Why Am I Getting Ads In Amazon Prime?

Sounds like Prime Video comes with a price, if not monetary it does cost my time.

You say Amazon always want to sell me something. It did sell me something at start of the year, and I bought it. It’s called Prime, which included Prime Video, But splitting a series up so the last half goes to ImdbTV with commercials isn’t “selling me” something. It’s taking away something I purchased with expectations. They still collect my fee and now get away with letting another service stream my shows. Ergo, they have less to stream for the same fee. Since I can’t pay for ImdbTV to get it commercial free, it’s just a backroom deal that lowers the contract obligation of Amazon and benefits a partner who wants to advertise to me. Just another ploy that says, “Lets all make money and let the customer take the hindmost.”

Total BS. Just had my FIRST ad watching “The take”. Not for me EVER!! No ads EVER for me. I already paid. If it has ads I’m not watching it

Fuck you amazon! Canceling!

I’m so mad!!! I am already paying $100 a month for Amazon now they want more? What the hell? So freaking greedy! I’m done with Amazon

@Ryan Downey @mari is mad because he/she paid for an ad free service and now they are getting ads. Total BS.

we are disturbed because A) we expected to receive commercial interruption-free shows and B) these shows are not formatted for commercials,i.e. with the customary plot and musical cues that are designed to accommodate a “natural” pause for a commercial. This leaves us with sudden jarring jumps straight to commercial. This may be designed to elicit more “attendance” to commercial content, though there is a tiny “clock” in the lower left corner of the screen showing how much time til the show resumes, but it is still upsetting since we were led to expect commercial-free content since we are paying for the service. It definitely seems to be a major degradation in the otherwise good service.

Agree total BS. You pay for ad free TV you should get ad free TV. Jesus everyone has the hand out for all they can grab from the customer …. So sick of big corp. that screw people out of every dime they can. Always willing to give things a second chance. Well Amazon has screwed me for the very last time. Big Corp has gotten to big for it britches … FO … Pissed off subscriber.

We pay for Amazon Prime. Don’t put these other shows on there to select from.
We don’t like advertisements!

… and when I called Amazon to find out more and ask why… “Mathew” put me on indefinite hold. Yes, that’s right… they essentially hung up on me. I pay $203+ a year in subscriptions and I’m not worthy of being spoken to … Really, write your congressman/woman.

If I see an advertisement on Amazon Prime that I have paid for, I will go out of my way NOT to buy what they are selling.

Yeah but why when I try to watch one show do I get some advertisement for another show on their service? Usually pushing one of their original shows.

We just saw ads for products on our Prime movie last night. Amazon has to fix this problem.

Seems like Amazon is screwing everything up. They bought Whole foods and the products went up as much as 30%. Jeff Bezos greed is unbelievable, Before I purchase on Amazon, I explore my options. Most of the time I find better deals even when paying the shipping. Hopefully the people will catch on and move there money to other avenues.

I already wrote my comments above and you require more than I have to post it? I do not have a website!!!

Why I am seeing ads suddenly on something included with Prime? Such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert?

What Ryan is not saying in his article here is that some shows which started out free on Amazon have been moved over to IMDb which now has ads for the same content that we were watching for free before.

This reminds me of the days when cable television promoted a promise of no ads since you had to now pay for this otherwise free (by broadcast) television progrsamming. That was to help them gain customers but more importantly get approval from congress and FCC, etc. to roll it out. Hell, I remember when you couldn’t own a telephone. I’m ancient. 🧓🏻

“Amazon Prime Video is still an ad-free service”

No its not, if it was there would be no ads period. And even Amazon Originals and Exclusives have ads. In between eps you get an ad for another show on Prime. Just because they arent flogging Viagra in between eps doesnt make it any less of an advertisement

“You have to understand that Amazon’s video app is not a free content player or even a premium video service.”

Ryan Downey, this is semantic tapdancing. Prime isn’t just a “video app” and they are *very much* a “premium video service,” as evidenced by the boatload of content Amazon Prime itself produces.

OK. I finally seen my first……long….mind-numbing add. WTF. Amazon you suck. We pay for this subscription. Will not renew my subscription. Done!

Months back I had been binge watching several old shows. In one week they all became “free with ads”. Ads are one reason I stopped watching regular tv, the other being the stupidity of most programming. I think the author has characterized the situation incorrectly. Amazon is simply trying to squeeze more money by creating “imdb tv”…. FREE! WITH ADS.

Wow I wonder why stockholm syndrome is so endemic in tech column writers – oh yes representing the vendors spin pays in access and freebees etc and even job offers …