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To continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time, starting in early 2024, Prime Video shows and movies will include limited advertisements. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. Ads in Prime Video content will be introduced in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada in early 2024, followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the year. No action is required for Prime members. We’re not making changes in 2024 to the current price of Prime membership. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month* for U.S. Prime members and will share pricing for other countries at a later date. We will email Prime members several weeks before ads are introduced into Prime Video with information on how to sign up for the ad-free option if they would like.

ChrisWL1980 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:34 am

What I dislike about Pluto TV is that the ads almost never come at the natural breaks in the program, but just appear at random. I've found Freevee to be quite user friendly, although the only stuff I watch there is Judy Justice and its spinoff Tribunal Justice (with the former Hot Bench judges). At least they place the ads where one would expect them to be and the breaks are relatively short.

FredLeonard wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:33 pm

I dropped Prime. Shows that used to run ad-free as part of Prime are now on Freevee with ads. So why pay for Prime when they take away ad free content to put in Freevee. What's the problem? The ad breaks are too long (they were shorter but have gotten longer). Too much repetition: I keep seeing the same ads repeated two, three, even four times in the same show. You can't skip; you can't fast forward. As already mentioned, they interrupt at random - sometimes as mid-sentence. Apparently, Bezos thinks he makes more money selling ads than charging extra for no ads.

km1125 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:38 am

FredLeonard wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:33 pm

I dropped Prime. Shows that used to run ad-free as part of Prime are now on Freevee with ads. So why pay for Prime when they take away ad free content to put in Freevee. What's the problem? The ad breaks are too long (they were shorter but have gotten longer). Too much repetition: I keep seeing the same ads repeated two, three, even four times in the same show. You can't skip; you can't fast forward. As already mentioned, they interrupt at random - sometimes as mid-sentence. Apparently, Bezos thinks he makes more money selling ads than charging extra for no ads.

When you're watching something like Freevee with ads, try this. Start a few minutes early and just hit fast-forward and walk away and do something else for a few minutes. The movie will fast-forward to the next ad placement, and play the ad. Come back to the tv and hit FF again and walk away (get a drink, set up your snacks, etc). Do this until you've gone through the commercials, then move the play marker back to the beginning and watch your program and it will skip the ads. You'll still probably see a glitch where each ad would have been, but you won't see the ads at all.

TC Talks wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:28 pm

km1125 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:38 am

FredLeonard wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:33 pm

I dropped Prime. Shows that used to run ad-free as part of Prime are now on Freevee with ads. So why pay for Prime when they take away ad free content to put in Freevee. What's the problem? The ad breaks are too long (they were shorter but have gotten longer). Too much repetition: I keep seeing the same ads repeated two, three, even four times in the same show. You can't skip; you can't fast forward. As already mentioned, they interrupt at random - sometimes as mid-sentence. Apparently, Bezos thinks he makes more money selling ads than charging extra for no ads.

When you're watching something like Freevee with ads, try this. Start a few minutes early and just hit fast-forward and walk away and do something else for a few minutes. The movie will fast-forward to the next ad placement, and play the ad. Come back to the tv and hit FF again and walk away (get a drink, set up your snacks, etc). Do this until you've gone through the commercials, then move the play marker back to the beginning and watch your program and it will skip the ads. You'll still probably see a glitch where each ad would have been, but you won't see the ads at all.

That's pretty genius. Wonder if it works with all those platforms.

craig11152 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:04 am

I think I have been an Amazon member since 2007. It was about 6 or 7 years before I actually watched any Prime content. Back then it was $79 a year and I thought the 2 day "free" delivery was a great thing.
Now at $139 a year I wonder if I am actually saving much by shopping from home and getting that "free" delivery. It would be rather complicated and time consuming to figure out.