• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I would immediately cancel any service that does that.

    I actively avoid advertising. I’ve cancelled Amazon prime now it has advertising.

    I got Sky’s Internet TV here in the UK - a supposedly premium service yet the first VOD demand show I streamed I found it had adverts and you had to pay more to be able to fast forward through them. I immediately cancelled.

    These companies are greedy as fuck, and driven by the stupidity of always trying to be “growing” to grow their share prices. That just means always trying to save money and take more money from their customers. Enshittification is a result of the stupidity of the stock markets.

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      11 hours ago

      I was on Amazon Prime for years.

      Then in the space of one year they decided that listening to an album in order was now a “premium” feature, and that ads would be shovelled into everything.

      Sure, I lost the “free” shipping, so now I hardly buy anything from Amazon either. I see this as an absolute win.

      • 3dmvr@lemm.ee
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        11 hours ago

        same i was really buying a lot of pointless shit it turns out lol

      • BigPotato@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        I cancelled Prime over a year ago and for some reason I still get “Prime” delivery. I don’t get the games, movies, or Twitch stuff but if I order something it shows up faster than when my partner does.

        So, I don’t hate that about Amazon… Everything else keeps me from ordering there unless there’s no other options.

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      11 hours ago

      I cancelled Amazon Prime the second they sent me that email.

      My GF then got her own subscription within less than a month so it nets out as 0 loss to Bezos in the end…

      Sometimes i imagine him pointing and laughing at me

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      11 hours ago

      Sky really pisses me off. They have exclusive rights to the F1 in the UK, but you need to pay a fortune for it, as you have to have the base sky package plus sky sports (I think) plus sky sports F1.

      Probably comes to over £50/month for something that’s on every other weekend on average, and they still show ads! If there’s a subscription, there shouldn’t be any ads.

      • Knuschberkeks@leminal.space
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        11 hours ago

        If all you want is F1, and you kniw someone who lives ina country where F1TV is available, try booking F1TV through them. It’s 50€/year.