Chuck Berry
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Amazon Prime video will start showing ads in January…. Unless you pay up (more)
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Winter John
Member
People laugh but my scheme to bring back video store rentals gets more realistic every day
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Perhaps at the bottom end of the market.
I know right! You can't go anywhere these days without seeing some kind of sponsored content, speaking of, let's hear about the sponsor of this post, RAID SHADOW LEGENDS...
Haemi
Member
Yes Prime is quite cheap compared to the other ones, but there is also almost no original content that is worth watching.
OK, i did not expect the differences to be that high in Europe. Crazy! Does the average Italian citizen only earn half as much as a german and someone from Poland only an eighth?
I hate capitalism. Now that these companies have reached their growth limits, they start to milk their existing customers.
At least I will now save some money. 90€ for Prime, 120€ for Disney+ and 18€ for Netflix. Thats over 400€! (And i left the church… saving over 1k€ in taxes)
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Dr.Morris79
Member
demigod
Member
Shiet, I’ve been paying monthly for the past year. One of my account even got hacked with 2 FA turned on. No more free prime video, I think it’s time to cancel too.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Miss those days, realistically.
Winter John
Member
Right. When I was a kid every Thursday night my old man would come home from work and take us down to the video store then we'd go get take out. It was awesome.
bender
What time is it?
It's easy enough to shop around the $35 limit for free shipping as long as you don't need things in an instant.
Insane Metal
Member
Already cancelled my subscription
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Thanks Netflix for starting this horrible trend.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I just checked Prime Video and looks like I'll have to watch some stuff before the ads come out on the 29th of January.
I noticed they have Dungeons and Dragons. That movie looks so awful but I might as well watch it before then.
I noticed they have Dungeons and Dragons. That movie looks so awful but I might as well watch it before then.
Trogdor1123
Member
Got my first ads last night and it was pretty jarring. A minute before outer range just felt odd.
Frankly, it makes me rethink these services.
Frankly, it makes me rethink these services.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
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Netflix was one of the last hold-outs along with Amazon, most had it built into their plans from the start.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I have been watching Hercules the legendary journeys, and they put ads throughout the episode.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Nice. I've been meaning to watch that show again. Are you going to watch Xena next?
Kabelly
Member
because i'm on a free trial and they added ads midway through my membership i was okay with it, but if i actually payed for a adless prime experience and they did this retroactively i'd be asking for my money back. i won't be subbing to prime after my trial is done though. Amazon.com cannot be hurting for money.
Lunarorbit
Member
They started showing ads on my prime at the beginning of January. Never had ads before that.
When I saw the news that ads were coming Jan 29th I was confused cause they kept playing the same shitty Discovery show ad over and over weeks before that date. Canceled my prime and haven't looked back
When I saw the news that ads were coming Jan 29th I was confused cause they kept playing the same shitty Discovery show ad over and over weeks before that date. Canceled my prime and haven't looked back
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I don't know. I like any episode with Bruce Campbell and he is in Xena a lot.
Bojji
Member
They make their services worse and worse unless you pay more. It's like that boiling frog, it will get worse.
John Marston
GAF's very own treasure goblin
Even though I don't plan on going on a vacation I woke up today just loving Fly Emirates.
Trogdor1123
Member
Actually 3 minutes every 5? Or did it just feel like that?
AJUMP23
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It has never been that. Normally on the amazon shows it is a commercial at the beginning and that is it. Non amazon shows have a commercial every 20.
Trogdor1123
Member
That still feels like a lot for a service that I pay for so that I can pay them more money when I buy stuff from them… and my wife buys a lot
AJUMP23
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It is not me being complimentary. Amazon is not hurting for money, they do not need the commercials it is just a way for them to increase revenue streams from users. It really smacks of greed, but to their board room it is a way to maximize their share price.
Lunarorbit
Member
It seems like the people who always make these decisions aren't going home and seeing how bad the commercial breaks are. Or they just don't watch Prime at all cause they're swimming in their money vault like Scrooge McDuck
Trogdor1123
Member
Agreed, a lower tier that uses ads, sure but one that they just insert drives me nuts.
AJUMP23
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I could see a tier where you watch ads get free shipping.
