I’d seen rumours online but got the email this morning.

EDIT: seems like there won’t be ads for everyone straight away.

  • Live events, such as sports, and content offered through Amazon Freevee will continue to include advertising. Customers in the Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man won’t see ads in their experience at this time.
  • MxM111@kbin.social
    10·
    11 months ago

    To be fair, coupling free shipment with video was strange to begin with. So, they are decoupling it a bit. I do not care about Amazon video, why should I pay for it at all?

    • ares35@kbin.social
      13·
      11 months ago

      when they do fully separate the two unrelated services and people have separate charges for each, they’ll soon realize how many people only watched it because it was tacked-on in the first place.

      • Perilous@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Well, it was already possible, at least where I live, to get prime video only. Especially helpful since Prime doesn’t have any faster shipping where I live anyway. That’s the subscription I had, but I cancelled them a while ago already, so I don’t know how this decision impacts subscribers like that

    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Well it’s a good thing when they decoupled it they reduced prime shipping by 2.99 a month.

      …oh wait.

      • MxM111@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        They probably needed to adjust costs for inflation, so not increasing the overall prime and instead increasing just the video portion is good in my book. People should not pay for services they do not use.