TV so little. The other day we didn’t have internet for several hours, maybe a few days. That’s when we discovered that the TV is actually too far away to reach the cable of the satellite dish.

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      • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        imagine Mr. Rogers stopping his show every 5 mins to sell you athletic greens and test boosters.

        Or imagine the Flintstones advertising cigarettes to kids in the middle of the show.

        Or comedy shows named after the sponsoring toothpaste company with sponsor breaks throughout.

        Sure it’s gotten really bad lately, but mass media has always been rife with obnoxious advertising, both in-your-face and subliminal. The early days of Netflix streaming were really the anomaly as far as access to non-pirated ad-free media. The broadcast TV generation had their coping mechanisms with the mute button and eventually DVRs, but “media without ads” has basically never been a thing.

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    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Some time ago i found a old VHS of karate kid that i recorded. That was on free open tv and the commercials were super short. And i think two for the whole movie. I downloaded some trash tv like 60 day fiancee, and it was accidentally an episode where they left the commercials in. That was the most insane shit i have ever seen. They streched a 45min show into a 1 1/2 hour show. With the same pharma commercials over and over all the goddamn time and then the recap after every commercial. This shit has to rot your brain in some capacity.

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The worst are reality show “result” episodes. Seriously, you’re doing a two hour special with extra ads, all about recaps, when the only goal is to announce who won last week?

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’ve had the same thoughts about people who watch free to air TV. Between the same set of ads every ad break, and the frankly dubious quality of the programming, it has to be contributing to some type of cognitive decline.

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    • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I have Prime too for shopping mainly. I also can’t use Prime Video because it refuses to go beyond 480p on Firefox for Linux (Atleast last time I tried).

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    • gdbjr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Cable tv wasn’t invented to have zero ads . The original selling point of cable tv was to provide broadcast tv to those that couldn’t pick up OTA broadcasts.

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      • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I feel like you weren’t there, in that time and place. Or maybe you were in some weird pocket where OTA wasn’t available? Can’t remember anyone bitching about lack of antennae service. Yeah, it could be sketchy, but I think most of us could drag in ABC, NBC, CBS and PBS.

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      • Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        What. Cable has only been available in cities and you could get the OTA Chanel’s.

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  • KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Farewell Amazon videos. Oh, and I’m trying to do all my shopping NOT on Amazon. Fuck bezos, trump, and all the other orange butthole sucking fat cats.

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  • Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Get the pirate hats ready, we are sailing the high seas ☠️🏴‍☠️

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Just renewed proton vpn yesterday (didn’t get any mails or anything, it just popped a box out of nowhere), had that sweet 3 year deal running out 🥲. Its some cash (a hundred something for 2 years) but I’m trying to do my honest work.jpg.

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      • NWIBiHigh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s pretty expensive. PIA is far less and just as effective and I’m sure there are others.

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      • Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I use Proton VPN, and their mail and password service. It has all worked flawlessly so far

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  • dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Also be aware that Amazon donated one million dollars to the Trump inauguration and is a sponsor of the Jun 14 military parade.

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    • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Piracy, pirate and remember if you want to be free then a pirates life is the life for me.

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I recently did the same on my jellyfin server. 100x the ads actually.

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    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ll do you one better. I’m upping the ads on mine by 1,000,000x.

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      • TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You know what ? I’m starting a Jellyfin only to stream all the ads !

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  • Sofapunk@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have been cancelling subscriptions to Trump supporting companies since January. I was on a yearly sub with Amazon.

    Thanks for the reminder to cancel…

    … cancelled.

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And I double my piracy. Checkmate, corporations.

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  • jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s like they want me to sail the high seas

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    • CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I worry the average person has no idea how to torrent.

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      • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The average person doesn’t even have a proper computer anymore. I guess you’re can still torrent on your phone but I’ve not tried it.

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      • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        To be fair, when I first got access to the internet as a kid, I also didn’t know.

        It look me like a couple years of being tired of shitty ad-ridden streaming sites and digging through the internet before I even heard of The Pirate Bay and Torrents (Thanks to r/piracy btw 😎)

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Amazon is clearly struggling financially, and needs the revenue. Think of the starving investors!

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    • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Let’s start a donation campaign for them…

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    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They can crash on my couch, if they need to.

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  • bieren@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Just steal it. If its an amazon original, they will cancel it after 2 seasons anyway.

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    • rodneyck@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Right? I can't believe people actually pay for these services. Oh well, I guess someone has to. 🏴‍☠️

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • mesitoispro@ttrpg.network ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It will never end.

    Everyone subscribing to this is a useful idiot and I do not respect them.

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  • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You guys get ads on Prime?

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You guys got Prime?

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      • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, and I don’t get why. I don’t pay for it. Got it once and cancelled it but somehow the account is still active.

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    • mesitoispro@ttrpg.network ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s part of the humiliation ritual.

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    • D_C@lemm.ee ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nope.
      Yaar, I’ve not had any streaming services for a good few years now. Shiver me timbers, matey!!

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    • macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, a good adblocker takes care of that.

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      • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I think we just don’t get them in the EU. With our without adblocker

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  • RevolverSly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s why I cancelled my Prime subscription. After that, Amazon randomly re started my Prime subscription, twice; that’s why I deleted my Amazon account.

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  • Thorry84@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oi Ue, it’s fooking diabolical mate. Omelander topped me wife and now more ads on the tele, diabolical.

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  • TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fuck them, I’m not paying for ads, let alone paying more for more ads. I already got rid of my prime months ago, I need to stop supporting amazon anyway.

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  • Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good thing I cancelled prime along with all my subscriptions and accounts with US companies just after Trump was elected.

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    • mesitoispro@ttrpg.network ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You shouldn’t have given them your money in the first place.

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      • Philzlaus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You are right, better late than never.

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  • W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I cancelled the moment they put ads in the plan I had been paying for. Don’t miss it for a second. Not even prime shipping.

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  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    doubles Prime Video piracy per hour

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  • WeUnite@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Amazon funded Trump’s inauguration, they’ve doubled their advertisements, they mistreat their warehouse workers, for people who don’t use Amazon often you’re paying more money than you’d spend on just paying for shipping on the occasion you need fast shipping or if you don’t need fast shipping you can still get free shipping if your order is more than the threshold which I think depends on your account might be $25 or $35.

    Given all these things I really hope no one is subscribing to Amazon prime. I’d highly recommend anyone who uses Amazon prime to cancel it. Being shown advertisements on something you’re paying for is insane. This should be the final straw for any Amazon Prime customer.

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    • Bongles@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Mine ended on the 5th, i didn’t renew it. It’s the first time since i got it that I didn’t but everything’s chinese rebranded shit there now and the shows are better if i torrent them.

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  • Bwaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Glad I cancelled Prime some time ago. Haven’t missed it and I usually get free shipping anyway by buying elsewhere. I’ll even pay more to avoid Amazon.

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    • SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are you me? (I don’t mean name wise)

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  • Mondez@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Pirated content of course has no advertising in it, so it makes sense to pay good money for a service that has adverts in it or how else am I going to learn about all those fabulous products I just have to buy?

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    • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They’re doing you a service, really, when you think about it. Out of the goodness of their hearts.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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    “I can’t see ads!”

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  • antisocialite@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gotta pay for all those crappy movies they make starring Dwayne Johnson.

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    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s crazy how much money that cunt makes for the shittiest movies imaginable. Somehow people like that guy too.

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        He’s made some genuinely good stuff though, Jumanji was far better than I ever expected.

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      • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’m bored with him. But The Rundown is an awesome and underrated flick.

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      • Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        His movies make money.

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    • rodneyck@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Dwayne Johnson playing the same character in all his movies. Acting range = 0.

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nice I love it. We didn’t stop ads years ago. Content creators deserve to be paid right guys. Right!!

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    • Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I mean yes they deserve to get paid. Do you do stuff for free? I mean it’s funny how people complain about ads but nobody is willing to pay for anything.

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      • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yeah, people create stuff online without getting paid all the time. We literally built the Internet that way. Go back to the early days forums, blogs, dumb memes, personal websites, fan videos none of that was about money. People made stuff just to share it, to be part of something, or just because they wanted to.

        It’s only after financial incentives got introduced ads, sponsorships, “influencer” money that everything started getting worse. Suddenly it’s all algorithm-chasing. Everyone’s copying each other, following trends, tweaking thumbnails, timing posts. The content got way more polished, surebut also way more boring. It’s all the same stuff over and over.

        So yeah, people deserve to get paid if that’s what they want. But pretending like people only create if they’re paid is just wrong. Humans naturally create. Always have. We write songs, we draw, we tell jokes. Money didn’t start that, it ruined it. It made it a job. It made it about likes and reach and SEO. It turned the internet into a shopping mall.

        Now everything online feels fake. Safe. Recycled. All because the moment you attach money to something, people start optimizing for profit instead of originality. That’s the trade-off.

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ll be quitting after my wife finishes her series. I had noticed it is getting worse. Plus, unless I screwed up somehow, that $2.99 no-adverts charge appeared without any action on our part. We cancelled and went back to the cheaper version. It really bugs me that a company making money hand over fist finds it necessary to fuck their customers over unless they pay even more.

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    • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It should be illegal to do what these companies are doing.

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    • insomniac@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Amazon send you randomly start subscriptions. And then you think you’re crazy and did something stupid but I’m pretty sure they’re just evil. I have been subscribed to Audible multiple times and I have never listened to an audiobook in my life.

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