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Grass ,

My parents still watch cable and the odd time I’ve seen an ad for some other service advertised as only 12/mo with ads or something like that. Is that supposed to sound good to anyone. All these shit corporations need to get fucked.

WHYAREWEALLCAPS ,

This has two effects. First, it is supposed to entice with a "cheap" option. Second, it normalizes ads being part of the experience.

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.

chitak166 ,

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    OsrsNeedsF2P ,

    Wow, they even have a whole catalogue of KDramas. That’s rare.

    For anyone who wants something to watch --> fmoviesz.to/tv/crash-landing-on-you-jp1jy/1-1

    (Share your fav KDramas too!)

    Rediphile ,

    You can also torrent all movies. That way if you want to watch it again later on you don’t need to download the whole thing again like you would with streaming. Streaming is really just downloading without saving.

    chitak166 ,

    Absolutely. The problem with torrenting is that it is less-accessible to laymen.

    They need a VPN to torrent safely, which immediately cuts out most of them. They also need storage, which many of them do not know how to manage.

    Kbobabob ,

    You don’t really need that much storage to stream torrents.

    chitak166 ,

    Downloading entire seasons of shows? Yes you do, especially if you want to watch whatever you want whenever you want like with free streaming sites.

    You need to keep the layman’s perspective in mind if you want to appeal to them.

    Reverendender ,

    As soon as I saw this I cancelled immediately. I’ve been a member since, um, ever?

    SaltySalamander ,
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    My Prime membership is up in March. I've already decided to not renew it, since they decided to cancel The Peripheral. Had I not already made that decision, this change would have made it for me anyway.

    XanXic ,

    And this is how I found out The Peripheral was cancelled 😭

    Stay strong

    mob ,

    Yeah wtf. I was looking forward to season 2

    KevonLooney ,

    I also cancelled, mainly because “prime” shipping is meaningless now. But the addition of ads is the cherry on top.

    Merlin404 ,

    How about i stop paying? Then what lol

    Kbobabob ,

    I guess they just cry

    Merlin404 ,

    True, but somewhere there most be a line, and from what ive read, more and more are closing in on that

    TwilightVulpine ,

    It’s not even necessarily a matter of principles, but as everything becomes more expensive people just won’t have the money to keep paying. If they think this can go forever they are mad.

    Merlin404 ,

    I think most companies think short term, why else would they do this? Or are they thinking that people would bend over and just take it, or both

    morph3ous , (edited )

    Amazon has been progressively getting worse and worse. I was not a member of Prime for the video. It was a nice perk.

    The combination of Amazon making it hard to search for things to buy, the huge amount of low quality crap for sale with confusing descriptions, and this most recent change of putting in place ads if I do not pay an additional fee has led me to cancel my subscription.

    They have taken the enshittification too far. Good bye Amazon. Hello Home Depot, Target, et al.

    Got_Bent ,

    I did a review on Amazon yesterday that said I was shocked to receive a quality product because everything on modem Amazon is post war recycled tin toy quality.

    They have not approved my review.

    353247532631 ,

    Sadly, both Home Depot and Target have “marketplaced” their online stores as well, so you have to sort through the garbage just like Amazon.

    KISSmyOS ,

    I’ve pretty much stopped buying stuff online, except from small brick-and-mortar stores who have their own independent online store.

    Chetzemoka ,

    Select the “available for local pickup” option to weed out all the trash. Even if you’re buying to be shipped.

    ForeGone ,

    Remember the times when we paid for such a service to get rid of ads? By now I cancelled my prime membership.

    BoastfulDaedra ,

    FFS, at least give me some quality programming for once.

    Smacks ,
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    Amazon has turned to utter shit these days. They’ve been requiring you to show your ID to get a refund. Getting asked by some Indian dude who I can barely understand a picture of my government issued ID sure doesn’t feel comforting.

    StorageAware ,

    Even though I don’t have Prime, Amazon’s moves are making other sites more attractive. Walmart has been pretty good recently, offering 2-3 day shipping at no additional cost in my experience, along with a better app UI/UX. Now that Amazon has upped the minimum for free shipping, the only edge it holds over Walmart is the wider selection.

    FauxPseudo ,
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    Amazon Prime Podcasts wants you to know that ads are bad and they offer them as free*. But here they are talking out the other side of their bean counters saying that ads aren’t a problem.

    • The fast talking at the end of the ad says “some podcasts may contain ads.”
    nilloc ,

    Just before our yearly subscription ends. I’m busy ripping and saving what we like for the next month and finally canceling prime this year, this is just the added motivation to remember how much it sucks.

    Zaphod ,

    If the price was slightly higher and it’d remove ads on twitch, I might buy it

    linearchaos , (edited )
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    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.

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