• Noved@lemmy.ca
      201·
      11 months ago

      Only thing I can think of is ads during content instead of before?

      Yar har I guess.

      • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
        31·
        11 months ago

        I basically never use Prime Video but if i recall correctly there already is ads before after and inbetween shows.

        • odium@programming.dev
          2·
          11 months ago

          Right now there’s a section in prime video that’s titled free with ads(only if you have prime). After the change, all prime videos will be in that section.

          • ares35@kbin.social
            4·
            11 months ago

            the ‘channels’ you pay extra for now? that’ll probably be up to the individual provider of that programming and their future deals with amazon to be on the platform… but the infrastructure for them to add ads is there.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    9·
    11 months ago

    They increased the price of Prime already to like $160 a year and now they’re adding ads while saying if you don’t want ads you can pay another $2.99?

    • phillaholic@lemm.ee
      8·
      11 months ago

      I Pre-paid for a year of a service that they are now changing a fundamental element of. We should be able to cancel and get a refund of the remaining cost in situations like this.

    • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I got rid of it a few months ago (UK). They no longer guarantee same day or even next day delivery (stuff seems to just arrive whenever). Since I cancelled Prime I’ve placed a couple of Amazon orders and they just didn’t arrive. It was really hard to complain as well, the page was buried down a rabbit hole of links. I’ve decided to stop using them completely now, the quality of stuff on there is terrible.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    11 months ago

    Cool. I thought about getting Prime Video this winter to catch up on some exclusives, but that’s apparently not happening. I’m not paying for ads, and I don’t think I’ll find $3/month increase over current prices worthwhile.

    I bailed at the last price increase (wasn’t watching or ordering much anyway), and this just encourages me to look elsewhere. I guess I’ll go back to buying DVDs…

  • Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    52·
    11 months ago

    I’ll still pay for prime for deliveries, but I’ll stop watching their mediocre streaming service. Ads are viscerally disgusting.

    • phlemmy@lemmy.ml
      3·
      11 months ago

      I suspect the deliveries is bullshit anyways. I cancelled my prime, shipping is still free, but they claim it will be 3-5 days. In reality I get them in 1-2 days anyways.

      • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Eh, I live in a major metropolitan area in the US and it’s fine. Almost everything is same-day or next-day delivery except a 2-day delivery on some coin cell batteries, and I’ve had groceries delivered within 4 hours.

        Prime’s other offerings besides the delivery seem like a half-baked attempt to add value to the cost. I’d rather just pay the $160 and they focus on the delivery side.

        • ares35@kbin.social
          3·
          11 months ago

          i just made an order for something small and lightweight, that is shipped by amazon, is in stock, but won’t be delivered until next thursday—with prime.

      • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        11 months ago

        I had the opposite experience: they gave me a prime trial and my shit still just took 3-5 days so i went back. I suspect it’s more of a fin-dom thing than an actual service.

  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
    42·
    11 months ago

    This is a win win for them. I don’t think anybody has prime for just prime video. It’s just an additional perk. The main perk is the free one day and two day shipping. Even if people stop watching prime video, they’re mostly not going to cancel their prime because there are other perks they use. If they keep the membership but don’t watch prime video, then that is resource savings for Amazon which translates to less operating costs. If they do watch it, that translates to ad revenue. Either way, win win. At this point there is pretty much no reason not to sail the high seas.

  • Sinnerman@kbin.social
    1·
    11 months ago

    It used to be really tough to unsubscribe from Prime, but Amazon was getting sued for that so they made it easier to unsubscribe.