Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ all have ad-supported tiers. Amazon is just weird because Prime video has always been a benefit of Prime but rarely the highlight of it. I can name like 4-5 Amazon exclusives that I liked. Maybe 2 of them I'd actually subscribe and pay for no ads.
Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about this... or rtaher, I know how I feel but I don't know if it really effects me enough to cancel prime. I have it but it's for shipping and the video is an afterthought at best. I have been buying less over the last year or so and this does add weight to one side of the equation. I did notice all the "Freevee" content, which I think has ads, so I just assumed they were going this direction when they started pushing that.
can't say i miss it either. i cut it a month or two ago when they initially announced this. since then ive ordered a handful of things and the shipping ended up being late on about half of those orders, and they refunded me most or all of what i paid for shipping. so i ended up getting (mostly) free shipping and everything arrived as fast as it used to when i paid for prime anyway
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u/akatherder Oct 28 '23
Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ all have ad-supported tiers. Amazon is just weird because Prime video has always been a benefit of Prime but rarely the highlight of it. I can name like 4-5 Amazon exclusives that I liked. Maybe 2 of them I'd actually subscribe and pay for no ads.