Amazon Prime - now with adverts in every film
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I'll freely admit I've gone from a fan to annoyed with the amount of content you have yo 'rent'. Then today I received this email:
We are writing to you today about an upcoming change to your Prime Video experience. Starting February 5, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than ad-supported TV channels and other streaming TV providers. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional £2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here"
It was the push that I needed to cancel my membership finally.
I think didney+ (only just) plus netflix/iplayer are enough already.
We are writing to you today about an upcoming change to your Prime Video experience. Starting February 5, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than ad-supported TV channels and other streaming TV providers. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional £2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here"
It was the push that I needed to cancel my membership finally.
I think didney+ (only just) plus netflix/iplayer are enough already.
£8.99 or whatever it is for free delivery, music, TV etc feels like bloody good value. Don’t begrudge the extra £3 to remove adverts if I find them that irritating.
Can’t remember how much Netflix is but I think £11-12 a month and that’s without the worlds biggest shop with same/next day delivery.
Can’t remember how much Netflix is but I think £11-12 a month and that’s without the worlds biggest shop with same/next day delivery.
FrankAbagnale said:
£8.99 or whatever it is for free delivery, music, TV etc feels like bloody good value. Don’t begrudge the extra £3 to remove adverts if I find them that irritating.
Can’t remember how much Netflix is but I think £11-12 a month and that’s without the worlds biggest shop with same/next day delivery.
Ive noticed the deliveries taking longer and longer in the last year and was thinking about canceling prime, this made up my mind, there isnt much content i watch anywayCan’t remember how much Netflix is but I think £11-12 a month and that’s without the worlds biggest shop with same/next day delivery.
Standard American business practice, take a well liked and profitable business then “improve” it by gradually taking away everything that made it popular with the punters and simultaneously adding hidden and not so hidden charges to squeeze every last cent out of the customers.
Then the board sit back, congratulate themselves on their bonuses, only to wonder a few years later what happened as their customers desert them for the new upstart that gives them what they want. Rinse and repeat.
Then the board sit back, congratulate themselves on their bonuses, only to wonder a few years later what happened as their customers desert them for the new upstart that gives them what they want. Rinse and repeat.
I'll keep Prime but not bothered about ads as I dont watch anything on it anyway. By the way, for me the Prime is more for having control over the day of delivery rather than getting things quicker. But I know lots of people are like that.
I guess there's going to be an ongoing issue with how TV/video is paid for whether it's the BBC licence or anything else. People want stuff but don't want to pay. That's how life is I suppose.
I guess there's going to be an ongoing issue with how TV/video is paid for whether it's the BBC licence or anything else. People want stuff but don't want to pay. That's how life is I suppose.
boxst said:
tamore said:
'free delivery'?
most items that are available on prime and not on prime are always cheaper without it.
Some times that is the case — usually only by na few pence though. And I’m impatient — the marginally cheaper items seem to have 3-4 days delivery. most items that are available on prime and not on prime are always cheaper without it.
juggsy said:
It’s not just the free delivery, it’s the after sales and knowing pretty much any issue will be resolved quickly/easily.
Amazon logistics is very very reliable as well. I can count on one hand the number of times the parcel hasnt arrived on the specified day. That has been down to me not being in at the time of delivery for a "verified recipient" item and the other was the bloke had his van nicked (same driver as next day with his hire van). Add in ability to pick a delivery day or drop off locker, and as you say after sales and its a winner. I will put up with ads for £8.99 a month and enjoy what is effectively free TVNetflix on the other hand will be getting the boot soon. Nearly £20 a month and their worthwhile offerings are few and far between nowadays
pavarotti1980 said:
juggsy said:
It’s not just the free delivery, it’s the after sales and knowing pretty much any issue will be resolved quickly/easily.
Amazon logistics is very very reliable as well. I can count on one hand the number of times the parcel hasnt arrived on the specified day. That has been down to me not being in at the time of delivery for a "verified recipient" item and the other was the bloke had his van nicked (same driver as next day with his hire van). Add in ability to pick a delivery day or drop off locker, and as you say after sales and its a winner. I will put up with ads for £8.99 a month and enjoy what is effectively free TVNetflix on the other hand will be getting the boot soon. Nearly £20 a month and their worthwhile offerings are few and far between nowadays
For me it doesn't work. We don't even pay anywhere a tenner for netflix. If it was £20 like amazon etc I just don't think they are worth it. As with YouTube charging £13(?) for ad free, I don't watch it enough to warrant paying to use YouTube.
I'll be cancelling too. The whole point of paying for a streaming service is to avoid moronic adverts. But instead of just putting the price up by a pound like Netflix does, Amazon have introduced a whole new level of subscription you have to move to to keep the same service. Not worth it for me.
Netflix don't seem immune to tiered charging... And their content is very poor IMO (with a couple of notable exceptions).
What we are seeing here is the cost of content and profit becoming more transparent. Start low, suck subscribers in, crank up the cost. Boiled frog like.
We currently pay for Prime (deliveries and other bundled services are useful and a key driver to us) and Disney+.
I suspect we can all get used to paying more. I was allergic to paying for content initially, but not much choice now. If prices rise further I may even have to reconsider my lifelong stance on Sky!
What we are seeing here is the cost of content and profit becoming more transparent. Start low, suck subscribers in, crank up the cost. Boiled frog like.
We currently pay for Prime (deliveries and other bundled services are useful and a key driver to us) and Disney+.
I suspect we can all get used to paying more. I was allergic to paying for content initially, but not much choice now. If prices rise further I may even have to reconsider my lifelong stance on Sky!
Hugo Stiglitz said:
If you receive fairly regular deliveries and prefer amazon stocked content that's fine but if you shop anywhere and only shop maybe once a month for anything then the appeal of a amazon subscription may be streaming.
For me it doesn't work. We don't even pay anywhere a tenner for netflix. If it was £20 like amazon etc I just don't think they are worth it. As with YouTube charging £13(?) for ad free, I don't watch it enough to warrant paying to use YouTube.
Have a few things on Subscribe and Save and they are cheaper than supermarkets for a few things so makes the £9 a month worthwhile with streaming.For me it doesn't work. We don't even pay anywhere a tenner for netflix. If it was £20 like amazon etc I just don't think they are worth it. As with YouTube charging £13(?) for ad free, I don't watch it enough to warrant paying to use YouTube.
Netflix is £4.99 for standard with adverts on 2 device. Without ads is £10.99. We only have the expensive one as we have more than 2 devices that login so its £17.99 for premium
To me it just says that they view the customer as being the one that pays for the service. Who else pays?I say it on all these threads but it's worth thinking about these services compared to Sky and Virgin IMO.
I was paying £100/month for Sky and I now have the following:
Prime annual sub (mainly for delivery wouldn't pay for the video content by itself)
Netflix £10.99/month
Disney £79.99/year
Paramount £6.99/month
Apple TV £8.99/month
Honestly I think when you compare it to Sky it's so cheap for what you get it's almost easy to lose sight of that
I was paying £100/month for Sky and I now have the following:
Prime annual sub (mainly for delivery wouldn't pay for the video content by itself)
Netflix £10.99/month
Disney £79.99/year
Paramount £6.99/month
Apple TV £8.99/month
Honestly I think when you compare it to Sky it's so cheap for what you get it's almost easy to lose sight of that
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