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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)
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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I've already canceled my Amazon prime subscription. I'm just waiting for it to expire in March

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Presently, every time i dive into az video i find nothing and that my time spent was in vain... so now they want me to pay even more for this added misery? Easy decision... I'm out.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

*unless you're not a customer

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Amazon replacements:

  • Audiobooks: Libro.fm (no DRM)
  • eBooks: eBooks.com (specifically, their DRM-free section)
  • Shopping: basically any major online retailer's website
  • Electronics: System76 (for gaming machines), ThinkPenguin (for FOSS machines)
  • Groceries: your local grocer, lol.

As for video streaming, it's going to take a breakup of the Big Tech monopolies via revival of anti-trust laws to fix that. Hear the first chapter of The Internet Con (skip to 2m5s) by Cory Doctorow for more on that.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

eh, I don't really care. It's a gimme with prime. TBH I rarely watch anything on it. The only thing I'm watching right now is the current season of Reacher.

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