The only reason I used prime video was because it came with prime. I’m just going to stop using it altogether if there’s ads
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I’m probably just going to cancel prime. It’s only gotten worse and worse. I can wait a week for shipping
I think Prime is up to $140 a year now. They used to promise 2 day delivery, but that is now 2 day shipping, and delays prior to shipment aren't counted. We are not renewing when it comes up later this month. It's no longer worth it.
I like the same day delivery stuff. A lot of their catalog gets to me in a couple hours if my cart is over $25
Honestly, that’s the only thing keeping me paying for prime. Most of the shit in their catalog comes in less than a week without prime. But if I need something today, Prime is cheaper than a lot of the competing same-day delivery services.
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I swear the actual gain from prime is virtually indecipherable. The less you understand it, the less you can actually complain about what you are paying for.
It also does not boost my confidence when they use deceptive patterns to sneak you back into prime, or keep you from leaving.
The average person doesn't give a hoot though, and will get actively upset at you for pointing out deceptive patterns when it's a brand they use, so I we can probably expect things to get worse whenever physically possible.
I have appreciated Amazon’s tactics in trying to get me back to subscribing to audible. I’ve gotten 4 books this year for free, I just set a reminder to cancel the sub once the free month is almost over.
Fun fact. If your cancel prime and dont order that frequently they will offer a month free over and over no matter how times they've given you free months. Then i do a whole buncha ordering in that one month and cancel prime. Free prime forever.
Sounds like what they do with my audible account, nice
We cancelled back in 2022. It was noticable for about a month, then we got used to buying much less and going to a store for what we needed. I feel better about buying directly from a company's site when I need to get their product online and most places offer free shipping anyway.
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“Amazon gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2023 was $244.974B, a 18.22% increase year-over-year.”
“Amazon operating income for the twelve months ending June 30, 2023 was $17.717B, a 15.81% increase year-over-year.”
Poor company. I can see how they have been forced to do this as a last resort effort to salvage their struggling corporation.
Amazon enshitification continues. The 2 day prime shipping expectation is already decaying, and now this.
Amazon is actually phasing out 2 day delivery because of too high order volume I am delivery driver for them.
Interesting inside scoop, thank you. I look forward to them reducing the prime annual fee accordingly! ;-)
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in Bird Culture this is considered a dick move
In dick culture this is considered a Richard move.
Cool, early next year I'll ditch Prime.
EDIT: Nvm, just cancelled. Amazon is pretty terrible.
Thats a funny way to say amazon are raising the cost by 2.99 per momth.
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Hope it was worth the 0.005 cents you made per video to lose all those subscribers.
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Just cancelled my prime membership because of this, I encourage all of you to do the same.
I use prime mainly for Prime gaming, which gives me my money back.
I use it for shopping. I live in the country side, not a lot of options around here, and in a country where the concept of free shipping does not exist. So Prime saves me a lot. I barely use prime video though...
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So the $140/year subscription they're already collecting isn't enough for them?
I guess this is as good a reminder as any to look at what I'm actually using Prime for these days.
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It's about time to cancel Prime and greedy Bezos anyway
Amazon is just barely holding on in my streaming stable, this will be enough to push it out.
Lol its trillion dollar company. What they are doing is a tactic to check if consumers will leave their streaming service. They know few people will leave but they don't care however most people won't and will be paying more that usual.
The old Microsoft approach, slowly make it shitter, then charge you (make you upgrade) to remove the shit we've snuck in.
Except you can’t buy a version of Windows that isn’t shit.
Fuck right off. Makes me want to break shit.
I will be cancelling my subscription the first time I see an ad.
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Need to pay $2.99 + subscription to remove ads?WTF
I guess being a trillion dollar company isn't enough for them, you see. It has to go into quintillion, and then into infinity profits. And also poor Amazon is so poor they can't provide the user free grocery delivery, UPS pick up anymore, or even Prime video.
On one hand, it is quite cheap but on the other hand their catalog is very bad. I wonder how long will these streaming services survive before they go all the way through the enshittification and kill themselves.
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So glad I canceled prime about 9 months ago at our annual renewal. Turns out, packages arrive within a couple days regardless. It’ll say Thur but arrive Tue, consistently.
Prime Video, I don’t miss it at all.
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I was looking for a reason to cancel, thanks.
Isn't there already a monthly charge on Amazon prime?
Amazon Prime is a yearly subscription that gets you discounts on on shipping on stuff you order from Amazon... and gets you access to Prime Video.
It doesn't seem clear from the article whether the ads or 2.99 fee will get someone access to the streaming service without having the Prime shipping service. Probably not, since disentangling these services would be good, and Amazon only does evil things.
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I'm dodging all of Amazon Prime for free right now
So glad I didn't renew my prime subscription this year. I could smell this turd coming from down the road.
It must be "squeeze more money out of Prime Video" month at Amazon.
Most people will not care enough to cancel or stop watching if the service deteriorates a bit. Those who do will pay $3.
Those who won't do either, well, there are alternatives.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions.
Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company said Friday.
Disney will begin charging $13.99 a month in the U.S. for ad-free Disney+ in mid-October, 75% more than the ad-supported service.
Ads in Prime Video content will start in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada in early 2024, followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the year.
For U.S. users, Amazon said it will send out an email to Prime members several weeks before ads are introduced into its programs with information on how to sign up for the ad-free option if they choose to do so.
Members also get free shipping for goods bought on Amazon.com, groceries, online music and more.
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May be worth the 3 bucks if the freevee stuff is ad free too then. Otherwise they can go f themselves.
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