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Amazon Prime Video to Feature Ads From January 29, With $2.99 Fee to Avoid Them
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Thanks for speaking for everyone on the forum.
I received the email yesterday. Kinda chuckled while I was reading the text. We don’t make much use of Prime Video, except for a handful of shows, so won’t really impact us too much. I’ll live with the “limited ads” unless they get out of hand if I’m binging a show.
If anything, I’m move peeved that their shipping times have been consistently slipping over the past several years.
If anything, I’m move peeved that their shipping times have been consistently slipping over the past several years.
Know what doesn’t have ads? Piracy.
Streaming services became popular because they were better than broadcast TV (convenience, adverts, cost) but they’re slowly eroding their benefit.
Streaming services became popular because they were better than broadcast TV (convenience, adverts, cost) but they’re slowly eroding their benefit.
What I find more annoying is the rationalization for the price hikes among all online streaming services is to pay for to cover the cost of a bunch of junk I don't watch.
I used to enjoy Apple's commercials back in the day.
The new Caveman Returns ad is pretty funny.
The new Caveman Returns ad is pretty funny.
It's the principal of it though- soon that soft $3 will be $5 and then $9.99 and $19.99
We already had large price increase just to have Amazon Prime (shipping) which also seems to be taking longer now too.
I think the title of this article needs to be rewritten:
IMHO, while I think reporting should only report facts and not editorialize... this is a factual way of stating what amazon is doing.
Amazon Prime Video to Force Ads on Subscribers From January 29, With $2.99 Fee to Avoid Them
IMHO, while I think reporting should only report facts and not editorialize... this is a factual way of stating what amazon is doing.
Yet another reason why https://flixtor.to/home is your friend!
Amazon Prime Video will introduce limited ads to its content starting on January 29, offering an ad-free option for an additional fee.
In an email to subscribers, Amazon confirmed that movies and TV shows on Prime Video will soon feature "limited advertisements" starting on January 29, 2024. The company assured users that Prime Video will have "meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers."
The current price of Amazon Prime subscriptions will not change, but members who prefer to avoid ads can opt for a new ad-free version at an extra cost of $2.99 per month. Amazon's email to subscribers reads:
Amazon already operates Freevee, a free, ad-supported streaming service. Competitor streaming services like Disney+, Hulu, and Netflix have also introduced ad-supported options amid rising subscription costs.
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For a while they had a nice accessible “Free to me” filter. It is either gone or very hidden now.
The issue is the streaming services have discovered that, at least for the moment, advertisers are willing to pay high enough rates that not showing ads loses them more money. So they have been raising the ad-free rates to capture that lost ad revenue.
My guess is Amazon's customer data showed more people would accept the ads than a higher annual fee.
I will likely cancel because Prime overall is no longer of any real value to me as I moved to a location that has no nearby Amazon warehouse so all my packages ship USPS so my average delivery time is 3-4 days (same as not having Prime). I also don't really watch anything on Prime Video so I can sign up ad-free for a month to binge when something does come (provided it is broadcast om 4K Dolby Vision/Atmos).
Cancelled Prime earlier this year. Saw no benefit as most shipping had been pushed out to a week, content on Prime video was subpar and price was increasing. I switched over to Walmart + and although I dont have streaming benefits with it, my credit card pays for it and shipping and delivery options have been wonderful.
Also, Youtube has gotten ridiculous with their ads. VERY ridiculous in terms of length and amount of ads shown. I dont want to pay $14 a month to solely negate that so technically thats on me, but man they have gotten bad.....
The only thing I watch on Prime is The Boys and Gen V, so I can suffer through ads for 8 episodes. PV overall lacks good content imo, so I personally would never pay an additional $3 for it, but that's not the primary reason why I have Prime to begin with so...
Does the forced Apple TV content trailer that comes up randomly while watching Ted Lasso constitute as an advert? I still have the free trial so maybe it’s alright but boy will i be pissed of it’s that way after paying monthly too.
Most new content is not available on DVD or Blu-ray or 4k. But thanks for that amazingly bad advice.
I believe Walmart+ comes with a 1 yr free subs to Paramount+
As for Prime.. I'm genuinely considering cancelling it after over a decade. The 2 day shipping is now anything but..And, they've totally screwed up my reward points ( worth only about $5k
) this holiday season!We don't use their music service, or their book services. And they don't provide the grocery service as part of Prime unless you live in a city. And the 2 day shipping on everything went away, and it's now a week or two on some stuff, unless you live in a city. We rarely use the video service. They're not providing reasons to renew.
This move seems to have been made by people at Amazon who didn't even know that they already had an ad-supported streaming service?
So much of Prime video ends up on FreeVee sooner or later, that if you don't care about watching it right away and waiting a year, won't many just drop Prime rather than paying more?
What percentage of people do they actually expect to either keep Prime and tolerate the ads, or pay more?
This won't affect people who still use Prime mostly for shipping and watch one or two movies or shows a year, but, people who are actually primarily using Prime for Video... who know FreeVee.. exists (unlike some at Amazon apparently) .. surely some (many?) will bail?
Seems like an odd choice?
So much of Prime video ends up on FreeVee sooner or later, that if you don't care about watching it right away and waiting a year, won't many just drop Prime rather than paying more?
What percentage of people do they actually expect to either keep Prime and tolerate the ads, or pay more?
This won't affect people who still use Prime mostly for shipping and watch one or two movies or shows a year, but, people who are actually primarily using Prime for Video... who know FreeVee.. exists (unlike some at Amazon apparently) .. surely some (many?) will bail?
Seems like an odd choice?
Time to cut another cord! This time it’s the Amazon cord. I will NOT pay for any service that forces me to watch ads nor will I pay extra to avoid ads. Lately the Amazon Prime delivery has been less than reliable, customer service is abominable almost nonexistent, and their ad-free offerings suck rocks. Streaming services don’t seem to have learned a thing from the cable TV debacle and I hope they suffer the same fate.
Exactly right. I never use the video part of my Prime membership, so why should I pay for it at all.
exactly! "pay more for more crap content" I make my strategy; I'm subscribing for a month or two and focusing on watching everything is worth on service. Then I switch providers. The only one staying is Apple One because of the music.