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Amazon Plans Commercial Breaks for Prime Video(variety.com)

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Amazon Plans Commercial Breaks for Prime Video::Amazon plans to add commercial breaks to its Prime Video service, the latest streamer to embrace advertising after previously shunning it

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db2@sopuli.xyz
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If they add that when I’m already paying for prime they can keep it, I won’t renew.

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Nommer@sh.itjust.works
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Same. I’m not even sure why I have it now. Shipping is atrocious even though I’m less than 5 miles from a distribution center. I barely buy from them anymore since I don’t know if I’m going to get a used returned item or not.

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holycrap@lemm.ee
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What alternatives are there?

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Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world
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Plenty. I got next day delivery from Best Buy earlier this week. Most franchises offer similar in order to compete, and you typically dont even need a membership, just a minimum dollar amount on the order. Stop in at your local small shops if you can, but otherwise order from anyone but Amazon.

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DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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“But Netflix did it and subscribers went up so we did it”

This is why voting with your wallet is so goddamn important

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triclops6@lemmy.ca
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Yup

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edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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I’m planning a break from Amazon Prime then

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Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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Showing ads should only be acceptable for free services. If I’m paying for your service, you should not be force feeding me ads.

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1984@lemmy.today
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That’s how it used to be last year, but the goal posts move every year to less value for consumers and more money to the billionaries.

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Kalkaline @leminal.space
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Tell that to the cable networks. We all knew it was just a matter of time before streaming services got greedy, and now they’re all trying it.

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Wolpertinger@sh.itjust.works
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Sounds good! This’ll come with a reduction in the cost of prime, right?

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junderwood@lemmy.world
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implied Anakin & Padme meme 😆

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IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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For sure, it’ll happen just after I get my refund for the lack of new content due to the writer’s strike. Any day now.

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Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world
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I just cancelled my prime membership

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1984@lemmy.today
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I told my girlfriend just now that we are cancelling… She was fine with it.

Bye prime.

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