• Noved@lemmy.ca
      19·
      1 year ago

      Only thing I can think of is ads during content instead of before?

      Yar har I guess.

      • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
        41·
        1 year ago

        I basically never use Prime Video but if i recall correctly there already is ads before after and inbetween shows.

        • odium@programming.dev
          4·
          1 year ago

          Right now there’s a section in prime video that’s titled free with ads(only if you have prime). After the change, all prime videos will be in that section.

          • ares35@kbin.social
            2·
            1 year ago

            ‘free with ads’ is literally free to watch, with ads, no prime membership requirement. a prime membership won’t shed the ads there now… or next year. it’s a different selection of programs or a separate service (like freevee, aka imdb tv).

          • ares35@kbin.social
            5·
            1 year ago

            the ‘channels’ you pay extra for now? that’ll probably be up to the individual provider of that programming and their future deals with amazon to be on the platform… but the infrastructure for them to add ads is there.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    They increased the price of Prime already to like $160 a year and now they’re adding ads while saying if you don’t want ads you can pay another $2.99?

    • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I got rid of it a few months ago (UK). They no longer guarantee same day or even next day delivery (stuff seems to just arrive whenever). Since I cancelled Prime I’ve placed a couple of Amazon orders and they just didn’t arrive. It was really hard to complain as well, the page was buried down a rabbit hole of links. I’ve decided to stop using them completely now, the quality of stuff on there is terrible.

  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
    62·
    1 year ago

    This is a win win for them. I don’t think anybody has prime for just prime video. It’s just an additional perk. The main perk is the free one day and two day shipping. Even if people stop watching prime video, they’re mostly not going to cancel their prime because there are other perks they use. If they keep the membership but don’t watch prime video, then that is resource savings for Amazon which translates to less operating costs. If they do watch it, that translates to ad revenue. Either way, win win. At this point there is pretty much no reason not to sail the high seas.

  • Sinnerman@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    It used to be really tough to unsubscribe from Prime, but Amazon was getting sued for that so they made it easier to unsubscribe.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    Cool. I thought about getting Prime Video this winter to catch up on some exclusives, but that’s apparently not happening. I’m not paying for ads, and I don’t think I’ll find $3/month increase over current prices worthwhile.

    I bailed at the last price increase (wasn’t watching or ordering much anyway), and this just encourages me to look elsewhere. I guess I’ll go back to buying DVDs…

  • Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    I’ll still pay for prime for deliveries, but I’ll stop watching their mediocre streaming service. Ads are viscerally disgusting.

    • phlemmy@lemmy.ml
      9·
      1 year ago

      I suspect the deliveries is bullshit anyways. I cancelled my prime, shipping is still free, but they claim it will be 3-5 days. In reality I get them in 1-2 days anyways.