▲ 858 ▼ The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" while I was watching it (thelemmy.club) submitted 8 months ago by northernlights@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 168 comments fedilink hide all child comments (And I use "Free" loosely because I do pay for Prime Video, so it went from paid to much more expensive) Yaaarrh
[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 24 points 8 months ago (2 children) Wait, you pay for Amazon prime and you have to pay for the show?? Why on earth... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (2 children) They also show ads unless you pay more than the prime membership. I haven't opened prime since that day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 8 months ago I cancelled it the day they announced that permalink fedilink source parent [–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago Man, that's not ok permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago Yeah, there's stuff under the subscription and stuff you pay for (although you can pay for anything if you're not a subscriber iirc) It gives them a perverse incentive to remove shows from the subscription tier if lots of people are watching it. You also get shows where the first few seasons are in the sub, and then suddenly switches to pay for. They're an easy cancel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (2 children) They also show ads unless you pay more than the prime membership. I haven't opened prime since that day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 8 months ago I cancelled it the day they announced that permalink fedilink source parent [–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago Man, that's not ok permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 8 months ago I cancelled it the day they announced that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago Yeah, there's stuff under the subscription and stuff you pay for (although you can pay for anything if you're not a subscriber iirc) It gives them a perverse incentive to remove shows from the subscription tier if lots of people are watching it. You also get shows where the first few seasons are in the sub, and then suddenly switches to pay for. They're an easy cancel. permalink fedilink source parent
