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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Presently, every time i dive into az video i find nothing and that my time spent was in vain... so now they want me to pay even more for this added misery? Easy decision... I'm out.

[–] croobat 2 points 11 months ago

There is no change to the current price of your Prime membership. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here.

Then there is a price change you damn dimwit, you just gave the shitty tier the same pricing as the old normal tier, and amped up the normal tier by $3.00. I absolutely hate the wording for this, you just know it was to be able to not release the ad membership at a lower price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

*unless you're not a customer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Other than Good Omens, and Grand Tour I guess, what's even on Prime Video that's not elsewhere?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

“The boys” and a possible “fallout”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's mind boggling to see the volume of content Amazon has produced that nobody cares about. Rings of Power was $89 million per episode. Citadel was $42 million per episode. There are solutions other than, "Higher fees".

But Upload and The Boys are pretty good.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Amazon replacements:

  • Audiobooks: Libro.fm (no DRM)
  • eBooks: eBooks.com (specifically, their DRM-free section)
  • Shopping: basically any major online retailer's website
  • Electronics: System76 (for gaming machines), ThinkPenguin (for FOSS machines)
  • Groceries: your local grocer, lol.

As for video streaming, it's going to take a breakup of the Big Tech monopolies via revival of anti-trust laws to fix that. Hear the first chapter of The Internet Con (skip to 2m5s) by Cory Doctorow for more on that.

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