Amazon is adding three types of shoppable ads to Prime Video's ad tier.

As if the Prime Video app couldn’t get any worse.

  • @narc0tic_bird@lemm.eeEnglish
    108•1 year ago

    I actually get Prime TV series from the high seas even though I’m subscribed to Prime. It’s simply better UX this way.

    • nadramEnglish
      13•1 year ago

      I never used Prime Video, and I cancelled my Prime subscription in protest against this shit. Never going back.

    • @kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      13•1 year ago

      Same here. I have Prime but only for their Amazon Prime delivery services, not for their video or audio thing(Amazon refuses to unbundle their stuff in my country). To make it worse, Amazon Prime Video, Atleast last I tried didn’t go to full HD(or even 720p) on Firefox on Linux, so there is no point to it.

      And there is hardly an ethical concern to it. I am paying for a service but getting my hands on the material; just via a different supply chain because Amazon sucks.

      • ares35
        7•1 year ago

        didn’t go to full HD(or even 720p) on Firefox on Linux

        you will run into similar restrictions on other services that use drm.

    • Boomer Humor DoomergodEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      I do the same with a bunch of content. It’s amazing how I’m able to run a streaming service from my basement that’s better than Disney or Amazon.

    • meseek #2982English
      11•1 year ago

      Same. I ditched AZ once they added ads PV. After 2 20s back to back ads, I unfurled my Jolly Roger. Fuck ads.

    • Encrypt-KeeperEnglish
      9•1 year ago

      Amazon also horrifically mangles and compresses their video for seemingly no reason all the time.

        • applepie
          3•1 year ago

          They don’t even want to spend the money to provide you the paying customer with HD engagement slop…

          And yet peasants still using this shit service and pay for it too!