Yarrr!
That will be the end of my prime subscription. I should probably just get rid of it now, the streams are better quality on the high seas anyways.
I was thinking the same but will hold on until I see my first add. I suspect the more of us who do that, the better the odds they reverse course.
Then do it. You even get pro rated back for what you’ve already paid for the month. Literally go do it right now in like 90 seconds.
Done. Thank you.
I have a free vpn, but maybe I should go for the paid plans that I can actually use it for torrenting
Streaming has essentially become TV packages again. The golden age of streaming is dead, long live Davy Jones!
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Piracy it is then. Lol.
The pendulum is swinging back towards the monopoly model that destroyed cable. Time to dust off the old Jolly Roger and teach streaming an old lesson of what happens when you price gouge people.
I keep saying, we already fought this war, we already won.
Fuck around and find out 🏴☠️
People were obviously pissed off at cable’s fragmented model, but what killed it was the existence of video on demand services over the internet. The fact that at a certain point Netflix had everything certainly helped in adoption, but the biggest factor was not having to view at a specific time.
There is no such killer improvement on the horizon. All there is is the fragmented streaming market, or piracy.
Yarr, the killer improvement was here all along!
Those on demand services arose to plug the hole of piracy.
how are you just allowed to drastically lower the quality of a subscription like this. yeah i’m selling my new streaming service, it has 7 channels, $1 a month. no actually sorry it’s $7, 3 channels, and 2 of those channels just run ads on a loop. thanks for keeping autorenew on.
“Commercials in movies and series will be introduced in the U.S., UK, Germany, and Canada in early 2024, followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the year.”
So rest of the world is safe from this at least until 2025?
These streaming companies are giving people more of a reason to use Jellyfin every day
Ahoy 🏴☠️
Arrr me matey
What is ironic about this is that Bezos could probably make all of their video streaming free and have no ads and still be making gobs of money. Their AWS ecosystem is practically a license to print money. Oh and that little store he runs on the side, too…
But it’s not enough to make a lot of money, you have to make ALL the money.
Maybe it’s time to cancel Amazon prime. I don’t feel like they even met their commitments any longer for delivery… So what’s it all for?
I still always try and make above 25£ or whatever the minium delivery amount is, despite a decade and a half of Prime.
So I don’t know what I’m getting for it either.
The one thing in life I cannot abide are adverts and I will not tolerate them.
Good point. Amazon is definitely trying to make COVID issues the new normal.
We should have canceled when Prime got rid of UPS pick up for free. Only reason I used it. Now there is zero benefit to Prime with this new stupid ad tier. You don’t even get free grocery delivery.
They’re still happy to accept food-stamp revenue though, if you get Amazon Prime, of course…
Got prime when Grand Tour came out. Now that we get two episodes a year if lucky not worth it anymore. Get better service with Instacart for delivery anyway.
Arrrrrr
The corporate enshittification of once decent products and services continues unabated. Amazons decision to charge for UPS store returns even if the products they delivered were defective was almost enough for me to cancel Prime, but this seals the deal. When Amazon Prime commercials begin my Prime membership and most of my Amazon purchases end.
When did they make the UPS change? I made a return last week, no charge.
I think it depends on the cost/reason of return, and where you’re returning it. Sometimes I have to pay a $1 fee to take to a UPS store but taking it to Kohl’s drop off is free.
I had to return a DOA item last week and they imposed the charge for the first time. It depends on your specific situation though. In my case a Staples is physically closer than a UPS store, but I’m never near the Staples while I’m in the UPS store parking lot twice a week.
It wouldn’t bother me if I were returning items because I changed my mind, but when I’m already inconvenienced because of crappy product quality I don’t expect to be further inconvenienced so Amazon can save a buck.
