Amazon cutting jobs while adding ads without dropping fees? Does #Amazon really need more money? Should we sacrifice them to the commerce gods? Twitch is owned by Amazon? Is anything NOT owned by the overlords??
After a moments consideration apropos my last post: I have done the only sensible thing and cancelled Prime.
An effective price hike from €9 to €12 is a rip off.
I finally got Amazon’s email where the company says it’s going to put ads in Prime Video and then charge us to not see them so it can make more money (it already makes A LOT).
#Amazon described its Prime service “compelling” twice 😂
I guess it figures we’ll all just roll over and take it as it offers “services” we never wanted like lame “medical” options as part of its #Prime membership.
I am quite COMPELLED to cancel my Prime, as should we all.
The Amazon email (last part in the next post) where #Amazon tells its valuable #Prime members (that have already paid in advance for expensive service they expect to include ad-free video streaming) that they will now see ads unless they pony up extra money per month.
Amazon pitches this as a great opportunity for the customers and mentions many other Prime “benefits” the customers don’t want or use and never asked for.
Amazon knows it is doing its valuable Prime member customers wrong, which is why it spends so much of the email trying to convince them that Prime membership is “compelling” ~
Amazon is first reeling out its more expensive, ad-supported video streaming service in the U.S., where it has the majority of its ~300 million Prime customers.
An extra $3/month from ~157 million customers is nearly a half a billion extra cha-ching 💰per month, or ~$5.7 billion per year— sweet!
AND it will start incorporating regular advertising revenue—
Amazon will now charge people $3 extra per month to see Prime Videos ad-free— it seems even those who paid for the year, expecting ad-free video streaming service.
So people gave them money in advance expecting a certain standard of service.
Now they are locked in. Amazon should grandfather them into the ad-free #streaming they paid for or refund their money.