▲ 374 ▼ Amazon to Run Ads in Prime Video Shows and Movies (www.wsj.com) submitted 2 years ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.ml 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments Oh boy, more enshittification
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) For example with Amazon’s plan here. If you pay this $3.00 to remove ads then you are paying Amazon $3.00 because they added ads. That's just a stealth price increase that they can implement without admitting they're raising prices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it is a little different. They might even want you to not pay for it if you are a prolific user of Prime Videos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] joenforcer@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's exactly this. Netflix makes more money from the average basic+ads user than they do from someone on the standard plan. It's incremental revenue from all users that even occasionally use the service, and invisible to those that pay for Prime but don't care about Prime Video. If you pay directly for Prime Video only, it's a little different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it is a little different. They might even want you to not pay for it if you are a prolific user of Prime Videos. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] joenforcer@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's exactly this. Netflix makes more money from the average basic+ads user than they do from someone on the standard plan. It's incremental revenue from all users that even occasionally use the service, and invisible to those that pay for Prime but don't care about Prime Video. If you pay directly for Prime Video only, it's a little different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's exactly this. Netflix makes more money from the average basic+ads user than they do from someone on the standard plan. It's incremental revenue from all users that even occasionally use the service, and invisible to those that pay for Prime but don't care about Prime Video. If you pay directly for Prime Video only, it's a little different. permalink fedilink source parent