[HN Gopher] Amazon Prime Video Ad Tier Sparks Class Action Lawsu...
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       Amazon Prime Video Ad Tier Sparks Class Action Lawsuit from
       Subscribers
        
       Author : andsoitis
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2024-02-12 20:46 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | pjlinux95 wrote:
       | We need a class action lawsuit to ban ads in all media consumed
       | as part of premium services. The free TV channels back in the day
       | had ads and premium TV channels like HBO had no ads. This is
       | somehow the worst of both worlds. You pay a premium for the Prime
       | subscription and get Prime video ads even after paying.
        
         | JohnClark1337 wrote:
         | Cable TV didn't have ads when it started, and then started
         | adding advertisements once they realized they could get away
         | with it. That's when you ended up with HBO, which was an
         | additional cost above standard cable TV. Corporations are never
         | "content", but always require more and more income.
        
           | vel0city wrote:
           | This again.
           | 
           | Cable TV in the US _from day one_ had ads, as it was
           | literally just the broadcast networks which had ads repeated
           | on a wire. So no, cable had ads from the beginning.
           | 
           | Then, decades later, the first cable only stations started
           | appearing. Some had ads from the start, some didn't. Some
           | charged extra fees (premium channels), some didn't. Many of
           | the early cable-only channels had ads on day one, some added
           | ads later.
           | 
           | In the US at least, there was practically never a time where
           | there were no ad-supported TV channels on cable. There were
           | always at least _some_ channels that were ad-supported.
        
       | swasheck wrote:
       | weirdly, this was the last bit of "value" my family and i had
       | received from subscribing to amazon prime. based on how this all
       | shakes out, it's likely the last year of the subscription for me.
       | i purchased it for man in the high castle back in 2015 and have
       | used renewal as a birthday present idea. the new video content
       | has been OK but the years-long delay between seasons of things
       | like wheel of time lead to me losing interest in it. there are
       | enough shipping hacks out there now, and prime shipping is no
       | longer what it used to be, that it's just not a compelling
       | subscription anymore.
        
       | gigel82 wrote:
       | Bundling should be regulated in general. It's similar to
       | Microsoft 365 jacking up the prices by claiming they're adding
       | more "value" with products / features no one asked for.
       | 
       | I use almost nothing else from Amazon besides free shipping (they
       | used to have Amazon Music which was pretty good, but now they
       | limited the number of skips); I watch The Boys but I'm sure it'd
       | be cheaper to buy seasons / episodes a-la-carte.
        
       | unpopularopp wrote:
       | Prime Video is 2.5EUR in my country and it comes with Twitch
       | Prime goodies too. At this price point idm the ads
        
       | urbandw311er wrote:
       | I can't see this one going Amazon's way but IANAL. Given it's
       | such a short term problem for them, chances are they'll just pay
       | off the claimants to make it go away.
        
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