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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 200 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

Yo ho yo ho.

I don't understand how people paying for prime can stand that crappy prime video UI anyway.

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 142 points 11 months ago (13 children)
  1. it's basically fine and unoffensive ui to 99.9% of people
  2. people see it as functionally free because they bought prime for free delivery
  3. People don't know how to pirate
[–] rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm deep into the seven seas but I still use prime because a family member pays for it. Its a decent enough ui and has some live stuff I can throw on to keep kids entertained. However, I've already added the shows I watch on prime to my jellyfin server just because this change is going to make me not want to use it anymore.

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[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Yep. I don’t consider it as a valuable streaming platform. If they removed it from the general prime I would not buy it separately.

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[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The player interface is excellent. Being able to see who the actors are in each scene is one of my favorite UI features.

I agree that finding a thing you want to watch is meh at best. Especially because they mix in rentals, purchasable content, and prime content all in the home interface window.

That said, yo ho matey.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, X-ray is a fantastic feature. I have to give them that. The rest of it is trash.

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[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 134 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The moment each show got a pre-reel for another Amazon show this was clearly the path they where taking.

Already cancelled a good 6 months ago.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 40 points 11 months ago

Yeah, Prime Video already has commercials.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

Yeah I thought that was a pretty obvious attempt to ease people into it. So this news doesn't come as a shock. If anything I'm surprised it took this long.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 115 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

“We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership,”

The double-speak is relatively subtle, but it's always interesting to see how much work they put into gaslighting their customers:

  • "No action is required from you..." - yes, Amazon hopes we do nothing, but Amazon unilaterally changed the assumptions underlying agreement, so "no action" is an acquiescence to a materially worse reality for us and a better one for Amazon.
  • "...there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership" - yes, no additional dollars are required because Amazon is now selling our time and attention, but that is still a new "fee" we are paying.

Pretty gross, Amazon.

[–] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 57 points 11 months ago (6 children)

The enshittification will continue until profit margins improve

[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Enshitification won't stop until the frogs realize that they are being boiled to death and jump out of the pot.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's like a second golden age of internet piracy, and it's happening because streaming over saturated itself just like cable lmao

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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago (9 children)

streaming has absolutely no future. if they keep pulling shit like this it's going to decline even faster. i suppose it's more about sucking off advertisers than it is pleasing customers, too....if you're going to fail anyway why can't you at least make a positive difference in the world?

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[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

The mods removed my comment with a link to a great free streaming site with the reason "don't link directly to pirated content." (great censorship!)

I don't see that in the rules, so I guess it's one of those "mystery" rules they can just make up on the spot.

Anyways, you can find free streaming sites here: https://rentry.co/megathread-movies-and-tv#streaming

I recommend using fmovies. Make sure you have Adnauseam or uBlock Origin installed.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gotta love phantom rules, just make it up as you go along.

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[–] t0m5k1@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago

oooh yay more content to collect from torrents. Bye Bye Prime.

[–] cybermass@lemmy.ca 40 points 11 months ago
[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, streaming services are losing the plot. I'm good lol.

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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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[–] catbaba@lemmus.org 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Pirate services are cheaper and have better apps

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have Prime and have never actually used it. I still watch Amazon shows, but I'll be fucked if I use their shit interface or expose myself to their datamining to do it. Let alone watch fucking ads.

Piracy is a UX issue.

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[–] Dentarthurdent@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for reminding me to cancel my prime.

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[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Guess I’ll just start downloading that content too because I’m not paying you more for the same shit. I’d get rid of it altogether if it wasn’t just included as part of prime in general.

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[–] ForeGone@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Remember the times when we paid for such a service to get rid of ads? By now I cancelled my prime membership.

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If there are commercials, why should someone need an Amazon Prime membership at all? It becomes just like broadcast TV then, and they should just allow anyone to watch to maximize revenue. They have all this AWS infrastructure to deliver video, why not maximize the use of it?

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wish delivery / video was separate because I'd cancel immediately.

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[–] BromSwolligans@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nice to know I can finally cancel Prime though. The entire value proposition has now gone. Free shipping is hugely conditional (and prices are artificially jacked to cover it in the first place), and now they want to put the worst thing on the internet (ads) into the only component of Prime I still sorta kinda use sometimes. I'd rather keep the $140 a year or whatever.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

Oh look. Another reason for piracy.

[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

Amazon has turned to utter shit these days. They've been requiring you to show your ID to get a refund. Getting asked by some Indian dude who I can barely understand a picture of my government issued ID sure doesn't feel comforting.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 26 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I don’t use Amazon much anymore anyway, because the products are overwhelmed with cheap, poor quality trash you couldn’t peddle on alibaba and completely worthless, largely faked reviews and ratings. I order once or twice a year some replacement cable or adapter I can’t find anywhere else reasonably quick, but that’s pretty much it, so canceling over this ad bullshit doesn’t really hurt me much.

Next on the list is my Netflix sub, which I largely use just for oldtrek reruns as second screen background noise while I use my computer. I could probably, uh, procure those shows fairly easy, or splurge on a collectors edition and would still save money.

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[–] books@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Can I just get free shipping and opt out of video?

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[–] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What a bunch of cunts. FFS, it is never enough. Their return policy sucks now, too. It used to be that if Amazon fucked up your order, they'd refund you and you could keep the product. It made ordering online a relatively risk-free proposition. Now, they won't refund you until you ship it back, even if it is their fuck up, which really kills the convenience factor. Plus, you get to over-pay for most things. What's not to love?

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[–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Amazon wants us to learn how to safely pirate? We'll ok if that's what they want.

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (4 children)
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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Enshitification continues to march ever boldly onward.

[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

Hoist the sails.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Yarrr, this be some bullshit.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s a good thing I recently switched to piracy.

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

You guys should have the same reaction to all bad software news. It would be consistent.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Looks like I'm cancelling.

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[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

time to stop paying for that shit

[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My Prime membership is up in March. I've already decided to not renew it, since they decided to cancel The Peripheral. Had I not already made that decision, this change would have made it for me anyway.

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[–] Resol@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Hmm, I wonder why they don't make the ad-supported version free like, uh I dunno, Spotify, or YouTube

Oh, "Lemmy" guess, greed, isn't it?

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[–] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Thankfully, much of Amazons content shows up on Usenet so I can just download the ad-free versions there and then watch it.

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