It's starting in the UK from 5 February and it'll cost us £2.99 a month to avoid. From the BBC report on it:
"Customers in the US and Canada will see ads earlier from 29 January, and Amazon plans to expand them to France, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Australia later in 2024." So I'm not sure Canadians will avoid it. I would also note that I've yet to receive an email about this, but I guess they've got a bit over a month to let me know. I'm inclined to switch to the ad tier for now, but one decent new series that I want to watch, and I'll pay the £2.99. I just downgraded Netflix from 4K to HD (I can't tell the difference on my 49" set), so the "savings" from that can perhaps pay for Amazon. Adam On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 8:47 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > I should add... that after I saw that announcement I looked into it from a > Canadian perspective. Doesn't look like it applies to us yet. I pay > $9.99 CAD per month for Amazon Prime (the shipping and some discounts) and > also get Prime Video (movies, some TV shows) included. > > of course, our content library offered by Prime Video is probably much > more limited than the US > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 2:20 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am to the point where, when we find a series we like on any of the >> streaming platforms, I go to iTunes and buy it, because inevitably we will >> go back to watch an episode and it will have been removed. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 11:10 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I saw that announcement. >>> >>> There's a decent thread on Mastodon about the continued enshittification >>> of Amazon. >>> >>> https://mastodon.social/@angusm/111657952280392738 >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification >>> >>> >>> >>> /Doug >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 13:18 Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> They said they were going to do it and they are, but there was much >>>> weeping and gnashing of teeth on social media when they started sending out >>>> Emails to subscribers this week--if you don't want commercials, plunk down >>>> $3.99 more a month, just like you plunk down more for everyone else: >>>> >>>> https://www.thewrap.com/amazon-prime-video-ads-date/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e9e62cd9-8297-43e5-89db-9db1f396b661n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e9e62cd9-8297-43e5-89db-9db1f396b661n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bp%3D4yVyQ2H_JBFvWSxcC9RqXvFrcuHcN7pasAU57uZ%2Bhg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bp%3D4yVyQ2H_JBFvWSxcC9RqXvFrcuHcN7pasAU57uZ%2Bhg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AnXi%3DJcwfsXQJvqPC_qYUtXVdHeo76fC%3DyFboeUrN7Zg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AnXi%3DJcwfsXQJvqPC_qYUtXVdHeo76fC%3DyFboeUrN7Zg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrnytGxuX8YT4UB36fRfjgMgzD1weAAyzT0QD5xy9J3bA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrnytGxuX8YT4UB36fRfjgMgzD1weAAyzT0QD5xy9J3bA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBbBNEzP7a6kmE4uDzBKWdbDDshFK3E6zKRKa2Kit5cMg%40mail.gmail.com.
