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  • Amazon Prime video will show adverts

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 27 01:16:02 2023
    From the «but not to me cuz I'm dropping it like a bag of feces» department: Feed: Hacker News
    Title: Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads on January 29
    Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 19:11:59 -0500
    Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/26/24015595/amazon-prime-video-ads-coming-january-29

    Comments[1]

    Links:
    [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38777516 (link)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Tue Dec 26 20:19:25 2023
    On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 01:16:02 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads on January 29

    This ad business really sucks....on web browsers, like Opera/Chrome on
    various sites, its in your face advertising at top, bottom, and sides.

    I seriously doubt these adverts motivate people to buy, buy, & buy the
    products shown.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Dec 28 16:43:35 2023
    On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 20:19:25 -0600
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 01:16:02 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads on January 29

    This ad business really sucks....on web browsers, like Opera/Chrome on various sites, its in your face advertising at top, bottom, and sides.

    I seriously doubt these adverts motivate people to buy, buy, & buy the products shown.

    I just got an email from Amazon alerting me as a customer. Huge pitch:
    "Prime delivers compelling value, blah blah blah." Two options:
    $3/month more for an ad-free version, or do nothing, and enjoy ads for
    the current price. Apparently this is "necessary so Amazon can invest
    in new content" blah blah blah. There's a third option of course, flip
    Jeff "BellEnd" Bezos the Bird and leave the platform, while he enjoys
    blasting off into space on his penis-shaped rocket ship while his
    hottie latina trophy wife smiles at him from below.

    Wikipedia Foundation, who is also sitting on a huge pile of cash, is
    also suddenly desperate that I pay them. (And I probably would, if
    they weren't already pretty cash-rich).

    Pity thee poor, struggling, billionaire platforms. And me here trying
    to pay the bills and clock in a regular paycheck.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Fri Dec 29 09:51:17 2023
    Retrograde wrote:

    I just got an email from Amazon alerting me as a customer. Huge
    pitch: "Prime delivers compelling value, blah blah blah." Two
    options: $3/month more for an ad-free version, or do nothing, and
    enjoy ads for the current price. Apparently this is "necessary so
    Amazon can invest in new content" blah blah blah.

    I think adverts on a paid streaming service are a bad idea and
    hopefully people vote with their wallets and cancel their
    subscriptions. I have cancelled my Disney+ because of the adverts and
    Amazon Prime will be next. (Especially as all my Christmas deliveries
    are in!) Nobody wants to see adverts and if you are paying a monthly subscription you shouldn't have to.

    There are too many streaming service competing with each other and
    paying extra for the no ads plans makes most of those services poor
    value for money now.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to blueshirt@indigo.news on Fri Dec 29 13:09:44 2023
    On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 09:51:17 +0100, "Blueshirt"
    <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I think adverts on a paid streaming service are a bad idea

    Years ago, forums attempted to generate revenue via ads, and if a
    person gave the site owner some $$, then no ads in your face. But
    using an ad-blocker took care of this ad problem.

    I have no idea if these forum owners made much, but the video
    streaming services who do it are doing the "me too" gambit.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Dec 29 12:56:28 2023
    On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 01:16:02 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads on January 29


    Amazon already has a colossal ads business and will extend it to Prime
    Video in January

    E-tail giant seeks profitability for its vid-streaming service and a
    classic Big Tech dominance play

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/29/amazon_prime_video_ads_coming/

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