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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)

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[+] seth@lemmy.world 109 points 11 months ago

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[-] Three_word_reply@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

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

[-] mercator_rejection@programming.dev 8 points 11 months 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.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Same.

Should have done it sooner.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I can wait a few extra days for the things I need to order

Amazon’s already provided that. Their delivery went from stellar to shit.

[-] RufusFirefly@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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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