Technology

59596 readers

4792 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

928

Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

250 comments fedilink hide all child comments

As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.

(page 4) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did they make a deal with VLC player?

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Did everyone not just pirate this series? It seems like Game of Thrones level pirate content, who would pay for that.

[–] iegod@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

https://i.imgur.com/3EQnww7.jpeg

Mmhmmm.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.run 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

If I'm being honest, I can handle an ad in my pause menu as long as it doesn't interfere with the rest of operating the device. If I can unpause and reach the closed captioning or audio menu, fine, whatever. What really gets my goat is pre-roll and mid-roll ads. Can't stand them.

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] dorumon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah I already know about this. Also as a long time prime subscriber we have had ads longer than you'd expect. It first started as ads for Amazon products and also previews for other Amazon shows. It doesn't surprise me that there are pause screen ads now like other streaming services.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

im pretty sure I have already seen this.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Amazon Prime is absolute dogshit anyway. Fallout wasn’t even that good, I don’t know why it got such a warm reception. Probably because people had such low hopes for it. Rings of Power was a billion dollar investment and only 30% of people finished the whole series.

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

Let's be honest, one of the main pulls of that show is the main character is an attractive woman. I haven't seen the show, but I've seen the oogling over her.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I had forgotten all about the Rings of Power. Never saw it. Loved listening to the super fans talk about it. Wasn't generally received well at all

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments