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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free
(www.theverge.com)
In a word: yarrrrr
this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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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.
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Are there any videos/guides to set up a Usenet for dummies? Asking for a friend of mine.
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Capitalism marches onward.
The shitshow of video streaming continues!
Other than Good Omens, and Grand Tour I guess, what's even on Prime Video that's not elsewhere?
The Boys, The Expanse (last 3 seasons), Wheel of Time and Rings of Power are all Prime exclusives.
It's mind boggling to see the volume of content Amazon has produced that nobody cares about. Rings of Power was $89 million per episode. Citadel was $42 million per episode. There are solutions other than, "Higher fees".
But Upload and The Boys are pretty good.
“The boys” and a possible “fallout”
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Bummer. Not because of the extra $3, honestly I'll probably just pay it. But because until now Prime programming has been able to operate with a certain freedom. I know 0 people with prime for the video (as opposed to the free delivery) so they were willing to take risks with the shows.
Solos and Tales from the Loop are both amazing works of art that would never have shown up on network TV, or Netflix which would much rather make cheap mass appeal shows with little depth. Even more shows with wider appeal (e.g. The Expanse) might not survive the TV Executive mindset now that they have a reason to care about the number of views as a primary metric, over user happiness.
And honestly, it all baffles me, I will gladly subscribe to a streaming service for one great show. Produce 3 or 4 a year and I'm subscribed for good. If I wanted an endless string of medicore baking reality shows, I'd get cable again.
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Well, they can fuck right off.
FFS, at least give me some quality programming for once.
So for those who don’t know, this happened with cable back in the day. No ads was part of the pitch, then they were slowly introduced, the appeal of the product fell, and, at least in my circles, fewer held on to the product over time.
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Amazon replacements:
- Audiobooks: Libro.fm (no DRM)
- eBooks: eBooks.com (specifically, their DRM-free section)
- Shopping: basically any major online retailer's website
- Electronics: System76 (for gaming machines), ThinkPenguin (for FOSS machines)
- Groceries: your local grocer, lol.
As for video streaming, it's going to take a breakup of the Big Tech monopolies via revival of anti-trust laws to fix that. Hear the first chapter of The Internet Con (skip to 2m5s) by Cory Doctorow for more on that.
I still have prime for the shipping, looks like I'll just be pirating prime video content. Fucking bastard pieces of shit.
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We have prime because we order enough through Amazon that the 'free' shipping we pay for is still a good deal. If I don't watch any Amazon video anymore, that's fine. And I don't plan to if there are commercials.
Yeah, my monthly coffee subscription saves me enough to pay for prime in four months. I don't really use the video service enough to care.
I've already canceled my Amazon prime subscription. I'm just waiting for it to expire in March