• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Cancled my prime because of this.

    I don’t even watch their stuff, it was just the principal of the thing. I’m not really missing prime even for shipping because it’s caused me to shop less and only buy if I really really need it.

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      7 months ago

      I recommend also not shopping with a company that actively blocks unionization efforts and has a nightmarish track record with climate policy.

      I stopped shopping with amazon in 2012 and, yes, it takes a bit of time to find what you’re looking for at a more local retailler, and it might cost a tiny bit more, but again… Jeff Bezos man

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        7 months ago

        At this point it doesn’t take longer because you get a fake or broken product so often from Amazon once you complete the return process and get the new one you would have been better off going to the store anyway

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      I was watching fallout when it released, and out of 8 episodes only 4 had ads, and the ads were 30 seconds long before the episode started, and then nothing after that.

      I’m not excusing them injecting ads, but at least it’s not like YouTube where it’s completely random

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        7 months ago

        I will simply never pay + ads. Free and ads… Ok. I’ll fight you if your ads are obnoxious.

        But, as soon as I’m paying for a service I will never accept even a 1sec ad.

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          7 months ago

          Just fyi, you can pay for ad free prime video. What is bundled with the rest of prime at no extra cost includes ads.

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            7 months ago

            No. I had prime. Then they raised the price. I was like ok… THEN they were like we need an extra 1.99 or you’ll have to watch ads on top of the prime price.

            That was the end of prime for me.

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              7 months ago

              If you can’t figure out their fairly obvious point maybe they’re not the “idiotic” one champ.

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                7 months ago

                People here seem brainwashed and only up vote whatever the community says they should agree with and downvote everything else, without even thinking about a different point of view.

                Don’t bother pointing out stuff to them, but thanks for the reinforcement