Amazon Prime Commercials Coming To Amazon Prime in 2024 (1 Viewer)

[Bartman]

Amazon can't squeeze their suppliers more to sustain $30B profit so they go after the customers. Ad duration & frequency has ramped up tremendously on YT recently & better ad supported channels too. Everyone is trying to reduce their deficits.
What I STRONGLY OBJECT to is the Netflix $5B contract with WWE & I told them so via chat. This would have been far better handled thru a $3/month supplemental subscription, like Amazon ad free.
There are reports of a phone scam regarding Amazon's ad free upgrade. Please ignore them or you'll be in deep do-do!

 

[Todd Erwin]

Amazon can't squeeze their suppliers more to sustain $30B profit so they go after the customers. Ad duration & frequency has ramped up tremendously on YT recently & better ad supported channels too. Everyone is trying to reduce their deficits.
What I STRONGLY OBJECT to is the Netflix $5B contract with WWE & I told them so via chat. This would have been far better handled thru a $3/month supplemental subscription, like Amazon ad free.
There are reports of a phone scam regarding Amazon's ad free upgrade. Please ignore them or you'll be in deep do-do!

I was not aware of the WWE deal with Netflix, but then again, I don't pay much attention to Pro Wrestling. I think we all know that sports is what has been driving cable, satellite, and other similar services prices upwards. When the Los Angeles Dodgers partnered with Time Warner Cable (now Spectrum) to launch their own cable channel to carry home games in the late 1990s, pretty much every cable and satellite service that served the Los Angeles TV market balked and refused to carry the channel, mostly because Time Warner wanted a relatively large sum per subscriber AND the channel had to be part of the basic package. The service providers offered to carry the channel ala carte, but Time Warner refused, and this went on for years until I moved out of the market.

 

[Bryan^H]

Amazon Prime Video Ad Tier Sparks Class Action Lawsuit From Subscribers

The lawsuit takes aim at the ecommerce giant turning on ads for Prime Video users and charging them an additional fee for its ad-free tier.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Huh. Well, that was fast.
My mom was part of a class action lawsuit against a print magazine she subscribed to for deceptive renewal practices. Last year she won $250 as a result of it. Not bad for a $12 annual sub she had for two years.

If this lawsuit (which should be pretty substantial) is won, it should send a warning to all other big tech companies trying to scam, or unfairly go outside of the agreed terms. E-Harmony should be next on the chopping block easily!

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Amazon can't squeeze their suppliers more to sustain $30B profit so they go after the customers. Ad duration & frequency has ramped up tremendously on YT recently & better ad supported channels too. Everyone is trying to reduce their deficits.
What I STRONGLY OBJECT to is the Netflix $5B contract with WWE & I told them so via chat. This would have been far better handled thru a $3/month supplemental subscription, like Amazon ad free.

So... another price hike coming very soon from NF I guess???

This one just might be the last straw for my family -- I wanted to cancel all along (and just reactivate once or twice a year) anyway, but the family wanted to keep it (though at the mid-tier). This could possibly finally get them to balk at another price hike -- I hope so.

I almost never watch NF myself, which made downgrading to stay below $17/month (barely) acceptable enough -- I've even resisted watching Maestro on there so far since I wanted better for that film and had planned on seeing it in a good theater instead.

_Man_

 

[BobO'Link]

Amazon can't squeeze their suppliers more to sustain $30B profit so they go after the customers. Ad duration & frequency has ramped up tremendously on YT recently & better ad supported channels too. Everyone is trying to reduce their deficits.
What I STRONGLY OBJECT to is the Netflix $5B contract with WWE & I told them so via chat. This would have been far better handled thru a $3/month supplemental subscription, like Amazon ad free.
There are reports of a phone scam regarding Amazon's ad free upgrade. Please ignore them or you'll be in deep do-do!

That's not all that different from Amazon's contract for NFL games - something I resent. I don't know how much they paid for the rights but I'm offended that, as a Prime subscriber, I'm subsidizing that. It's not too different than cable forcing everyone to subsidize sports/news even if you never watch such programs. It should be an add on for those who want it. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to discover the expense for adding football was a direct contributor to the need to place ads on the service.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

That's not all that different from Amazon's contract for NFL games - something I resent. I don't know how much they paid for the rights but I'm offended that, as a Prime subscriber, I'm subsidizing that. It's not too different than cable forcing everyone to subsidize sports/news even if you never watch such programs. It should be an add on for those who want it. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to discover the expense for adding football was a direct contributor to the need to place ads on the service.

Yeah... although seems like the WWE deal w/ NF is in some ways worse than that NFL deal -- NFL is at least far more mainstream and more likely to be watched/enjoyed (even if just casually) by the vast majority of subscribers than WWE.

Either way, I can do w/out both subscriptions outside of a month or two each year myself and only do NF on the regular because of the family's desires and viewing habits...

_Man_

 

[Bartman]

That's not all that different from Amazon's contract for NFL games - something I resent. I don't know how much they paid for the rights but I'm offended that, as a Prime subscriber, I'm subsidizing that. It's not too different than cable forcing everyone to subsidize sports/news even if you never watch such programs. It should be an add on for those who want it. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to discover the expense for adding football was a direct contributor to the need to place ads on the service.

Are there ads during the NFL games? If so, that may be the payment mechanism & why no supplemental subscription!

 

[dpippel]

Apparently, the movement of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos to the ad-free tier was intentional but no one bothered to tell anyone at Prime Video support.

Amazon Prime Video makes Dolby Vision, Atmos a paid upgrade | Digital Trends

Amazon Prime Video subscribers who remain on the service's ad-supported tier may find their streaming quality has been compromised.

www.digitaltrends.com

Where's the ANGRY emoji???

 

[Todd Erwin]

Where's the ANGRY emoji???

HTF doesn't have one.

 

[dpippel]

HTF doesn't have one.

I know. That was my point.

Maybe this will do:

 

[BobO'Link]

Are there ads during the NFL games? If so, that may be the payment mechanism & why no supplemental subscription!

I do not know as I don't watch sports of any kind.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I do not know as I don't watch sports of any kind.

Well, then maybe WWE should appeal a bit more to you, LOL...

_Man_

 

[jayembee]

Where's the ANGRY emoji???

In the emoji drop-down at the top of the reply bar.

Third from the left in the first "People" group.

 

[BobO'Link]

Well, then maybe WWE should appeal a bit more to you, LOL...

_Man_

Umm... no. My maternal grandmother *loved* TV wrestling though... and I hated to see her come on Saturday mornings as I'd have to give up my cartoons for her to watch "Studio Wrestling." She came once a month on Saturday for mom to give her a perm.

 

[dpippel]

In the emoji drop-down at the top of the reply bar.

Third from the left in the first "People" group.

I think I prefer The Hulk.

 

[jayembee]

There may be others, but that's the first one shown.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Umm... no. My maternal grandmother *loved* TV wrestling though... and I hated to see her come on Saturday mornings as I'd have to give up my cartoons for her to watch "Studio Wrestling." She came once a month on Saturday for mom to give her a perm.

I enjoyed it a little when I was a kid (fully recognizing it's basically all fake and just a show)...

The recent movie, Iron Claw, is pretty good... though the subject matter does still make it somewhat hard for me to admire... Fighting with My Family (2019) was definitely a "better", more rewatchable/entertaining movie for me -- don't think I'll bother owning Iron Claw at least on disc anyway...

_Man_

 

[Clinton McClure]

Umm... no. My maternal grandmother *loved* TV wrestling though... and I hated to see her come on Saturday mornings as I'd have to give up my cartoons for her to watch "Studio Wrestling." She came once a month on Saturday for mom to give her a perm.

I don’t know what’s worse… the smell of permanent wave solution or having to watch professional wrestling.

 

[BobO'Link]

I don’t know what’s worse… the smell of permanent wave solution or having to watch professional wrestling.

Watching professional wrestling... Mom was a beautician and worked part time out of the house (her sink/area was just off the kitchen) so those smells (permanent wave solution, hair dye, etc.) were frequent and now hold nostalgia (like dad's shop - rosin core solder and burning electronics). If I close my eyes I can smell either... When I worked in radio and TV I was the first to know something was "burning up" due to dad's side business repairing/installing 2-way radios.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Are there ads during the NFL games? If so, that may be the payment mechanism & why no supplemental subscription!

Yes, there are commercials during Amazon's NFL telecast, just like any other sporting event.