Amazon Prime Video content to start including ads next year
www.bbc.co.uk
Amazon says its Prime Video users will see ads on TV shows and movies unless they pay extra.

This will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for me.

  • MxM111@kbin.social
    10·
    1 year ago

    I am with you. Their streaming service was always subpar to competitors. In fact, I watched only one series there -the expanse, and that’s it.

    • rynzcycle@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      God forgive me, I’m going defend Prime. I always thought that because Prime was also required for faster shipping, they were willing to explore artistic shows that something like Netflix wouldn’t touch these days. People likely aren’t subscribing or cancelling because of the video offer, so they have more freedom to greenlight interesting concepts.

      Prime shows like Solos and Tales from the Loop probably aren’t great for getting new subscribers, but they’re absolutely wonderful, especially compared to season 47 of [generic low-budget comedy baking reality show]. Shows like The Expanse, Mr Robot, Homecoming are all solid and Prime seems far less likely to cancel shows before they end properly.

      • bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I loved what the grand tour was able to accomplish on prime that they simply couldn’t on BBC with top gear. The early seasons are wonky with weird formatting, but when they started focusing more on specials in the later seasons (seamen, eurocrash, the Mongolian special, a massive hunt) have been some of the best top gear content since like top gear season 7

    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m almost impressed by how bad their UI is. It’s like they didn’t even try to create something useful, but simply shoehorned it into the regular Amazon codebase.

      The only service with worse UI is Sky, and if Sky is your benchmark, than you’re done.

      • MxM111@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        I so much agree. I would never go to Amazon service to buy new movies (for streaming). It is not easy to see what is in your library and sort/search it.