Prime Video introduced a worth enhance for it is streaming service. Beginning on January 29, Prime Video will now embody advertisements, and the one option to decide out of it’s by paying an extra $3 a month on prime of the $15/month price chances are you’ll already subscribe to.
Amazon made the announcement final week when it despatched an e mail to all Prime members letting them know concerning the upcoming change. Within the e mail, it reads:
“Beginning January 29, Prime Video motion pictures and TV exhibits will embody restricted commercials. It will enable us to proceed investing in compelling content material and preserve rising that funding over an extended time period. We purpose to have meaningfully fewer advertisements than linear TV and different streaming TV suppliers. No motion is required from you, and there’s no change to the present worth of your Prime membership. We may even supply a brand new ad-free choice for an extra $2.99 monthly you can join right here.”
Though this announcement might come as a shock to some, this was one thing Amazon introduced late final 12 months. Within the authentic announcement, the corporate acknowledged that this might have an effect on customers within the US, UK, Germany, and Canada in early 2024, and later within the 12 months, it’s going to come to France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia.
It is also value mentioning that Prime Movies’ ad-free tier will now make it one of the vital costly streaming providers at $18/month. For comparability, Max’s ad-free choice prices $16/month, Netflix’s ad-free tier prices $15.50/month, and Hulu’s ad-free tier prices $17.99/month.
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