Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
As subscription costs rise and choice diminishes on legal sites, film and TV fans are turning to VPNs and illicit streamers, with Sweden – home of both Spotify and The Pirate Bay – leading the way
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I tried to use prime recently, they've put ads in movies??? It's such a shitty nightmare. If I'm gonna watch something for free anyway, and I have the choice between watching it for free with no ads or watching it for free where at some point randomly during the film it cuts to very shouty adverts, I'm probably gonna pick the less annoying one.
Paying but having ads is outrageous
Isn't that what happened to cable TV back in the day? ⚰️
With Prime you are paying for the delivery really and everything else was extra, prime video was always going to end up like this, they were just eating the cost to get more prime subs and hoping people wouldnt unsub later.
prime doesn't even make sense anymore for delivery. i got rid of it years ago when they would keep delaying deliveries for a week that were 2 day guaranteed. turns out when your business model depends on having a manageable amount of customers then eventually you can't actually keep up with demand. if I'm going to wait anyways and be gaslit by made up estimates it's better to just order direct from manf and remove the gaslighting bit. and in the case where an item is only sold through Amazon, they already offer free shipping for large orders or it's $6 and they have to refund that if they break their guarantee instead of me paying hundreds to be refunded with audible credits?
why do people still use prime for delivery, is it just to feel secure?
A friend gave me access to his Amazon Prime Video and yeah, not going to watch anything with ads. You pay and still have ads?
Fuck off, neoliberalist arseholes.
Nah I don't think I pay, I think the ads are just a free tier thing but it's still not actually competition, other than convenience I guess which is a persuasive argument to a lot of people -- I know I'm not immune from paying or putting up with shit for convenience 😂
Actually , the paid tier of amazon has ads. Yes. You pay AND watch ads.
Holy shit. Who is paying for that??
Sorry, it was a rhetorical question. As in "Amazon feel it's reasonable to charge us and then advertise? Because it's not."
Oh I see lol - I think netflix also do the same, I remember hearing there are "cheaper" ad-supported tiers now?
Slaves to the line going up. Can't just have a stable business model!
Netflix displays Ads now when you PAUSE a movie. It's getting BAD.
Shut the front door are you serious? What are those ads like? Little square ones or like full on videos??
100% serious. The whole screen becomes a still image Ad for a product with a QR code fixed in place on the right side.
If you wanted to pause a movie to read a detail on screen like I did, you get a full screen ad instead. It was quite a surprise.
Hahaha what?? God that's so frustrating. That feels so gross.
I tried to use prime recently, they’ve put ads in movies??
Maybe it depends on the region, but I don't think I've had an ad during a film in Australia. They definitely play them beforehand though, as well as in TV shows.
