With the addition of ads for paying users, is there anything subscribers can do to protest? I hate ads with a passion.

Maybe separate all shipping items to cost them more? I’m not seeing many options other than cancellation

  • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    213·
    9 months ago

    Don’t use amazon !

    The money you spent in a billionaire owned shop is less money for family owned shop in your community. Not only it transfer tons of wealth to billionaire, but having a nice neighbourhood bookstore, and other small business nearby is a real improvement to your local community and everyone benefits from it.

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      I go to great lengths to not use Amazon but in the US, unless you live in a large urban area Amazon and Walmart have systematically run most smaller, neighborhood retailers out of business already. If I wanted to go to a bookstore that wasn’t a Barnes and Noble, I would need to drive about an hour and a half.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    9 months ago

    Cancelled prime ages ago for a different reason. Don’t miss it. I don’t know about other places, but where I’m at the “prime 2 day shipping” pretty much never arrives in 2 days anyway.

  • trapezohedron@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    While you could go as extreme as canceling Prime completely, it’s not the only way to send a message.

    Stop watching Prime Video.

    They have as many metrics for what gets watched as they do what physical products get clicked on. Their Video division will see that their viewership has plunged. They will have to report reduced engagement to those who control the budgets. This will probably take a while, because they probably expected to ride out the initial subscriber backlash. Stick with it and show them that in the long-term, they’ll make more money by not being greedy.

    As to how you get your Amazon exclusive videos in the meantime… well, purchasing the same content on Amazon only shows them that they can make money in a different way through putting their “free with subscription” content behind a pay wall. You’re not hurting them in that regard. So look for other ways to get the same content, in whatever way your conscience and technical ability permits.