![]() The rollout will begin in the US, UK, Germany, and Canada, and later expand to France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia. This month, Amazon announced that its Prime Video streaming service will begin featuring ads in shows and movies in early 2024. This time, the bell has tolled for Amazon Prime. We have already lamented the demise of the completely ad-free Netflix, which once promised to never introduce ads. Last year, it was time for streaming veteran Netflix to bow to the trend: Netflix introduced an ad-supported tier for $6.99 a month and, to rub salt in the wound, in July this year dropped its $9.99 ad-free basic plan in the US, the UK, and Canada, with its cheapest ad-free plan now costing $15.49 a month. Slowly but surely, the old subscription-based streaming services introduced ad-supported tiers, while the new ones, like Discovery+ or Peacock, received ad-supported tiers right out of the gate. Little did we know that this would not last forever… a paradise lost, likely never to be rediscovered. ![]() Sick and tired of the commercial breaks on cable TV (and let’s not even get started on linear TV), we would embrace streaming as a healthy alternative to the choiceless and ad-laden regular TV viewing. ![]() Those of us who have been around for a while may remember the blissful old days when streaming was strongly associated with an ad-free experience. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |