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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/television@lemmy.world

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Pay an extra 3 bucks a month to avoid ads, what BS.

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[-] a_baby_duck@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't just make Prime more expensive for everyone while citing "added value" like they normally do.

[-] pezmaker@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, they'll keep doing that too.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 8 points 2 years ago

Adding ads is probably so ridiculously profitable that they know a lot more people would leave.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Most people who pay for prime, do so for the reduced shipping costs Prime video is just an add-on.

Putting ads on the video generates extra income without necessarily losing subscribers. So putting ads in the videos creates a new revenue stream with close to zero downside for them. It's an MBA's wetdream.

[-] hascat@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Somebody crunched some numbers and decided that they'd keep more customers by making an optional fee instead of raising the price for everyone

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