• @Broken_Monitor
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    5211 months ago

    Thats the end of me watching it then. Fuck paying for a sub and still having ads shoved in my face. Fuck paying for anything and having it advertise at me.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 months ago

      not to mention that half the screen is taken up by shows you need to pay for seperately anyway.

      • @Broken_Monitor
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        011 months ago

        I will do what I did with Netflix and wait for them to actually implement it. Haven’t seen ads yet. I heard about Netflix changing their sharing policy for like a year before it happened, but when it did I canceled that day.

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          I mean, it’s not like they’re hiding the date. Lol
          It’s a yearly subscription. You’re going to pay for an extra year for no reason?

          • @Broken_Monitor
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            011 months ago

            I actually didnt realize it was yearly, its my gf’s account, sooooooo I guess I will go tell her to cancel haha

            • @[email protected]
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              111 months ago

              Love it when people talk shit while having zero idea what they’re talking about.

              Stay classy.

              • @Broken_Monitor
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                011 months ago

                Well you wanna get real technical about it, I said I would stop watching originally - and I will stop, I have zero patience for ads. Then I said fuck paying for it, which I’ve never done. Stay hypocritical bub

  • @Raiderkev
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    3311 months ago

    The enshittification will continue until morale improves

  • teft
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    Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free.

  • Jo Miran
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    2311 months ago

    I got Prime for the shipping, so I won’t cancel. If there is anything I really want to watch…🏴‍☠️

    • @ManosTheHandsOfFate
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      1611 months ago

      Yeah it’s a weird position to be in. I’ll be paying for the service but pirating the few shows I watch.

      • @SquiffSquiff
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        411 months ago

        Probably more common than you might think

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          Yeah, same here, though I think I’ll be reevaluating the true utility of Prime next time the subscription is up for renewal since Prime delivery tends to mean “sometimes in the next week” now rather than the original two days.

        • @cm0002
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          211 months ago

          I know I for one only have ever taken advantage of the shipping benefits. That alone makes the 120$/year worth it for me. Anything else is just cherries on top lmao

            • @cybersandwich
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              111 months ago

              In one sense it’s like getting a streaming service for $3 a month.

              In another sense, it’s like the prime value proposition is starting to crumble. I got it for the shipping but the video was nice and music was discounted and pretty good.

              It def feels like these companies are turning the screws because they know they can get away with it. And on principle that bothers me, but I’m also torn because I want to pay for content I like (and don’t want ad supported media).

              I got an eye patch laying around here somewhere. I might have to dust it off. It’s been 15 years since I wore it.

    • @DoYouNot
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      It’s pretty straightforward after you wrap your head around how it works!

      For video, Jellyfin is a fantastic FOS sotware: very user friendly, simple, and does what you need. Downside is it’s not available natively on all OSs (Samsung’s Tizen stands out…). Plex is free and works well too, but you’ll need to navigate some bloatware. It’s available almost everywhere though.

  • @cosmicrookie
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    711 months ago

    Have already canceled last month

  • @[email protected]
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    611 months ago

    More people need to cancel their subscription. (They most likely won’t though) I am tired of corporations getting away with charging for ads. Not a trend that should ever have been allowed, imo.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      I might cancel. The main reason we got it in the first place was for Amazon Fresh during the worst of covid.

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        I chose to cancel a while back. I stopped using prime video, (really didn’t like prime original ads at the start of everything), and usually didnt order enough to warrant the cost for free shipping. Especially since it would take a week or more before delivery.

    • metaStatic
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      Literally no one has prime for the streaming service

  • magnetosphere
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    I assume these will be as carefully and expertly placed as YouTube ads.

  • @[email protected]
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    411 months ago

    They must want people to cancel, because this is how you get people to cancel. I’m using Amazon less for shipping, there’s so many knockoffs these days, I’m not interested in returns.

  • @hightrix
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    211 months ago

    Time to find a good seed for The Expanse.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          111 months ago

          It is, I just got the e-mail. Gonna see what I’m not missing when I cancel my Prime membership after it expires.

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        Mullivad is cheap and actually works. Nord sucks, PIA was bought out by an Israeli “ex” spyware company years ago, the rest idk about.