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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.

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[-] BURN@lemmy.world 144 points 2 years 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 83 points 2 years 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 38 points 2 years 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.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I like the same day delivery stuff. A lot of their catalog gets to me in a couple hours if my cart is over $25

Honestly, that’s the only thing keeping me paying for prime. Most of the shit in their catalog comes in less than a week without prime. But if I need something today, Prime is cheaper than a lot of the competing same-day delivery services.

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[-] Peanutbjelly@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years 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.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I have appreciated Amazon’s tactics in trying to get me back to subscribing to audible. I’ve gotten 4 books this year for free, I just set a reminder to cancel the sub once the free month is almost over.

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[-] ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social 17 points 2 years 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.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Sounds like what they do with my audible account, nice

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[-] kreliac@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

in Bird Culture this is considered a dick move

[-] Asnabel@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

In dick culture this is considered a Richard move.

[-] wagoner@infosec.pub 50 points 2 years ago

Amazon enshitification continues. The 2 day prime shipping expectation is already decaying, and now this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Cool, early next year I'll ditch Prime.

EDIT: Nvm, just cancelled. Amazon is pretty terrible.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

Thats a funny way to say amazon are raising the cost by 2.99 per momth.

[-] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Yup raising the price and adding a lower tier at the current price, which everyone is moved to

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[-] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Odd, all the Amazon show I watch are on Plex.

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[-] KelsonV@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

Just cancelled my prime membership because of this, I encourage all of you to do the same.

[-] Omgarm@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I use prime mainly for Prime gaming, which gives me my money back.

[-] beerclue@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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...

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[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Hope it was worth the 0.005 cents you made per video to lose all those subscribers.

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[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago

It's about time to cancel Prime and greedy Bezos anyway

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago

Amazon is just barely holding on in my streaming stable, this will be enough to push it out.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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. It's not like anything comes in 2 days anymore anyway.

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago

Need to pay $2.99 + subscription to remove ads?WTF

[-] CodeMonkeyUK@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

The old Microsoft approach, slowly make it shitter, then charge you (make you upgrade) to remove the shit we've snuck in.

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 9 points 2 years ago

Except you can’t buy a version of Windows that isn’t shit.

[-] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Woht24@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Sounds good, why don't you stop wasting everyone's time and spit out a name

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Where are these services? Asking for a friend 😉

[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

I don't even get 2 day shipping lol they say two then it ends up being like 5 or 6 day

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[-] daniskarma@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Isn't there already a monthly charge on Amazon prime?

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] balder1991@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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.

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[-] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 2 years ago

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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[-] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

May be worth the 3 bucks if the freevee stuff is ad free too then. Otherwise they can go f themselves.

[-] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I don't really use prime video much other than to watch the grand tour. This still sucks to hear though.

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