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Scrivener7

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6. Wow. In addition to the $14.99 a month, they're now charging a fee for no ads?

Reply to LearnedHand (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2024, 12:07 PM

Mar 2024

What a ripoff. And the way they're doing it is like the frog in the boiling water. Right now the ads aren't "too intrusive." I guarantee they'll get progressively more intrusive and more frequent.

People know you can still get free shipping from Amazon without paying the Prime fee right? You just have to order more than $35 and it takes a day or two longer to get to you. So, four or five days instead of two or three.

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Has anyone watched Amazon Prime without paying the fee to go ad free? [View all] LearnedHand Mar 2024 OP

They aren't too bad, not as bad as network tv. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #1

Thanks, and do the ads interrupt the shows or occur in between? LearnedHand Mar 2024 #2

Give 'em a couple'a months. 3Hotdogs Mar 2024 #17

I stopped watching. Really it wasn't a big loss. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #3

All my streaming services are the ad-free tier except Amazon LearnedHand Mar 2024 #5

Nice trick I have discovered for Hulu. Cancel in November because it seems like the past few Decembers they Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #10

I bundled Hulu ad-free and Disney ad-free to get a significantly lower monthly cost LearnedHand Mar 2024 #11

I tend to get one streaming service, watch what I want on it, then cancel and move to another, cycling through Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #12

I have. So far, they're not bad. Network & Cable is 50% ads. AP so far is maybe 10% n/t CousinIT Mar 2024 #4

Do the ads interrupt shows/movies or occur in between? LearnedHand Mar 2024 #8

Wow. In addition to the $14.99 a month, they're now charging a fee for no ads? Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #6

The ads are very minimal Fiendish Thingy Mar 2024 #7

Thanks! LearnedHand Mar 2024 #9

I gave up watching Northern Exposure Easterncedar Mar 2024 #14

Ugh thx for the detail LearnedHand Mar 2024 #16

I basically only watch Netflix, Kanopy, and Hoopla bif Mar 2024 #13

Same for me, sort of LearnedHand Mar 2024 #15

There''s so much great content on Hoopla and especially Kanopy! bif Mar 2024 #18

So, a week's worth then? LearnedHand Mar 2024 #19