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Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th

gizmodo.com Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th

The subscription streaming model is officially dead, as the five largest streaming services all have ads now.

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Thats the end of me watching it then. Fuck paying for a sub and still having ads shoved in my face. Fuck paying for anything and having it advertise at me.
- not to mention that half the screen is taken up by shows you need to pay for seperately anyway.
The enshittification will continue until morale improves
I got Prime for the shipping, so I won't cancel. If there is anything I really want to watch...🏴‍☠️
- Yeah it's a weird position to be in. I'll be paying for the service but pirating the few shows I watch.
  
  Probably more common than you might think
  
  I'm planning to do the same thing with Paramount+ (got it free with Walmart+)
- They’re getting your money anyway and you aren’t putting any load on their servers. I don’t think they mind.
  
  Yeah, that was the point. The service I signed up for remains unchanged and I am still pleased with it. Prime Video was originally a quirky perk full of awful low budget content. If there is anything I like, I will pirate anyway because streaming services cannot be trusted to keep content available. So ultimately nothing has changed for myself or Amazon.
  
  Other than The Boys and Wheel of Time, is there anything else worth watching on Prime?
  
  PS: Never "buy" digital content with DRM. Buy physical media of the stuff you love. It supports the creators and it safeguards your purchase.
Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free.
Believe it or not, straight to cancellation
this story inspired me to create my own home server for yohoho as my nye resolution
- It's pretty straightforward after you wrap your head around how it works!
  
  For video, Jellyfin is a fantastic FOS sotware: very user friendly, simple, and does what you need. Downside is it's not available natively on all OSs (Samsung's Tizen stands out..). Plex is free and works well too, but you'll need to navigate some bloatware. It's available almost everywhere though.
Have already canceled last month
I assume these will be as carefully and expertly placed as YouTube ads.
More people need to cancel their subscription. (They most likely won't though) I am tired of corporations getting away with charging for ads. Not a trend that should ever have been allowed, imo.
- I might cancel. The main reason we got it in the first place was for Amazon Fresh during the worst of covid.
  
  I chose to cancel a while back. I stopped using prime video, (really didn't like prime original ads at the start of everything), and usually didnt order enough to warrant the cost for free shipping. Especially since it would take a week or more before delivery.
They must want people to cancel, because this is how you get people to cancel. I’m using Amazon less for shipping, there’s so many knockoffs these days, I’m not interested in returns.
The race to the bottom continues
Or pay the $2.99 extra for commercial free.
- No.
  
  Yeah, your call. I'm very willing to pay a monthly fee to not have commercials. Whether Prime video is worth it in general is another question...
- Oh, it's a one-time fee?
  
  Doubt it. I assume it's a monthly premium.
- How much are decent VPNs these days?
  
  Mullivad is cheap and actually works. Nord sucks, PIA was bought out by an Israeli "ex" spyware company years ago, the rest idk about.
Time to find a good seed for The Expanse.

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