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Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (16 children)

I have prime. I torrent their content anyway as they don’t play nice with vpn.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

I've been getting a lot of mileage from this.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Netflix already does this. They all will just copy each other. Eventually ads will come for the top tier levels too. Enough is never quite enough for these people.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (13 children)

I'm proud to say I pirated the fallout show

[–] padge 17 points 6 months ago

I have Prime and still pirated it, because the website and app are such a mess

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Inb4 "the pirates are destroying the industry"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Prime video could absolutely get worse, don't kid yourself.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

I'm surprised they think this is useful... if I've paused a video it's because I'm answering the phone or front door, making a coffee, going for a shit etc... I'm almost never going to see these ads 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wow, what happened to paying for things supporting the product and not needing ads?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're forgetting one important thing - Bezos needs more money! Line must go up. Always. At any cost.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Further justifying my commitment to avoiding Prime at all costs.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

I unsubbed from prime last year once the ads were announced on prime video.

There's no reason to have it anymore imo.

A VPN sub is like $40 a year and that lets me get any media I want.

Free Shipping without prime starts at orders over $35. Who doesn't spend at least $35 in 2024?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’ll stay subbed but I wont be seeing the ads, matey.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Looking more like the right decision i made to drop prime last year

[–] SuperSpruce 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Glad I dropped prime 1.5 years ago. I'll never pay monthly for something with ads. If I pay monthly for software, it better treat me like royalty.

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