Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th
www.theverge.com
Get ready for ads — or pony up an extra $2.99 each month.
    • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If Video is the reason you have prime, sure. Personally the shipping is still the reason I have it. I don’t really use the video service at all. Frankly I wish they’d unbundle all of the stuff and let me pay for just shipping.

      • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        This year the shipping has gone from two days from ordering to two days from processing to two weeks to maybe we’ll just lose the order entirely.

        Add to that that so many of the sellers seem to have migrated over from the eBay “hey look at this cheap knockoff crap that fell off a truck” crowd, and I’m just not seeing the benefit anymore.

        My renewal is a week from today. I think I’m going to cancel by then.

        I really don’t know where I go from here vis a vis online ordering. Probably just use my boss’ account when there’s something that I just can’t get anywhere else.

        • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Mmm, interesting. Here in the UK Amazon actually added a new option - instead of next day delivery you can now get deliver stuff today on some specific items.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The TV side of Amazon Prime is functionally free. And its not like I’m going to cancel the service when what I really use it for is mail-order retail shopping.

      So I’ll pirate their smattering of good shows and they’ll tell advertisers I watch their stupid ads. Everyone gets to play pretend and the wheels of commerce will continue to turn.

    • Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been trying, but for some reason, it will not recognize my HD. I’be reformatted my drive…tried different drives…I don’t know what else to do.

  • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership,”

    The double-speak is relatively subtle, but it’s always interesting to see how much work they put into gaslighting their customers:

    • “No action is required from you…” - yes, Amazon hopes we do nothing, but Amazon unilaterally changed the assumptions underlying agreement, so “no action” is an acquiescence to a materially worse reality for us and a better one for Amazon.
    • “…there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership” - yes, no additional dollars are required because Amazon is now selling our time and attention, but that is still a new “fee” we are paying.

    Pretty gross, Amazon.