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[Represent.]

This usa only?

Nonsense. You guys have better deals for everything and cheaper prices for everything. 70 dollar games Boohoo. Us canadians been paying 100 for about a decade now.

And dont bother mentioning the exchange rate. No one buys a game in their country and says "oh well this is good value on the dollar "

 

[Walter Matthau]

Say what you want about Apple, but they seem to be the last one holding down the fort for commercial free content in UHD.

 

[mitch1971]

All aboard!!

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Cancelling prime renewal today, fuck this.

 

[gaming_again]

I thought Lower decks was on Paramount?

Maybe it’s in there too, I dunno. It’s deffo on Prime though cos I watched it on there and that’s the only service I’m subscribed to.

 

[BlackTron]

I was a happy Prime customer for over a decade, but recently cancelled. It does suck sometimes because occasionally a good deal will come up that's less than $25, but eh... It's always something I can live without or often buy elsewhere.

Prime Video was shit woke nonsense anyway. Glad I dumped it.

When the woke nonsense strategy doesn't pay off, who should pay for it?

Us, of course.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Nonsense. You guys have better deals for everything and cheaper prices for everything. 70 dollar games Boohoo. Us canadians been paying 100 for about a decade now.

And dont bother mentioning the exchange rate. No one buys a game in their country and says "oh well this is good value on the dollar "

I’m from Soviet canuckistan too.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Nonsense. You guys have better deals for everything and cheaper prices for everything. 70 dollar games Boohoo. Us canadians been paying 100 for about a decade now.

And dont bother mentioning the exchange rate. No one buys a game in their country and says "oh well this is good value on the dollar "

USA is cheap as a whole. And taxes are low too. The avg American should be raking in the bucks assuming they save. You can also deduct mortgage interest on income tax I think. The avg state tax is maybe about 6-7%. In Canada, Alberta is 7% I think and everyone else is around 13-15% for most stuff (some things are tax limited or exempt). Income tax is lower too.

Despites all this, the avg American and Canuck make roughly the same annual wage in their currency (~$55k). Granted one thing Americans pay out of pocket is heaalthcare premiums. Canucks dont as its universal healthcare (for the major stuff covered under the rules). But I dont think those premiums would totally counter the less taxes paid and cheaper absolute price of goods as a whole. Not everything is cheaper though. But it's weird. Something like chips and pop might be similarly priced in each currency. But then TV and electronics and cars have the US price way cheaper.

 

[Amory]

Prime is dangerously close to not being worth it anymore

 

[IntentionalPun]

$3 is nothing.

The service is probably losing billions like most other streaming services.

People whining about greed when companies are losing big on a product cracks me up.

 

[March Climber]

They...kind of already had ads? There were literally 'free with ads' options for certain movies and shows. I guess this just means they will expand it to the whole service?

 

[DeepEnigma]

$3 is nothing.

The service is probably losing billions like most other streaming services.

People whining about greed when companies are losing big on a product cracks me up.

Okay Bezos, step way from the ledge of your superyacht.

 

[AJUMP23]

Doesn’t your prime cost the most too?

I am on the Student plan so I think I am $40 year.

 

[Unknown?]

That's the problem with subscription services, once the growth dies down the prices always go up.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

22 minutes ago.

Well. Fuck it.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Ya know what just knock off 30 bucks a year from Amazon Prime, give me zero access to Prime Video because IDGAF, and just let me keep decent shipping which was the whole fucking point in the first place.

 

[Unknown?]

Ya know what just knock off 30 bucks a year from Amazon Prime, give me zero access to Prime Video because IDGAF, and just let me keep decent shipping which was the whole fucking point in the first place.

Walmart Plus is $20 cheaper and doesn't have the streaming stuff.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Walmart Plus is $20 cheaper and doesn't have the streaming stuff.

If I wanted to shop at fucking Walmart I'd just go to the Walmart!

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Okay Bezos, step way from the ledge of your superyacht.

Yeah on second thought it's shite. I only use it because it comes with Prime delivery. Then again, I don't really watch series. Mostly watch a movie or rent one once a month. Guessing the adds don't apply then.

 

[Muffdraul]

Oh no, poor Amazon must be losing money instead of making profits. =(

 

[DeepEnigma]

Yeah on second thought it's shite. I only use it because it comes with Prime delivery. Then again, I don't really watch series. Mostly watch a movie or rent one once a month. Guessing the adds don't apply then.

It's my least used streaming app. Only use it for Thursday night NFL games.

 

[Unknown?]

If I wanted to shop at fucking Walmart I'd just go to the Walmart!

Okay....

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Football. Figures.

I have HBO, Prime but mostly 99.8% YT.

Sometimes rent movies via the Xbox store

 

[gaming_again]

Even with that, if you're watching live guff, you still need a TV licence, which is over £130+ a year, or £13+ a month before you even get to these services (They'd have you believe, anyway..)

All of it adds up to a crazy amount if you're an avid consumer of these services.

I got right pissed off with it all. I subbed to most of them at one point, the real pisser was sports, £40 EACH for Sky and BT, 80 quid which ended up me never being able to watch the games I wanted as they wasn't broadcast in the UK. You could watch the fucking things if you were in the UAE mind you.. that was it for me, pissed me right off!

Binned the licence fee, haven't had it for three years, mainly just watch YouTube now.

I find most normal TV utter dross nowdays anyway so it was no loss at all. And my god, the shit the BBC are pushing, I doubt I'll ever buy another licence again.

I dumped my TV licence years ago now. My smug levels haven’t dropped an inch.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I dumped my TV licence years ago now. My smug levels haven’t dropped an inch.

It really does get better by the day, it has to be said

 

[ReBurn]

Aside from The Boys and Thursday night football I never watch prime video and they already show ads during the football game. I subscribe to get free shipping on everything I don't want to go to the store to buy. I'll just wait until the whole season of The Boys drops, pay $3, binge, and cancel.

 

[Nobody_Important]

All apart of the infinite growth that runaway capitalism demands.


Can't just make money. You have to make MORE money every year. Otherwise you aren't a success.

 

[belmarduk]

They already moved all my good documentaries to FreeVee.

 

[diffusionx]

Obviously they're doing this because Ring of Power was such a massive success

 

[Doczu]

I dumped my TV licence years ago now. My smug levels haven’t dropped an inch.

TV licence is the most insane thing i've learned as an adult. I don't know about all other countries, but in Poland it's paid for owning a device, not for watching public tv stations... what if i just stream and play vidya on it? Why should i pay for something i don't use?

 

[eddie4]

Another service I don't have. This is why.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Hey Amazon

 

[DeepEnigma]

I just canceled it for renewal myself. A drop in the sub addict's ocean, but their content doesn't justify the pricing.

 

[bender]

I haven't had Prime in a long time and never paid much attention to their video service though "Man In The High Castle" was excellent. Maybe I'm stuck in the past but the main benefit was the free shipping and once they raised the price above $99. It's easy to just wait until I have $25 worth of items to qualify for free shipping.

 

[TransTrender]

The only time I use Prime Video is for Thursday night football.
It's like a bonus for having prime and living out in the boonies where it's easier to get all this shit delivered.

 

[Halo is Back]

High time to set sail again, lads!

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Okay Bezos, step way from the ledge of your superyacht.

He took time away from the shuffleboard tournament to post his glory.

 

[Halo2redvsblue]

Why don't you fix your stupid app first Amazon. I see more picks from other services then yours on your own fucking app.

 

[Drew1440]

They...kind of already had ads? There were literally 'free with ads' options for certain movies and shows. I guess this just means they will expand it to the whole service?

That's Freevee which was initially a separate app, but they rolled it into the main Prime Video app, along with a few FAST channels like PlutoTV.
They don't require a prime subscription and some of the content is quite good, watched Blue Mountain State on there.

 

[yet_another_alt]

I don't like it but the thing about Prime is it does way, way more than other streaming services for rougly the same price. In my eyes, this actually hurts other services instead of Amazon. I'm much more likely to cut other subscriptions so that I can keep Prime.

 

[Insane Metal]

I prefer Q but ok

 

[Clear]

Its funny, 20 some years ago I used to buy a lot of DVDs, and spent vastly more monthly on them than the amounts people are complaining about here.
Excuse me for not clutching my pearls too tightly!

 

[Kamina]

They raised the prices last year which is why I canceled my subscription. No added value.
Now they want even more for nothing?

 

[Durien]

Amazon's Prime Video will show ads unless you pay $3 more per month

Prime Video users will soon see ads on shows and movies unless they pay an extra $2.99 per month on top of their regular Prime subscription.

www.engadget.com

Pay for it and get commercials. What a business model.

So I am old enough to remember the reason you paid for cable is for A) to watch the latest movies like a month after release, and b) NO COMMERCIALS

 

[Trogdor1123]

Is it even safe to use torrents in this day and age? Don’t you get sued?

 

[AJUMP23]

Is it even safe to use torrents in this day and age? Don’t you get sued?

I got a copyright strike today. I swear I had my vpn on though. Maybe I didn’t.

 

[tamago84]

Can’t wait for napster to make a comeback

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Pay and see ads? Hahahh what a dumb fucking idea.

What major series/material do they think people cannot live without?

 

[Panajev2001a]

Pay and see ads? Hahahh what a dumb fucking idea.

Welcome back to TV cable, we left things just as you remember .

 

[GeekyDad]

...Pay for it and get commercials.

dafuq?

That's okay, this might be all the incentive I need to finally drop our Prime membership. We've had it for years now, and it's kept creeping up in price, whist the product prices have also been creeping up in price to pay for their "free shipping" bs.