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I think I might cancel. I'm not watching ads and I'm not going to pay the extra $3/mo to opt out. I don't know if I'd end up paying more than the subscription cost in shipping though....

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I paid for 15 days of Real Debrid and other than running into a lot of non-English streams it's been great. If I can get it convenient to download shows automatically (I've heard of ways to integrate with arr services) I might start cancelling services.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I have it for the shipping otherwise I'd cancel. I'm certainly not watching the stuff on there with ads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This year, I bought a Costco membership and ditched Prime. Fuck Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is one of many reasons why I'm selling my Kindle Paperwhite and getting a Pocketbook Ink Pad 3 Color. Amazon is the Apple of retail, which drips down to even the ebooks. I do, however, have to consider my wife's comfort when ordering stuff, but otherwise, ready to pull the plug on Bezoz and his gang.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It was already bad enough when they advertised for their own shows at the beginning of episodes...

Anyway, I stopped subscribing to Prime years ago, didn't want to give my money to Amazon unless I have no other place to purchase some items.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I was rooting for Prime Video but they don't even have any Premiership football from next season, so it's an irrelevant service now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Looks like Amazon wants to close off this year with yet another rent-seeking episode. Thankfully I don't use Amazon, but my parents still pay for Prime specifically for their streaming service, so this is going to be very annoying for them :/

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I’ve literally never streamed a single video from prime and don’t plan to. The deals for prime members and shipping alone save me more than the yearly cost. The instant their yearly cost outweighs shipping fees I’ll cancel in a second.

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