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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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[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

It is super easy to cancel. You even get a partial refund if you want it gone today. Wait a couple months and see if you really miss it. Join the piracy gang. Ultimately, you are the product and Internet streaming has turned into cable TV. Take back what little privacy you have left.

[–] Philo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Freevee is Amazon prime video junior with ads, and that's already free. WTF, is Amazon thinking or not thinking?

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do we access free view? Is there an app?

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[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they still do free shipping on orders over like 30 quid

[–] flauschke@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Just order stuff somewhere else. I don't get why free shipping is so important to so many people. It's such a horrible company.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have never found anything particularly worth watching on Prime. Well Good Omens but that's not enough for a whole service.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

$5 to my local pbs station a month and get passport = the only streaming service i need

[–] variants@possumpat.io 3 points 2 years ago

A passport to leave the country?

[–] scrappydoo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Prime is SGD2.99/month in Singapore (~USD2.26). For that you get free next day (sometimes same day) shipping, Prime Video, Prime Gaming, access to buy Amazon Fresh groceries, and probably other stuff I’m forgetting. Singapore also has low import duty which means access to a lot of Amazon US products which also come with Prime shipping, albeit they usually take a week or two to deliver.

It’s very obviously predatory pricing and I assume one day it’ll go through the roof like it has in the US but it’s interesting that Amazon can do this, right?

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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

When I cancelled Prime I found myself buying a lot, a lot less from Amazon overall.

[–] Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

I thought about torrenting both series of Good Omens out of spite when I found out about this

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Canceled a few months ago.

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