Apparently their regular algorithm wasn’t getting people as addicted as they want.

  • Drusas
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    66 months ago

    By design to get you to pay for more services.

    • @makeshiftreaper
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      36 months ago

      I understand dark patterns and their objectives. Unfortunately for Amazon it just means that the only reasons I ever open their App is for The Boys and Invincible and also why I wouldn’t pay for it

      • Drusas
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        16 months ago

        Despite my criticisms, I use Amazon Prime Video quite a lot. It’s one of the best platforms for finding random horror movies, and that’s totally my jam.

        • @AA5B
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          16 months ago

          I used to find it surprisingly good, but entirely stopped after the previous redesign where they added ads, removed choices to only look at things without extra cost, and in general made the dashboard less usable.

          Then they wanted extra money to not insert commercials? Fuck that. Let me help you save money by not using it