I'll be quitting after my wife finishes her series. I had noticed it is getting worse. Plus, unless I screwed up somehow, that $2.99 no-adverts charge appeared without any action on our part. We cancelled and went back to the cheaper version. It really bugs me that a company making money hand over fist finds it necessary to fuck their customers over unless they pay even more.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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Amazon seems to randomly start subscriptions. And then you think you’re crazy and did something stupid but I’m pretty sure they’re just evil. I have been subscribed to Audible multiple times and I have never listened to an audiobook in my life.
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+100% ads --> -100% amazon purchases
that's why I stopped watching prime video movies
Gotta pay for all those crappy movies they make starring Dwayne Johnson.
It's crazy how much money that cunt makes for the shittiest movies imaginable. Somehow people like that guy too.
He's made some genuinely good stuff though, Jumanji was far better than I ever expected.
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Dwayne Johnson playing the same character in all his movies. Acting range = 0.
Nice I love it. We didn't stop ads years ago. Content creators deserve to be paid right guys. Right!!
Maybe the next Internet we can be more proactive. Whenever that is
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I noticed paramount+ was included in a subscription service my wife has. I setup an account, loaded the app found a show to watch. Made it threw 3 episodes decided to pirate the show instead because the commercials were to annoying.
Still less than cable/broadcast which runs fifteen to twenty minutes of ads per hour. Given time, I’m sure streaming will catch up.
Just a matter of time until you can't chose what to watch on the lowest tier, you have to follow their playlist of what you should watch.
And we have come full circle back to broadcast TV
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Hoist the main sales, me maties!