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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] 110 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I am in the exact same boat. The removal of "free" rotating streaming video content and limiting it to only Amazon funded shows with "free with prime" videos being hosted by 3rd party apps (fuck off, freevee) was bad enough but to start showing ads was the final straw

    I cancelled my prime today. $150/yr. I can wait a few extra days for the things I need to order

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I went through this a couple years ago. Decided Jeff Bezos does not need any more money, cancelled prime. Funny this was that most things ship the same as always, get them in like 2 or 3 days.

    In fact, most other online retailers offer similar free 2 day shipping to stay competitive and I usually find stuff of Amazon first.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't stream much but being disabled, I can't get to the store so I do order stuff from Amazon. What I've seen in the last few years is an influx of Chinese sellers with tons and tons of garbage and all of the reviews are completely worthless, of course.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    This has been my main observation with Amazon over the past few years. It’s just cheap knockoffs that have gamed the system. It’s frustrating to shop there and a dice roll whenever you order something.

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