Even though I don’t have Prime, Amazon’s moves are making other sites more attractive. Walmart has been pretty good recently, offering 2-3 day shipping at no additional cost in my experience, along with a better app UI/UX. Now that Amazon has upped the minimum for free shipping, the only edge it holds over Walmart is the wider selection.
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free
Submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/26/24015595/amazon-prime-video-ads-coming-january-29
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StorageAware@lemmings.world 10 months ago
Naich@kbin.social 10 months ago
Well, they can fuck right off.
HootinNHollerin@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Canceled
Dehydrated@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sail the seven seas!
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Amazon Prime Podcasts wants you to know that ads are bad and they offer them as free*. But here they are talking out the other side of their bean counters saying that ads aren’t a problem.
- The fast talking at the end of the ad says “some podcasts may contain ads.”
Jasontheguitarist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I still have prime for the shipping, looks like I’ll just be pirating prime video content. Fucking bastard pieces of shit.
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I encourage you to think about dropping Prime. Saving your money. Their shipping really isn’t that great (anymore), most orders $35 or more ships free, and the money you save ($14/15 per month) can go towards your purchases.
hal_5700X@lemmy.world 10 months ago
With this Amazon is taking a page from Nintendo’s play book.
BossDj@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Amazon Plus Ultimate Gold
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 months ago
its been fun watching all these streaming bullets whiz by me and my giant smokin' NAS. i feel like neo!
but really, who didnt see this coming the day they announced their service?
guyrocket@kbin.social 10 months ago
The shitshow of video streaming continues!
kamen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How would they show ads to me if I don’t use their services?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The TV side of Amazon Prime is functionally free. And its not like I’m going to cancel the service when what I really use it for is mail-order retail shopping.
So I’ll pirate their smattering of good shows and they’ll tell advertisers I watch their stupid ads. Everyone gets to play pretend and the wheels of commerce will continue to turn.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Just before our yearly subscription ends. I’m busy ripping and saving what we like for the next month and finally canceling prime this year, this is just the added motivation to remember how much it sucks.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I just got too many channels for like 16 bucks from China.
They can fuck right off. That said they have a decent output so I’m not going to cancel them outright.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 months ago
I’ve got all the content for like 0 bucks from some sea fairing scalllywags.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah I do that too, but for the most part it is only content not available to stream where I am.
I got the channels for live sport
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 10 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Earlier this year, Amazon announced plans to start incorporating ads into movies and TV shows streamed from its Prime Video service, and now the company has revealed a specific date when you’ll start seeing them: it’s January 29th.
No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership,” the company wrote.
Customers have the option of paying an additional $2.99 per month to keep avoiding advertisements.
The rest of the email summarizes the many benefits of a Prime subscription — no doubt an attempt to keep customers from cancelling over this decision.
The move comes as competing streaming services continue to raise subscription rates across the board.
The monthly cost of Amazon Prime isn’t changing, but if you want to preserve the same experience you have today starting on January 29th, you’ll end up paying more.
The original article contains 282 words, the summary contains 145 words. Saved 49%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We rarely watch anything on Prime except for a few original shows like Upload and Reacher. Prime Video is usually an afterthought.
marito@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have Amazon Prime which includes Prime Video and I just watched the first four episodes of Reacher 2 on Stremio with Torrentio. Before this, I binged all of Better Call Saul also on the latter, before cancelling Netflix. I also cancelled Disney+ after they announced the second price hike in less than a year, ended up watching Loki 2 also on Stremio. Fuck this greedy assholes.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We have prime because we order enough through Amazon that the ‘free’ shipping we pay for is still a good deal. If I don’t watch any Amazon video anymore, that’s fine. And I don’t plan to if there are commercials.
Cyclist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, my monthly coffee subscription saves me enough to pay for prime in four months. I don’t really use the video service enough to care.
lambda@programming.dev 10 months ago
Honestly. I’m surprised they haven’t done this sooner. Prince video is included with a normal prime subscription. So, with some of the originals they’ve produced and paying for the rights to many movies/shows, they are probably bleeding money with this service…
Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
You make it sound like a savvy business decision to double dip with subscriptions and ads. They choose to give it away with prime to get market share from Netflix. All that’s changed is they’ve decided you’re ready to be bent over a barrel now.
lambda@programming.dev 10 months ago
True. I don’t use it. But, it does cost money.
nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Stremio + Torrentio
Alpha71@lemmy.world 10 months ago
eh, I don’t really care. It’s a gimme with prime. TBH I rarely watch anything on it. The only thing I’m watching right now is the current season of Reacher.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
My parents still watch cable and the odd time I’ve seen an ad for some other service advertised as only 12/mo with ads or something like that. Is that supposed to sound good to anyone. All these shit corporations need to get fucked.
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 10 months ago
This has two effects. First, it is supposed to entice with a "cheap" option. Second, it normalizes ads being part of the experience.
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
If the price was slightly higher and it’d remove ads on twitch, I might buy it
Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Fortunately a VPN is like 30 quid a year. Jellyfin and Radarr are my jam now.
I’ve kept Netflix and Disney+ for now. I was looking to cancel one for a while, and Amazon made that an easy choice. There’s fucking nothing on it at the best of times.
N00dle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’d forgotten they were gonna start doing this. I’ve got Amazon for the shipping there video has always been leaking. I use it maybe twice a year. They’re probably trying to delay a price increase to Amazon and increase revenue.
Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 10 months ago
Are there any videos/guides to set up a Usenet for dummies? Asking for a friend of mine.
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Look up “trash guides” for the *arr programs. I use Sabnzbd, Prowlarr, Sonarr, Radarr, Recyclarr, Jellyseerr, and Jellyfin. All in docker containers on their own vlan. Lemme know if you need any help.
Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 10 months ago
Thanks for the software tips! I think this plus what I’ve read is a great start!
JonEFive@midwest.social 10 months ago
Aye matey! In fact, they’re are entire communities right here in the Lemmyverse all about sailing the digital seas!
Kind of interesting what can be done without the oversight of corporate overlords and monied interests.
Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 10 months ago
So if I understand this right, I can use something like nzbget as the downloader and eweka to download from/as the indexer. Correct?
Is there anything else I would need to get/set up?
generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 months ago
Other than Good Omens, and Grand Tour I guess, what’s even on Prime Video that’s not elsewhere?
ost99@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Boys, The Expanse (last 3 seasons), Wheel of Time and Rings of Power are all Prime exclusives.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I really liked Uploaded. Guess it’s getting downloaded. And not from Amazon.
MrSqueezles@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It’s mind boggling to see the volume of content Amazon has produced that nobody cares about. Rings of Power was $89 million per episode. Citadel was $42 million per episode. There are solutions other than, “Higher fees”.
But Upload and The Boys are pretty good.
polographer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
“The boys” and a possible “fallout”
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My membership is up in a week or so. I was looking into the Walmart equivalent as a replacement, but they’ve proven to be even worse. I don’t know where to go from here.
I’m not a daily Amazon user. Maybe one or two orders per month. But when I need those things, they can be tough to find at brick and mortar.
Chetzemoka@startrek.website 10 months ago
Use Amazon as a search engine, find what you need, then Google the manufacturer and buy it directly from them. You’d be surprised how many have free shipping . It’s usually not two day shipping, but what do you really need that fast?
If it’s electronics, buy online for local pickup at Best Buy. If it’s tools or house supplies, buy online for local pickup at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Buy online for local pickup at Target.
I haven’t purchased anything from Amazon in 4 years. It’s honestly way easier now than it was before Amazon started, but no one realizes that because Amazon got them locked in.
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Beautiful advice. Thank you.
Rolando@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You can cancel Prime and keep your Amazon account. A lot of stuff still ships for free on orders of more than $25.
BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
FFS, at least give me some quality programming for once.
downhomechunk@midwest.social 10 months ago
In a word: yarrrrr
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Presently, every time i dive into az video i find nothing and that my time spent was in vain… so now they want me to pay even more for this added misery? Easy decision… I’m out.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 10 months ago
*unless you're not a customer
Asudox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Great. You pay for prime but seems like it isn’t enough for amazon.