We're going to give it a chance with the ads, as they claim they will only be at the beginning of a show, which will air uninterrupted after that.
~Marti On Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 5:06:14 PM UTC-6 Adam Bowie wrote: > 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 <eas...@eastick.ca> 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. <drunkba...@gmail.com> 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 <eas...@eastick.ca> 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 >>>> eas...@mcd.on.ca >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 13:18 Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> 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 tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >> > 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. 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