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hal_5700X , (edited )
@hal_5700X@lemmy.world avatar

Yo ho yo ho.

With this Amazon is taking a page from Nintendo’s play book.

BossDj ,

Amazon Plus Ultimate Gold

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

The only reason I ever had Prime was free shipping, then I realized as soon as I bundled my orders to be over a certain dollar figure I STILL got free shipping, I kicked Prime to the curb.

aniki ,

You can even get a free week of prime for 2 dollars by just not giving-in which you can then immediately cancel and get ovre and over and over and over again.

villainy ,

For me it was the “Amazon Day” shipping that bundles up a week’s worth of separate orders into one shipping day. Convenient sure but now I’m not getting 2-day shipping… so what am I paying for again? I’ll just bundle up the orders and shipping my damn self.

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, if I need something next day, I’ll go buy it today. :)

numberfour002 ,

I cancelled Amazon Prime awhile ago when the customer service took a nose dive and I realized too many of the 3rd party vendors were using Amazon as their defective products outlet.

But I actively and permanently skipped out on an Amazon Prime subscription because they refused to give me a pro-rated refund on the remaining 8-9 months of service after I cancelled. They literally told me that they start with the pro-rated amount, then subtract out the cost of all the “free” movie/show/music rentals as well as all the “free” shipping on orders during the time you’ve had prime, and you only get whatever remains (if anything). Within the first 3 -4 months, I had already accrued enough “free” $5.99 shipping and $3 - $4 rentals that it exceeded the $100 or whatever cost of a prime membership was back in those days, so I got no refund. Bunch of crooks.

No surprise, I’m completely on board with folks kicking Prime to the curb.

charonn0 ,
@charonn0@startrek.website avatar

Looks like I’m cancelling.

ripcord ,
@ripcord@kbin.social avatar

Is Prime Video something that people sign up for a d would cancel? I thought it was something they just happened to get when buying the express shipping package.

charonn0 ,
@charonn0@startrek.website avatar

It’s all part of the Prime package. I signed up because they had the new Star Trek shows.

partial_accumen ,

You can buy the video-only version of prime which is cheaper than the full prime.

Pheonixdown ,

Each part of Prime just keeps getting shittier and shittier, this could definitely be a straw that broke the camel’s back situation. Shipping stopped being 2-days every time during the pandemic, returns used to allow for pick up at your house are now drop off at a store. Music catalog is being slowly locked behind Unlimited, and now it’s all station-ified so you can’t even listen to what you want.

generic ,
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Other than Good Omens, and Grand Tour I guess, what’s even on Prime Video that’s not elsewhere?

polographer ,

“The boys” and a possible “fallout”

MrSqueezles ,

It’s mind boggling to see the volume of content Amazon has produced that nobody cares about. Rings of Power was $89 million per episode. Citadel was $42 million per episode. There are solutions other than, “Higher fees”.

But Upload and The Boys are pretty good.

restingboredface ,

FYI here is a site with instructions on how to cancel your prime membership since it’s not the easiest thing to find.

I was able to cancel on the mobile app using this same process.

catbaba ,

Pirate services are cheaper and have better apps

cybermass ,

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/4845eea5-017e-485b-8a4b-f069f2e3db8b.gif

lambda ,
@lambda@programming.dev avatar

Honestly. I’m surprised they haven’t done this sooner. Prince video is included with a normal prime subscription. So, with some of the originals they’ve produced and paying for the rights to many movies/shows, they are probably bleeding money with this service…

Apprehensive ,

Sounds like a great time to cancel.

johannesvanderwhales ,

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.

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Hmm, I wonder why they don’t make the ad-supported version free like, uh I dunno, Spotify, or YouTube

Oh, “Lemmy” guess, greed, isn’t it?

pl_woah ,

It’s the Hulu model

A_Random_Idiot ,

Enshitification continues to march ever boldly onward.

t0m5k1 ,
@t0m5k1@lemmy.world avatar

oooh yay more content to collect from torrents. Bye Bye Prime.

samokosik ,
@samokosik@lemmynsfw.com avatar

The moment when pirating a movie gives you better experience than actually paying for it.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

So, always?

EncryptKeeper ,

No there was a period of time where it wasn’t the case.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Streaming never gave you full ownership.

EncryptKeeper ,

Full ownership isn’t a component of a good experience. It’s more of a security for when a good experience turns bad.

chitak166 ,

The mods removed my comment with a link to a great free streaming site with the reason “don’t link directly to pirated content.” (great censorship!)

I don’t see that in the rules, so I guess it’s one of those “mystery” rules they can just make up on the spot.

Anyways, you can find free streaming sites here: rentry.co/megathread-movies-and-tv#streaming

I recommend using fmovies. Make sure you have Adnauseam or uBlock Origin installed.

ipkpjersi ,

Gotta love phantom rules, just make it up as you go along.

ipkpjersi ,

Man, the enshitification is really taking over.

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