I think I might cancel. I'm not watching ads and I'm not going to pay the extra $3/mo to opt out. I don't know if I'd end up paying more than the subscription cost in shipping though....
With this Amazon is taking a page from Nintendo's play book.
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What made decide to cancel Prime was realizing that Amazon was adding a markup to prime products that effectively cancelled out any shipping savings. But also prime video offering was crap where I live.
That and Amazon being a terrible company that I didn't want to support anyway.
unsubscribe from everything except the great courses. thank me later.
They'll keep an ad-free option for another $2.99/month per https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/prime-video-update-announces-limited-ads
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What does this mean for shows and movies that I purchased? Will they have ads unless I pony up? If I cancel Prime will I lose access to them?
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prevent paying more for shipping by not using amazon at all.
I don’t even pay for prime for streaming. Watched a movie or two on there when it was something I wanted to see and found out it was free on Prime. Otherwise, I use it for the expedited shipping. I did briefly cancel in 2021, but the spouse complained. We split it now anyway, so it’s cheaper. Overall, though the quality of products offered on Amazon has gone way down hill. If the product is something that doesn’t need to be quality, it’s fine, but if you’d have to replace the item if it is not quality, you’re better off skipping Amazon. The value proposition is declining.
Is it possible to have Prime, but without Prime Video? I don’t give one iota of a fuck about their shit ass streaming service.
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I have it for the shipping otherwise I'd cancel. I'm certainly not watching the stuff on there with ads.
I paid for 15 days of Real Debrid and other than running into a lot of non-English streams it's been great. If I can get it convenient to download shows automatically (I've heard of ways to integrate with arr services) I might start cancelling services.
https://github.com/rogerfar/rdt-client
This masquerades as qbittorentt allows you to use RD with *arr
Are you not using it in tandem with stremio?
Was using CinemaHD so far. Stremio looks nice but I'd prefer Jellyfin become the new go-to app for media so we're not still flipping back and forth between apps.
This is one of many reasons why I'm selling my Kindle Paperwhite and getting a Pocketbook Ink Pad 3 Color. Amazon is the Apple of retail, which drips down to even the ebooks. I do, however, have to consider my wife's comfort when ordering stuff, but otherwise, ready to pull the plug on Bezoz and his gang.