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https://apnews.com/article/amazon-prime-advertising-streaming-tiers-e3713ac21acc14b8ba8381fa7ab447e5
Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them::Amazon’s Prime Video will begin showing ads during shows and movies early next year.
“Amazon gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2023 was $244.974B, a 18.22% increase year-over-year.”
Poor company. I can see how they have been forced to do this as a last resort effort to salvage their struggling corporation.
Prime Video isn’t profitable and they need it to be. They included it with Prime to build a user base but they were always going to charge or make you watch ads after that. And that’s perfectly fine because running a service that’s never going to make any money is fucking stupid.
If you don’t like it, don’t pay but stop with that “big corp makes enough money so keep giving me shit for free” bullshit.
Would love to read your pitch for a streaming service that doesn’t charge money and doesn’t show any ads though
The multi-billionaire owned Amazon (A company that pays no taxes) already charges for their service.
Sure, but pointing out that this strategy of carpet pulling isn’t the best consumer feeling is valid. And, um, Prime isn’t free.
Wow. You need to Netflix and chill.
I have been a Prime member since 2014 and joined exclusively for Prime Video access. Of course nothing is free. I am now going to pay more, yes you heard right, and will choose to continue being a paying member even at the higher cost, so that I can receive the SAME service and not have it degraded with ads. I hate ads and for all the services I subscribe to, 4 video streaming and 1 music streaming, I always pay the premium to not see ads.
You need to have a good hard look at yourself if you think defending Amazon puts you on the right ethical side of the fence. These cheap extra ad based profits, that deliver no new customer value, will not go to raising the low salaries many of their workforce endure, or relieve the pressure with their mandated 6% non-regrettable attrition policies, or stop their practices of stealing designs from small businesses and undercutting them with Amazon branded equivalents, or ensure taxes are paid in the relevant countries, or prevent further large scale lay offs.
This additional subscription cost is a first world problem for me but Amazon is not only an easy target for constant criticism, but a deserving one.
Church.
There’s isn’t a difference between cable tv and streaming services anymore. I guess I’m gonna go back to sailing the seven seas.
I never stopped. It’s been obvious for ages that if you don’t have the data on your drive, you may not get it again.
I do pay for Prime, but all I care about is saving on shipping. Even if a show is on Prime, I’ll pirate it if I want to watch.
Where do all whippersnapper young pirates go on these days? I’ve been out of the sea too long but I can hear its call.
Same, I started because amazon used to show me ads for other shows while trying to binge something, which was very annoying.
in Bird Culture this is considered a dick move
In dick culture this is considered a Richard move.
Amazon enshitification continues. The 2 day prime shipping expectation is already decaying, and now this.
Amazon is actually phasing out 2 day delivery because of too high order volume I am delivery driver for them.
Interesting inside scoop, thank you. I look forward to them reducing the prime annual fee accordingly! ;-)
Thanks for letting us know. Then what’s the point of prime?
Cool, early next year I’ll ditch Prime.
Thats a funny way to say amazon are raising the cost by 2.99 per momth.
Yup raising the price and adding a lower tier at the current price, which everyone is moved to
So the $140/year subscription they’re already collecting isn’t enough for them?
I guess this is as good a reminder as any to look at what I’m actually using Prime for these days.
LOL, I dropped it last week, but it quickly became apparent I have to have it to save on shipping, no brainer for me.
Still, don’t care about their video service. Who isn’t pirating that stuff anyway?!
Just need to get it in October and cancel after Christmas. That’s the only time I ever get value from it.
Odd, all the Amazon show I watch are on Plex.
Emby too ;)
Plex is clamping down on uses violating the TOS though. They’re banning whole hosting provider IP blocks next month that were popular with people selling access to Plex servers.
I’ve also seen reports of them banning individual users sharing large libraries with family and friends over residential connections. And then sending notifications to those people that their friend/family member was running a commercial piracy operation.
Well time to switch to jellyfish then, I guess
Just cancelled my prime membership because of this, I encourage all of you to do the same.
I use prime mainly for Prime gaming, which gives me my money back.
I use it for shopping. I live in the country side, not a lot of options around here, and in a country where the concept of free shipping does not exist. So Prime saves me a lot. I barely use prime video though…
Was going to say the same. You get so much shit from Prime Gaming. Given, half of it is actual shit that you’ll never use. But if you play games on PC, it’s something worth looking into.
Hope it was worth the 0.005 cents you made per video to lose all those subscribers.
They won’t lose too many, most will just not pay the extra fee, and the ad revenue will more than make up for it.
It’s about time to cancel Prime and greedy Bezos anyway
Amazon is just barely holding on in my streaming stable, this will be enough to push it out.
Lol its trillion dollar company. What they are doing is a tactic to check if consumers will leave their streaming service. They know few people will leave but they don’t care however most people won’t and will be paying more that usual.
Well it’s a stupid move because it’s bundled with everything. I am not going to pay for add free, I am just going to cancel after Christmas shopping is done. That means I will be less likely to buy from Amazon in the future.
Need to pay $2.99 + subscription to remove ads?WTF
Fuck right off. Makes me want to break shit.
I will be cancelling my subscription the first time I see an ad.
Just cancel it now
Probably should talk to someone about that
What do you mean? I’m talking to you guys about it!
The old Microsoft approach, slowly make it shitter, then charge you (make you upgrade) to remove the shit we’ve snuck in.
Except you can’t buy a version of Windows that isn’t shit.
Amazon wants peoplento pirate 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
There’s already services out there where you pay like $20 a year and can stream basically anything, no need to download anything. Access to pretty much any show on Netflix, Amazon, apple, Disney, etc with about a days delay from new episodes. Can even stream movies still in theater, although it’s hit and miss on those can be more like a week or two from release before you can stream them reliably.
Sounds good, why don’t you stop wasting everyone’s time and spit out a name
Where are these services? Asking for a friend 😉
I guess being a trillion dollar company isn’t enough for them, you see. It has to go into quintillion, and then into infinity profits. And also poor Amazon is so poor they can’t provide the user free grocery delivery, UPS pick up anymore, or even Prime video.
On one hand, it is quite cheap but on the other hand their catalog is very bad. I wonder how long will these streaming services survive before they go all the way through the enshittification and kill themselves.
Isn’t there already a monthly charge on Amazon prime?
Amazon Prime is a yearly subscription that gets you discounts on on shipping on stuff you order from Amazon… and gets you access to Prime Video.
It doesn’t seem clear from the article whether the ads or 2.99 fee will get someone access to the streaming service without having the Prime shipping service. Probably not, since disentangling these services would be good, and Amazon only does evil things.
IIRC they also sell only Prime Video already if you really want it, though it’s usually a better deal to get the free shipping too. I presume this applies to both.
So glad I canceled prime about 9 months ago at our annual renewal. Turns out, packages arrive within a couple days regardless. It’ll say Thur but arrive Tue, consistently.
Prime Video, I don’t miss it at all.
I don’t even get 2 day shipping lol they say two then it ends up being like 5 or 6 day
Sounds like at this point your ship time is predetermined anyways.
🏴🏴🏴🤘🏿
I’m dodging all of Amazon Prime for free right now
It must be “squeeze more money out of Prime Video” month at Amazon.
Most people will not care enough to cancel or stop watching if the service deteriorates a bit. Those who do will pay $3.
Those who won’t do either, well, there are alternatives.
I was looking for a reason to cancel, thanks.
So glad I didn’t renew my prime subscription this year. I could smell this turd coming from down the road.
I don’t really use prime video much other than to watch the grand tour. This still sucks to hear though.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions.
Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company said Friday.
Disney will begin charging $13.99 a month in the U.S. for ad-free Disney+ in mid-October, 75% more than the ad-supported service.
Ads in Prime Video content will start in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada in early 2024, followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the year.
For U.S. users, Amazon said it will send out an email to Prime members several weeks before ads are introduced into its programs with information on how to sign up for the ad-free option if they choose to do so.
Members also get free shipping for goods bought on Amazon.com, groceries, online music and more.
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May be worth the 3 bucks if the freevee stuff is ad free too then. Otherwise they can go f themselves.
AAAAAARRRRRRRR
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The only reason I used prime video was because it came with prime. I’m just going to stop using it altogether if there’s ads
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m probably just going to cancel prime. It’s only gotten worse and worse. I can wait a week for shipping
dirthawker0@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think Prime is up to $140 a year now. They used to promise 2 day delivery, but that is now 2 day shipping, and delays prior to shipment aren’t counted. We are not renewing when it comes up later this month. It’s no longer worth it.
Peanutbjelly@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I swear the actual gain from prime is virtually indecipherable. The less you understand it, the less you can actually complain about what you are paying for.
It also does not boost my confidence when they use deceptive patterns to sneak you back into prime, or keep you from leaving.
The average person doesn’t give a hoot though, and will get actively upset at you for pointing out deceptive patterns when it’s a brand they use, so I we can probably expect things to get worse whenever physically possible.
ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social 1 year ago
Fun fact. If your cancel prime and dont order that frequently they will offer a month free over and over no matter how times they’ve given you free months. Then i do a whole buncha ordering in that one month and cancel prime. Free prime forever.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We cancelled back in 2022. It was noticable for about a month, then we got used to buying much less and going to a store for what we needed. I feel better about buying directly from a company’s site when I need to get their product online and most places offer free shipping anyway.
SighBapanada@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Exactly, also its better to cancel to send a message that this shit won’t be tolerated
Established_Trial@lemm.ee 1 year ago
We cancelled lasted year and haven’t really missed it.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
same tbf, but this might be the reason they are doing it, they know a majority of the users only use it cause it’s there, and the ones who will care enough would buy the ad free. Less cost on bandwidth and more money from ads or subscriptions. It’s a win-win for them
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Right? Or maybe watching the first part of a show until the first commercial to determine if I want to take the time to find it elsewhere.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 year ago
During COViD, I did get addicted to Prime, so I guess they’re just trying to help with the cure? Anyhow, now I can goto stores again, plus my kids are off on their own so it’s just me, so it does seem excessive. Actually,Prime TV has already gotten harder to watch, as they keep steering g you to ad supported networks. Just when I get less use out of it, they raise their prices and add ads?