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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 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Stremio + Torrentio

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's just dystopic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's worse than you think. As an advertiser, I can actually buy targeted product placements in shows. So, let's say I'm Google, and I know you recently searched for a Google Pixel. If I pay for product placements in the next Prime show, I can get all the phones to be Pixels when you watch it.

But if your friend searched for an iPhone, and he gets targeted by apple, the phones in the show could be iPhones.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

FFS, at least give me some quality programming for once.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

In a word: yarrrrr

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are there any videos/guides to set up a Usenet for dummies? Asking for a friend of mine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 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.

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