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t0m5k1 ,
@t0m5k1@lemmy.world avatar

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

hperrin ,

It’s a good thing I recently switched to piracy.

BulbasaurBabu ,

Ahoy matey

rynzcycle ,

Bummer. Not because of the extra $3, honestly I'll probably just pay it. But because until now Prime programming has been able to operate with a certain freedom. I know 0 people with prime for the video (as opposed to the free delivery) so they were willing to take risks with the shows.

Solos and Tales from the Loop are both amazing works of art that would never have shown up on network TV, or Netflix which would much rather make cheap mass appeal shows with little depth. Even more shows with wider appeal (e.g. The Expanse) might not survive the TV Executive mindset now that they have a reason to care about the number of views as a primary metric, over user happiness.

And honestly, it all baffles me, I will gladly subscribe to a streaming service for one great show. Produce 3 or 4 a year and I'm subscribed for good. If I wanted an endless string of medicore baking reality shows, I'd get cable again.

AquaTofana ,

Ugh yes. I canceled my Amazon Prime like 5 years ago, and swore off Amazon completely until they started streaming Vox Machina. Sucks that’s the service Critical Role went with, but it is what it is.

I should check out Tales from the Loop too… and cancel AppleTV now that Ted Lasso is over.

cybersandwich ,

Appletv has some of the best content out there. They may be the last one standing for me at this rate.

Silo, severance, invasion, foundation, slow horses (though this latest season is pretty meh), for all mankind, and there is another one I’m forgetting.

I think companies like apple and Amazon had?(have) a huge advantage when it comes to their streaming services and content. They don’t need to make money on them. They can take risks. They can let a show build. Netflix kills shows too fast. Why? Because they don’t have a billion dollar business that can cash flow content that might not be hugely popular right out of the gate.

It sucks Amazon is going down this path. If they put ads I’ll pay the $3, but I’m cancelling my music subscription with them to pay for it $10/mo.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

Yarrr, this be some bullshit.

BobaFuttbucker ,

Capitalism marches onward.

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

Their catalog is so shit that I don’t even know what plays on Amazon. Back when they refused to make an Android video app I just got all their crap from other means. I’ve had prime for years just for the shipping I’ve never watched a video through their service.

bobs_monkey , (edited )

It seems like every streaming service catalog is deteriorating. Almost every time I’ve looked up a movie to watch on justwatch, they’re only available for rental/“purchase.” I’m done paying my hard earned money for dogshit services.

I’ve also just kind of given up on watching much of anything, I have better things to do than sit in front of the TV for hours on end.

pikmeir ,

No point in paying for Prime Video when other services like Tubi or even Pluto TV offer free movies/shows with ads built-in. When I realized that it was easy to cancel.

peopleproblems ,

Oh well.

I

hate

ads. I will gladly let go of anything I lose when I drop it.

Ads have been designed by psychologists to be as Intrusive and stimulating as possible.

I barely watch anything anyway, so good bye TV, I’ve suffered thee long enough

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

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.

XanXic ,

Probably going to work. Just another company trying to wring money from their user base since they can’t reasonably grow. So many people were like “oh I’m cancelling Netflix if I can’t share it” and then it was record sign ups for them and overall more money.

They are doing this right before The Boys comes back on and somewhat during Invincibles part 2 airing. People will be annoyed and pay the upcharge.

And like me pirating those still won’t change much since I already was.

maegul ,
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So for those who don’t know, this happened with cable back in the day. No ads was part of the pitch, then they were slowly introduced, the appeal of the product fell, and, at least in my circles, fewer held on to the product over time.

Pepsi ,
@Pepsi@kbin.social avatar

that’s patently untrue.

the first cable stations were OTA (network) stations from major cities being served to rural areas. those had ads.
the first cable-specific channel was TBS which was just a converted Atlanta NBC channel that also had ads.
as basic cable grew, new channels launched with ads.

Premium channels like HBO launched in the 70s without ads but afaik those channels are still ad-free except self-promotion between shows.

maegul ,
@maegul@lemmy.ml avatar

Well, not everyone lives in the US or has the same timeline or window of experience. I should have made the relativism of my statement more clear, though it was touched on briefly.

Pepsi ,
@Pepsi@kbin.social avatar

I don’t think my “window of experience” has any impact on the objective reality that cable had ads from square 1.

maegul ,
@maegul@lemmy.ml avatar

Unless for some countries the cable experience didn’t have ads from square one, then people in those countries have a different reality.

But globally, yes, you’re point is well made and I didn’t know about it (thanks!), and is arguably much more relevant if that timeline and jurisdiction/territory match that of the corporations which currently run the streaming world, which is very much the case by my count.

onlinepersona ,

Amazon Prime currently costs $14.99 each month or $139 annually. (Prime Video can be subscribed to individually for $8.99/month.) The new charge for ad-free streaming would bring Prime to just under $18, and would push standalone Prime Video to just under $12.

So you’re going to pay for ads? Why even sell such a service?

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Beardedsausag3 ,
@Beardedsausag3@kbin.social avatar

And bring that keg of mead on board with ya, ya dastardly scallywags 🏴‍☠️

Naich ,
@Naich@kbin.social avatar

Well, they can fuck right off.

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