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Amazon Prime Video won't offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported plan | The company is now facing a lawsuit over its decision to charge $3 more for ad-free viewing. (www.engadget.com)

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Amazon Prime Video won't offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported plan | The company is now facing a lawsuit over its decision to charge $3 more for ad-free viewing.::Amazon isn't only interrupting its Prime Video subscribers' viewing experience with ads -- it's also removing their access to Dolby Vision and Atmos unless they pay $3 a month on top of their subscription fees.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just cancelled my prime subscription today. It was set to renew on Friday. I've been with prime for close to 10 years.

I don't see any value. The price has nearly doubled since originally signing up. The free two day shipping was nice but more and more 2 days is 3-4 and I can get free shipping anyway on any order over $35 without prime so I'll just build up my cart and be patient or order from another place.

The video content was nice but they're fucking joking if they think I'm going to watch ads or pay $3 more per month to not have ads. I can easily pirate most content including live sports and they're making it far less convenient to be part of their ecosystem.

I get my books from the library and store my photos locally.

The literal only downside i see is my buddy won't get his twitch prime subscription from me every month so I guess I'm costing him like $2/month but he's got several hundred so he'll do without.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Same, just cancelled today, as well. I don't buy nearly enough stuff on Amazon anymore to justify the free shipping, the prime video app is fine enough, but if I have to pay more for HDR/surround, well the line has to be drawn somewhere.