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[–] yads@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And the enshitification of the internet continues

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

For real...

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

That's one way to get me to spend zero dollars per month on Amazon Prime.

[–] UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

seems like I will no longer be paying for prime. that's honestly the reason I started in the first place, shipping was secondary to me.

[–] swan_pr@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

Same, and I also like the channels subscriptions so everything is in one place. But I also pirate a lot so I guess I'll have to do it even more!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Not this Canadian because I'm cancelling. There's not much worth watching on there anyhow. Not enough to tolerate commercials.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have this service and never use it, instead pirating the material they have for a much enhanced viewing experience. I love irony.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Piracy gets you a higher media quality, gives you more options for playback, doesn't require an constant internet connection and gives you permanent access. Why would I pay for a worse experience?

edit: I'd like to add that I would gladly pay higher than DVD/Bluray prices to get DRM free media from the original publisher.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Exactly right.

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Preach it brother. I setup a 30TB Plex server with all the Arr's and couldn't be happier.

Even if my internet drops, I can still watch everything I have.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

How can I see commercials on Amazon Prime Video if I don't subscribe to Amazon Prime Video?

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

all of them? what if they dont use amazon prime? those poor people!

[–] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Why would they not use prime? They are all owned by Amazon after all!

[–] MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

Phew! I was going to forget to cancel my prime subscription since the holiday season has come to an end.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

For the last year, the number of worthwhile movies that I can watch on Amazon vs. through a paid subscription to someone else on Amazon has been steadily decreasing. Honestly, they've been getting scummier for five years. This may be the cancellation of my Prime service.

[–] foo@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

In the Prime app, you can see how much you've saved with Prime over the last year... Looks like it will be cheaper for me to just cancel outright.

[–] foo@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Oh.

I misinterpreted this, thinking it was showing me savings on shipping and such.

Instead, I think it's referring specifically to savings on purchases that were Prime Exclusive Deals or maybe Prime Early Access.

Apologies for the wild goose chase.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Adam Conover did a great video about "Free shipping" is a scam and actually ends up costing you more overall. Ultimately the companies are using the same logistics companies you could with no special discounts, and in order to make a profit pocket the excess. Which isn't as bad as the alternative what is happened with insurance where the cost of everything ballooned to obscene extents even if you had a plan, then once they were too big to fail insurance companies just stopped paying out leaving you in a smoldering crater of the full hyperinflated price.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where do you find this in the app? I found a tally for what prime services I’d used, but no savings total yet….

[–] foo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

In the app open your profile (1) and then your account (2):

Then scroll down to Account Settings to (3) Manage Prime Membership:

And scroll down to (4) Your Prime deals and discount savings:

This is what it looks like for me:

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interesting; I don’t have that last bit; just a list of how many of each service I’ve used, which you don’t seem to have.

[–] foo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see those too if I scroll down further. I'm using this version on Pixel 5 with Android 14.

Amazon App Version 26.23.4.100 Build 18.0.336079.0

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I’m using the iOS version. Shouldn’t be a difference as it’s only a webpage, so it’s likely an account difference of some sort.

[–] bravemonkey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe they only show the ‘savings’ when there’s data to show. I don’t see that either. Time for me to cancel too

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Interesting! I can't find that on the mobile site, maybe I'll find it in the desktop version....

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Just out of curiousity, is there an Amazon competitor for online shopping? I mostly use eBay and AliExpress for tech stuff, but the $3/month grab after spending $120/year on Prime is just bullshit.

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Somehow I'm already seeing ads on Prime. Must be some channel my wife subscribed us to?

[–] Crankpork@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've been catching up on Doctor Who and the ads at the beginning of episodes were skippable last week, but today they're not, and the ads they're talking about in this article don't even start until the end of January, so it's likely to just get worse.

I won't know though, cancelled my account this evening.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Weird; I’ve been doing the same with no ads. Maybe because I’m using uBlock Origin?

[–] iegod@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Yarrr. I think not.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

The next ten years are all going to be about migrating users to the ad supported teir. That's where the real money is.