I cancelled my Prime within 24hrs of them adding the ads to the base tier. Just isn't worth it anymore.
Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
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Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#32Technical question, a typical 2 hour movie represents how many bytes of stereo audio signal, how many bytes if atmos. How many streams served with stereo, how many with 5.1/atmos/whatever.
Are they actually saving any real money here or is it just a pain point to milk the whales?
I'd be willing to bet that 80%+ of households don't even have equipment that can properly render atmos or even 5.1.
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#335.1 audio channels is all you really need.
I would be interested to know the actual audio setup of most video watching ... I suspect that even if you ignore whatever (probably huge?) percentage is on mobile, that much of it comes out of whatever TV speakers are being used. Even my 7.1 receiver is down to a single laughable channel, because I've not been arsed to fully set it up and a wire is loose.
Just wait a few years and you'll be like me, seven speakers and one good ear.
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#34I cancelled my Prime within 24hrs of them adding the ads to the base tier. Just isn't worth it anymore.
I only have prime for the actual amazon purchases and don't really use prime much except for the boys and invincible from to time to time.
But even with that, this move makes me consider cancelling just to spite them.
Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#35[dupe]/Related:
Amazon Prime Video Ad Tier Sparks Class Action Lawsuit from Subscribers
More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39350257
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the real problem with Prime Video. The first party content is terrible .
Clarkson's Farm is legitimately good. It's worth checking out.
I'll second this. It also helped me to humanize Jeremy Clarkson as more than just an old oaf.
The moment at the end of the first season when they're totaling up his profit for the year. It is delicious. Top 10 TV moments, when the realization of what he's doing washes across his face.
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#37Re: Prime Video cuts Dolby Vision, Atmos support from ad tier–and didn't tell subs
#38> The Rings of Power... now in HDR10+ for ad-tier users. I'm not sure even the power of Dolby Vision could make Rings of Power worth watching, though.
This is the real problem with Prime Video. The first party content is terrible .
They’ve had a few. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was fantastic. So was Sneaky Pete with Giovanni Ribisi. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be well-known.
I don’t really know much else they’ve done, besides the man in the high castle. I just don’t hear about them much, and the fact that I find their app rather obnoxious means I don’t go looking in there very often.
As soon as they announced they were adding ads I deleted the app off all my devices. I basically never use it anyway, and now I definitely don’t want to. And clearly I don’t like it well enough to pay to remove the ads.
Honestly I wish the government would somehow break up prime. I’m happy to pay for shipping but I basically don’t want a single other benefit.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Turns out gobbling up IP and hitting the print button isn't such a great business model. Also see: Disney.
See also every television/cable network ever. Every season a few shows would rise to the top and a few would get put out of the misery, you just move on and hope the good bets make more money than the bad bets burn.
I don't get why this would be an issue for Prime. They don't have to fill up a schedule so they can sell ad slots. They can make as little or as much content as they want. They don't need to make a "Veronica's Closet" to cram in between "Seinfeld" and "ER".
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#40I’m letting my Prime lapse for the first time in well over a decade. I don’t watch Prime Video much, but this rubbed me the wrong way when they’re making money hand-over-fist on top of recent Prime increases.
I cancelled when they announced limited ads ( or however they phrased it ) to create new content. I did not watch Prime and was using Amazon less and less ( after actually going through my orders, it turned out not to be enough to spend on Prime membership ) and they still had to balls nickel and dime me. I suppose I should thank them to kinda force me re-evaluate this relationship.
I suppose Cory was right; enshitiffication continues unabated. I am not certain people approach the way I do. Hell, I was ready to drop Sirius after their upcoming changes letter came in, but wife is clearly addicted so baby steps there are needed.
Maybe amazon figured they don't need to be good.