I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime Video

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I remember not too long ago, maybe 4 or 5 years, I was having a big argument on reddit and getting killed for giving out about Prime’s ads between episodes… I’d completely forgotten about them until now. They used to promote their other shows with 30 second ads between episodes and reddit, or at least wherever I was, were absolutely cool with it.

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• st33lb0ne@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Looks like i cancelled it just in time. Bye bye Prime

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• gearheart@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hope this doesn’t include movies and shows that have been fully purchased…

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  • Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think “fully purchased” applies to anything on amazon prime or Netflix where anything can be permanently removed.

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  • V0lD@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean like how you fully purchased a premium account?

    I wonder why there are no laws against eforced, unilateral contract adjustments like this. Especially considering “no ads” was an explicit part of the original purchase

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    • ben_dover@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i’d guess it’s because you can quit anytime. whenever they change the contract, you could walk away, it’s not like you’re forced to pay until the end of the year or something like my gym membership.

      not defending the practice, but i think that’s the legal reasoning

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• verdantbanana@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  sounds like cable and pay for view

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• Got_Bent@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cancelled prime. Downloaded freevee since most stuff on prime was already ad driven freevee.

  No noticeable change except a fatter wallet.

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• staindundies@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Would Blokada block these ads?

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• Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A NAS & a VPN is cheaper over time, just saying...

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean the lip sync concerts?

    Or the sports which can easily cost over 100 to watch some sweaty guys make millions while you scream at your tv?

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• Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well guess what, I’ll retain my “access” to such content on Amazon, but if I’m arsed to watch one of their stupid shows I’ll do that elsewhere anyway.

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• PixellatedDave@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Jokes on them, we unsubscribed last month lol

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• Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We all need to write to the companies in the ads and tell them we’re boycotting them for their participation in this scheme.

  Make advertising with Prime a bad idea

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• Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well prime video is a free service so it’s not unexpected

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  • shredderdoitbetta@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you mean?

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    • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Amazon prime is just the free 2 day prime shipping.

      Everything else is just extra thrown in because they can, video, music, twitch sub, cloud storage etc.

      So you aren’t paying for prime video so they aren’t taking anything from you by including the ads.

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• Tofushopdriftin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They gotta pay for their new medical coverage

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• Resol@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just don’t use it and you won’t have that problem.

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• Really_long_toes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol limewire

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• mateomaui@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought I would miss the free monthly games from Prime Gaming but even that’s gone downhill. For most of this year, everything I’d want to claim is something I already own or got free somewhere else already.

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• rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, this was in the news everywhere. Prime video just gets 2.99 more expensive. And they add this new tier with ads at the old monthly price.

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