Yup, I will be cancelling too. Greedy bastards.
Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series & Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee
Submitted 1 year ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to technology@lemmy.world
https://deadline.com/2023/09/amazon-ads-prime-video-series-movies-ad-free-tier-1235552984/
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MrPloppy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 1 year ago
and that will be when i unsubscribe.
need to finish off my backlog of shows there, or sail the seas!
Meeshall65@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That s my cue for cancelling i guess
unsaid0415@szmer.info 1 year ago
reminds me I need to setup sonarr, radarr and jellyfin
crimsdings@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My stack + Jackett and unpackarr + telegram for notifications. It works perfectly
bless@lemmy.world 1 year ago
cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A worthy investment.
TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does anyone have a comprehensible guide for setting all this up?
Arkarian@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Well, it seems Amazon doesn’t want my money. Don’t worry, you won’t see it anymore.
Iamnoonenowhere@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I had been considering cancelling my Amazon subscription. I don’t know what I’m really paying for, just for expedited shipping? I don’t even use Amazon prime videos since it’s mostly garbage. Thanks to Amazon for making my decision easy to cancel.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I actually realized I almost never take advantage of real prime perks anymore and the cost was ridiculous. Nearly $200 a year and all for maybe faster shipping?
I can get most the things on eBay or wherever anyways and it’s the same Chinese crap. Or free shipping anyway from Amazon.
Local is even better and maybe I can actually try shit on and not buy literal garbage. It’s hardly worth it.
PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 1 year ago
In the UK it was where they showed Mr Robot and a few other things on streaming services and channels not usually available here. It introduced me to Halt and Catch Fire and other good stuff. YMMV depending on location of course.
InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 year ago
That will be the end of my prime subscription. I should probably just get rid of it now, the streams are better quality on the high seas anyways.
sudo@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Then do it. You even get pro rated back for what you’ve already paid for the month. Literally go do it right now in like 90 seconds.
InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 year ago
Done. Thank you.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was thinking the same but will hold on until I see my first add. I suspect the more of us who do that, the better the odds they reverse course.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have a free vpn, but maybe I should go for the paid plans that I can actually use it for torrenting
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Piracy it is then. Lol.
bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world 1 year ago
I already have the ad free tier. It’s what I’ve been paying for!!!
creamed_eels@toast.ooo 1 year ago
No, you don’t get it. Jeff Bezos needs another solid platinum super yacht. Won’t you please think of the poor billionaires.
bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world 1 year ago
I’m fine with that. At the expense of other people besides me! Jeesh the audacity. :/ haha. (jk obviously)
Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Laughs in boycotting Amazon since 2011.
Adalast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yohoho my dudes and dudettes and dudex. And a bottle of rum.
populustree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
yarg harg fiddilidee, bitches, bros and enby hoes
Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about how companies have been making shitty decisions, which prompt people to move to the open-source alternatives, like what happened with Reddit, Twitter and Unity etc. However, is there a viable alternative for film-related media, beyond simply piracy? While Lemmy, Godot etc obviously have many costs, primarily servers and development, they don’t have to deal with licensing in the same way to get content. Is there an existing alternative, or do you see a way for there to ever be an existing alternative without some rich company already backing it?
player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Yes, it’s /c/piracy! Open source, community ran, providing free and equal access to information for all.
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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I buy used DVDs off eBay, sometimes from pawn shops or thrift stores.
redimk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
When do you guys think they (companies/rich people/shareholders(?)) will realize that growth for the sake of growth is not viable and there will be a point of stagnation? Like… What are they gonna do, keep raising prices until nobody can b uy anything anymore?
sudo@lemmy.today 1 year ago
When it stops being viable. They have no commitment to the company. They’ll suck it dry and move on to the next project.
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 1 year ago
i stopped using amazøn years ago. shop local & stop killing the economy. it’s just gonna get worse the more money you give them
JoeHill@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Should I shop at the Target, Wal-Mart or the CVS instead?
There are no “local” stores near me. Just massive corporations who treat their employees like shit. Costco is the exception to the treating-their-employees-like-shit rule, but sometimes I don’t need a lifetime supply of an item.
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 1 year ago
yes actually, you answered your own question
SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I agree but I can’t really afford to. My local hardware store is great but their prices are higher than big box hardware stores or amazon on many items. For example I replaced an outdoor GFCI outlet that cost $25 local or $18 from big box hardware or amazon. The outlet cover was $10 local or $5 anazon.
Kerensky1101@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s the same where I live. Do I shop local and spend 2-5 times more for the item or buy it from lowes or Walmart? The kicker is that it is sometimes even the exact same brand and model item.
michael@leuker.me 1 year ago
Cancelled Prime a couple of years ago so that Amazon wasn’t the default for ordering things anymore and wouldn’t watch anything even via the free 30-day trial that they offer from time to time if commercials are shown. I’m still subscribed to Netflix as the family uses it extensively, but if something is not on there, Kodi has proven to be a good matey.
deven@kerala.party 1 year ago
All hand hoy!
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This is why I refused to ever buy cable: I am not going to pay for a service that forces ads on me. One or the other fuckers.
JustZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There goes that.
DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is fine with me, since clearly they’ll pass their increased profit onto their underpaid employees.
Wait…
viralJ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They should also make people watch add bofore they are handed their Amazon Prime order. Unless they pay for the higher tier subscription.
Anyway, good to know that Amazon is finally doing something to fix its fledgling revenue from Prime.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Why don’t you just make a free version that plays ads? You know that reason why every sane person uses Tubi?
You know that one site which is the only that I don’t use my ad blocker on, because I actually respect them enough to let the ads play
iterable@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Got prime when Grand Tour came out. Now that we get two episodes a year if lucky not worth it anymore. Get better service with Instacart for delivery anyway.
collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Arrrrrr
guyrocket@kbin.social 1 year ago
Scamazon
Codandchips@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yarrr!
iliketurtles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cable is starting to look reasonable with all the subscription services and ads out there now
FordPrefect@startrek.website 1 year ago
Cable internet? I agree. Nowhere near using all its last-mile capacity, yet.
UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Used to have prime. Never got the same day delivery they promised. Box was always smashed to fuck (the normal delivery was often quicker and less damaged). Used it for the movies and a couple of shows. 11 quid a month was already a lot, if you’re going to add more on to take features off the normal tier then they can go and fuck themselves. Will never buy it again, they make enough money and dont pay their taxes.
pyromaniac_donkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The american culture and America itself is a cancer to the world. Good thing that shithole is collapsing.
BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
america is collapsing because a company raised prices?
FordPrefect@startrek.website 1 year ago
Well, not just because a company, did…
Kase@lemmy.world 1 year ago
hey now :(
i_simp_4_tedcruz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, matey.