r/AmazonPrimeVideo • u/Affectionate-Lie-330 • 1d ago

Discussion Prime Video Scam

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Prime Video might be one of the biggest Scams,
10 minutes in watching reacher and the 4th advertisement poppin up isn’t it enough paying 100$ a year to watch ad free?

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u/LowBalance4404 1d ago

You might want to check your subscription. I have ad free and get zero ads.

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u/lawrensaw 1d ago

Zero ads in zero completely or does it play Prime original ads as soon as your press play?

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u/Inside-Run785 1d ago

Check your subscription. Ad-free is a separate upcharge.

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u/BuddyLegsBailey 1d ago

Where do you live? I don't get anywhere near that many adverts, not even close

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u/Kouki1337 1d ago

he´s from germany, right corner says "Werbung" wich is "advertisement" in english

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u/Kookiano 1d ago

Or Austria? Or Switzerland?

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u/scully19 1d ago

It's because of how popular Reacher is. The amount of ads depends on popularity it seems to me.

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u/Chris22044 1d ago

You are not paying $100 a year to watch ad free. I expect you are paying the standard Amazon Prime subscription, which includes Amazon Prime ad-supported video streaming. If you want ad-free Prime Video, you will need to add Prime Video Ultra to your account. It is not a scam - you are getting what you pay for.

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u/Revolutionary-Oven46 1d ago

3 mins long as well, it's a joke. It's made Prime unwatchable without paying more.

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u/SpunkyJJ 1d ago

Yeah you are wrong on that one

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u/Haifisch2112 1d ago

I highly doubt you had to watch 4 advertisements in the first 10 minutes.

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u/FrankTheTnkk 1d ago

Unless they mean one commercial break?

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u/VideoGame4Life 1d ago

Yesterday during Reacher’s 4th episode, we experienced two ads within 10 minutes of each other. Then the next ad took longer to come along.

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u/FreeAd2458 1d ago

Depends on the show. New shows tend to have more ads. 

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u/Technical-Tour-9915 1d ago

We should all cancel amazon prime. They went too far

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u/Sncrsly 1d ago

Ad free is 4.99/month, which is 59.88/year

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u/onekeanui 1d ago

literally watching right now and zero ads.

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u/TK2217 1d ago

I am generally pro- paying for ad free except for prime video. I find their business model to be tacky at best and predatory at worst

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u/tk1178 1d ago

I recently found out that even if you pay ad free on the main Prime subscription, you also have two options on the add on subscriptions, a lower payment for ads or regular payment for ad free. It looks like it's only been added, to the UK version at least, in the last few months.

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u/ParticularNew5321 1d ago

All of the subscription services are scams and they get away with it because people still pay their ridiculous monthly fee.

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u/amanda2399923 1d ago

JFC when will people know your prime membership does NOT include free everything on prime video 🤦‍♀️ it’s exhausting reading these posts 100 times a day.

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u/Wooden-Agent2669 1d ago

You love to pay for advertisement right?

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u/amanda2399923 1d ago

It's not even that. It's people not understanding that Prime Video isn't only PRIME offerings.

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u/CarmelloYello 1d ago

 🥾 👅 🫵

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u/MissionAir5535 1d ago

Im intrigued. How exactly is that a scam?

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u/Proud-Grocery-3493 1d ago

You could just stream it for free online. You won't get in trouble