Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025

Piracy is going to be as popular as ever.

Why is it that these fucks get to increase their price and just to offer shittier service but if I want a raise at my job I’ve got to go above and beyond?

[When launched] Prime Video with ads was given a "very light ad load," providing subscribers “gentle entry into advertising that has exceeded customers expectations in terms of what the ad experience would be like." The executive pointed out that Prime Video with ads doesn't show commercials in the middle of content. That could change next year.

Planned enshittification a la boiling frogs.

I will ramp down my use of amazon prime

Well, guess it's time to get an eye patch and a pet parrot

Thank you amazon for encouraging piracy

That's okay, I'll ramp up my piracy of Amazon-exclusive shows in 2025 too.

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Stopped watching netflix because they banned sharing accounts and £18 (24 USD) monthly was too much for just one person. Cheaper plans didn't have 4K or 5.1 audio, so it felt like a waste when I couldn't even use my setup as it is meant to be used.

Never watched prime because I refuse to pay for something then still see ads.

Now I either source stuff by other means (🏴‍☠️🦜) and put it on my media server, or I use BBC iPlayer. Not sure if that's a thing outside of the UK, but zero ads and decent quality programming is something I'm happy to pay their fee for, especially when it also goes towards funding ad-free TV, radio, news, sport, podcasts, etc.

It's fucked how greed has completely ruined the streaming market. Back in ~2010 it felt like the market was going in such a positive direction.

I want to congratulate streaming services. They got me off torrenting for a decade but multiplication, price hike and general enshitification has gotten me to install an *arr stack. My only media subscription now is $5 a month for a VPN.

So congrats guys, you've become the new cable and we've come full circle 👍.

Just in time for me to have already cancelled my Prime membership last month. I've also not purchased from Amazon at all since then. Plan working as intended?!

They've been increasing the ad load the whole time. The most I've seen so far is 5 ads. Streaming will return to broadcast TV convention sooner than people think probably. 15 minutes of ads per hour.

Looks like I cancelled at the right time. They seem to forget that we in fact do have a choice at the end of the day. And my choice is to sail the high seas.

I unsubscribed in January and still have too much stuff to watch. Although that is helped by being in the UK and having iPlayer I guess. I've also spent way less on impulse buying crap because of the free shipping. Absolutely do not miss Prime.

I canceled prime as soon as they introduced ads into prime video. You should do the same.

You'll be less tempted to buy shit from them as an added benefit!

Is it weird that I have prime but I pirate still?

It’s just not a good experience…

Did they ever ramp down?

Deeper into the high seas!

🎶We’re rascals and scoundrels, we’re villains and knaves Drink up me hearties, yo ho We’re devils and black sheep, we’re really bad eggs Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me🎶

I have free prime through my ISP. I still pirate the content. I started even before the full blown ads, when they had "previews" of other shows and movies.

And I will "ramp down" my Prime subscription.

Stop, stop, I already decided to never buy anything off Amazon ever again, you don't have to convince me further.

I'm subscribed to Prime because I order too much shit and want to save on delivery costs. Those little Amazon lockers are too damn convenient for me.

If I watch their content, it's via my PC with an ad block. I stop watching their shit the day I can't block their ads because fuck'em.

“Amazon.

We’re evil, and we like it!”

Honestly, it’s one of the more mask off of all the big companies.

I cancelled prime the day they announced it and got a VPN instead.

Hmmm maybe it's time to solicit that VPN that doesn't collect logs and is shady enough to accept cash payment.....

I've just stopped watching all prime content. Paramount+ is really pissing me off right now as well.

That's what you do if you pay a giant corpo; you feed a kraken, so it can grow more arms and get greedier.

Jeff, I’ll say this as nicely as possible. Go fuck yourself

I paid for the ad free add-on while Rings of Power is on but after that I'll just cancel Prime completely until there's another show I want to watch, so they're overall losing money from me with this decision.

And when it crashes the greedy rich fuckers who invested will find a way to pass the losses to the tax payers. Private gains and socialized losses are the newest trick of the rich.

And they've already ramped it up quite a bit. Been watching a show for couple of months, used to be one ad per episode, which I could handle, now it's like every 10 minutes. So I've already cancelled and found the show using other ways.

So I started reaching out to any company puting ads on .my PAID amazon prime account with the lowest rating possible anywhere I can find them on their aps, websites contacting their customer service citing the ads on amazon...if we vote with our wallets things can change.

Still waiting on a video free version, like I originally ordered... probably $30/mo next year

Good thing adblock didn't work on the browser version of Prime video last time I used it after getting tired of the ads on the app version!

It's possible they're embedding ads now though

What’s good about Amazon anyway? It’s better to get stuff directly from a sellers site, even better if they’re indie. There’s not much value to prime shipping anymore, most sellers are pretty good about it now ironically because of Amazon. Using services like Amazon just creates more pollution, wage depression and small business closures. Use services like Amazon less, favor indie and small and fair wage businesses

"Tolerate," my ass. I'm paying the three dollars a month for ad-free Prime, because I'm not watching ads during an election year. The damn election is stressful enough as it is.

Prime Video is just barely worth the price, but now that all the Stephen J. Cannell shows have been moved to Shout Factory TV, I'm reconsidering. Between that and all the shows on Freevee (uh, what part of "ad free viewing" don't you understand?), the only tangible benefit I get from Amazon Prime is free shipping... and that free shipping isn't as fast as it used to be before the pandemic.

I cancelled prime when they first introduced ads. But the delivery fees without prime, damn. I think I'd pirate shows if I got prime but I'm pretty sure that just makes them think they should invest in fewer shows. And damned if, pre ads, prime didn't have a lot of my favourites (boys, invincible, end of the expanse etc.)

What a ramble. I'm just torn.

My Amazon streaming app on my Xbox literally only works when using my PiHole. Their poorly tested ad software literally prevented me from watching Prime for a few weeks until I turned my PiHole back on.

TheRealCharlesEames will be buying less from Amazon in 2025

I mean, I never used prime video even when it was as free, it's selection was garbage even compared to Netflix which has been known to have nothing of value for a few years now. I don't see how them adding /more/ ads is going to do anything but make other people come to the same conclusion I did.

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