• darthsid@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Why is it that these fucks get to increase their price and just to offer shittier service but if I want a raise at my job I’ve got to go above and beyond?

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    27 days ago

    [When launched] Prime Video with ads was given a “very light ad load,” providing subscribers “gentle entry into advertising that has exceeded customers expectations in terms of what the ad experience would be like." The executive pointed out that Prime Video with ads doesn’t show commercials in the middle of content. That could change next year.

    Planned enshittification a la boiling frogs.

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      27 days ago

      I’ll just pirate their shit. I’ll pirate it so hard and I’ll do it with both middle fingers in the air. But not literally, I would definitely need both hands to pirate their content.

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      26 days ago

      The executive pointed out that Prime Video with ads doesn’t show commercials in the middle of Content

      That’s a blatant lie, it definitely does.

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      27 days ago

      So are executives born with an asshole where their mouth belongs or do they surgically put it on when you get the gig?

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      The executive pointed out that Prime Video with ads doesn’t show commercials in the middle of content. That could change next year.

      So regular TV is designed around the ads.

      Cliff hangers before ads are done not only for the story, but to keep you there through the ad to get the outcome to the cliffhanger.

      That partially went away with the no ad streaming.

      Now that shitty behavior is going to come back.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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        26 days ago

        Now that shitty behavior is going to come back.

        Of course not. Streaming sites are far too lazy for that. They’ll just cram the commercial into the middle of the show with no regard for the story. It’s the only way they’ll be able to put ads in the middle of shows not made to have ads.

    • FarceOfWill@infosec.pub
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      27 days ago

      Light my arse, from the start they’ve interrupted with adverts for their own crap making it barely tolerable. Even on the adfree tier.

      Canceled and no intention of ever going back. Measuring your ad load by American standards doesn’t work when your competition is netflix and iPlayer.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      I’m not even sure it encourages piracy. That would assume amazon has content people want to watch.

      Name an amazon show…

      See? You can’t do it. Nobody can! It’s like trying to name lost media from the silent movie generation. Nobody would know what you were talking about if you did name one.

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        27 days ago

        The Boys, Fallout, Invincible, Good Omens. These were all good shows, though the Boys is kinda wearing thin and I’m glad it’s ending next season.

        Haven’t seen em, but Jack Ryan, Reacher, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Marvelous Ms. Maisel…all these seem to have done extremely well and been popular.

        Sure they have their absolute disasters like the Rings of Power too, but it’s not like they’re on the same level of quality as like the freevee’s and roku original shows.

      • Obinice@lemmy.world
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        27 days ago

        American Gods, Rings of Power, Good Omens, the Expanse, Man in the high castle, the Last of us, etc etc.

        It’s not always as good of a selection as other services, but it’s got a fair few gems on there and a good amount of back catalogue films and tv shows that are fab :-)

        And the fact that they collect so much stuff that would otherwise not be available at all (usually because its only on some random foreign streaming service and refuses to work with netflix) is where they really shine.

        That said, I immediately stopped using it when they brought adverts in to the paid subscription. I’m not paying to watch adverts, sorry, no.

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          27 days ago

          It still boggles my mind how paying for ads became acceptable. Not only is the company making money from the advertisers for the ad space, they now get to make money off the population for viewing the ads. This is a crazy world we live in.

      • brrt@sh.itjust.works
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        27 days ago

        Amazon as a company sucks enough on its own. No need to make shit up.

        See? You can’t do it.

        I can. I can even name multiple really good shows. But you don’t want to hear them. You want to fabricate a narrative.

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        27 days ago

        What shall we do with an ad filled service? What shall we do with an ad filled service? What shall we do with an ad filled service? Before we go crazy!

        Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Before we go crazy!

        Cancel our subscription with greatest haste now! Cancel our subscription with greatest haste now! Cancel our subscription with greatest haste now! Before we go crazy!

        Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Before we go crazy!

        Search for the show on pirate websites! Search for the show on pirate websites! Search for the show on pirate websites! Before we go crazy!

        Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Ahoy the season is starting! Before we go crazy!

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    27 days ago

    That’s okay, I’ll ramp up my piracy of Amazon-exclusive shows in 2025 too.

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        27 days ago

        The Boys, Fallout, Vox Machina, Invincible? Although most aren’t directly produced by Amazon itself. The Expanse if we want to count the hosting and the fact that it still got cancelled.

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    26 days ago

    I want to congratulate streaming services. They got me off torrenting for a decade but multiplication, price hike and general enshitification has gotten me to install an *arr stack. My only media subscription now is $5 a month for a VPN.

    So congrats guys, you’ve become the new cable and we’ve come full circle 👍.

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    26 days ago

    Stop, stop, I already decided to never buy anything off Amazon ever again, you don’t have to convince me further.

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    27 days ago

    Just in time for me to have already cancelled my Prime membership last month. I’ve also not purchased from Amazon at all since then. Plan working as intended?!

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      When they announced the ads it was just the incentive I needed to quit Prime totally. I don’t miss it. I already was wary of buying from Amazon due to the sketchy sellers and fake products, so I’m glad buying my stuff elsewhere except when I can’t find something somewhere else, which has been rare.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      I do have a prime account as do use Amazon, but we haven’t watched a second of prime TV since they put ads in the included video subscription.

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    26 days ago

    I canceled prime as soon as they introduced ads into prime video. You should do the same.

    You’ll be less tempted to buy shit from them as an added benefit!

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      I know it’s only fractionally better, but I’ve started using AliExpress more for shit that I’d buy on Amazon in the past. Delivery takes a couple of weeks, but that’s had the added bonus of making think about how much I really need the thing I’m ordering.

      But yeah, we canceled Prime when they added adverts. We didn’t really watch much on there, but it gave us the bump we needed to stop giving Amazon £10 a month, even if we didn’t order anything.

  • celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    27 days ago

    Attention subscribers! We will be making your experience worse going forward! We’re not even going to soften our language to make it seem like we’re doing you a favor! More ads for everyone!

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    27 days ago

    Looks like I cancelled at the right time. They seem to forget that we in fact do have a choice at the end of the day. And my choice is to sail the high seas.