What made decide to cancel Prime was realizing that Amazon was adding a markup to prime products that effectively cancelled out any shipping savings. But also prime video offering was crap where I live.

That and Amazon being a terrible company that I didn't want to support anyway.

I had mine cancelled and reupped cause I literally buy things I need randomly and sometimes never hit the free shipping. Most of my stuff is farm related fixing things, so I definitely hit the price I pay...still really annoyed that it's $140 a year now, but I get my money out of it....

Fuck you bundle Amazon day ship option...

What does this mean for shows and movies that I purchased? Will they have ads unless I pony up? If I cancel Prime will I lose access to them?

They'll keep an ad-free option for another $2.99/month per https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/prime-video-update-announces-limited-ads

prevent paying more for shipping by not using amazon at all.

unsubscribe from everything except the great courses. thank me later.

I don’t even pay for prime for streaming. Watched a movie or two on there when it was something I wanted to see and found out it was free on Prime. Otherwise, I use it for the expedited shipping. I did briefly cancel in 2021, but the spouse complained. We split it now anyway, so it’s cheaper. Overall, though the quality of products offered on Amazon has gone way down hill. If the product is something that doesn’t need to be quality, it’s fine, but if you’d have to replace the item if it is not quality, you’re better off skipping Amazon. The value proposition is declining.

Is it possible to have Prime, but without Prime Video? I don’t give one iota of a fuck about their shit ass streaming service.

I was rooting for Prime Video but they don't even have any Premiership football from next season, so it's an irrelevant service now