Looks like it's time to cancel prime
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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With Netflix already having ads we are now 75% of the way to "cutting the cord" going back to reinventing cable again.
if it was still just netflix, and everybody didn't have their own streaming service, that would be different.
but when you add up netflix, prime, disney, paramount, peacock, max, and whatever else, the wallet definitely says it's just like cable.
do one at a time and rotate, maybe have one you 'always' have. you can't watch 10 different services at once anyway.
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"Again"?
I've still been out here since Napster. Welcome back aboard, we kept the torrents warm for you.
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The internet has gotten 3x shittier in the last 12 months.
There's a reason for it, people don't push back enough. We all need to push back more than we have been.
They're noticing the pushback so far, but they're thinking they can break through it and come out victorious on the other side.
Do you really want to pay a monthly fee to be forced to watch commercials?
The whole point of commercials was that you didn't have to pay otherwise to watch the show.
I've cancelled everything in my life that requires a monthly payment (asides vehicle and rent).
It's not that I can't afford it, it's that I'm fucking sick of it.
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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 🏴☠️
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I'm baffled by the unrealistic demand for constant infinite growth from corporate shareholders and management. Those days are numbered.
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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.
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Was already going to cancel when my renewal was up, now i'll cancel even harder.
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Seems like a lot of companies are testing how much they can get away with lately.
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Eh, I only use prime video because it doesn't cost extra, I don't really need it. Back to piracy it will be, I guess.
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This is bad for everyone. I'm still a Prime Member for shopping etc., but thats really got to be reconsidered now too.
So basically we're pretty much back to paying for a TV package.
More I see stuff like this the more I believe that these services really aren't making any money and its all smokescreen.
Though this could also just be investors trying to drive up profits instead.
The latter really wouldn't surprise me. A service could be making four times the investment in profit and many investors will still push to get a few more cents out of it at any cost.
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Streaming has essentially become TV packages again. The golden age of streaming is dead, long live Davy Jones!
Don't worry, it will be presented like this:
"To continue offering you high quality original programming like X and Y, we have to raise our price for Amazon Prime. But don't worry, we're now adding a lower cost ad-based alternative called Amazon Subprime."
So, as usual, most people will be fine with it and put the plastic bag back over their head.
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.
These streaming companies are giving people more of a reason to use Jellyfin every day
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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.
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I pay for Prime for the next day postage, prime video is just an extra i occasionally use. I'll just pirate their stuff in future and ignore their clunky TV app
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Having ads in fucking movies makes a service feel cheap / lower value. But the price is staying the same, so where's that button to cancel?
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Only ever had the 30 day trial. Pirate people. Pirate. Yaps.cc is a new one to try.
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Dear every single streaming service:
MAKE. THE. AD. TIER. FREE. FOR. EVERYONE. STUFF ALL THE ADS IN YOU WANT.
MAKE. THE. AD-FREE. TIER. PAID.
This way people can watch everything without having an elitist "I'M PAYING FOR ENTERTAINMENT" section of the world who are the only ones that can talk about all these new shows unless they sail the high seas with an eye patch on, which is yet another argument for MAKE THE AD TIER FREE FOR EVERYONE.
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, matey.
Yup, I will be cancelling too. Greedy bastards.
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...
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So with the media industry strikes the content is already going to be crap next year. Why not also include ads with it? WTF Amazon.
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