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!Background info | !Background info | ||
!Aftermath | !Aftermath | ||
!Related article | !Related article(s) | ||
!Related video(s) | !Related video(s) | ||
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|Amazon Prime Music | |Amazon Prime Music including advertisements and removing downloads | ||
|2026 | |2026 | ||
|Amazon announced that In select countries such as '''India''', the Amazon Prime Music subscription will now contain Advertisements remove download functionality for users. | |Amazon announced that In select countries such as '''India''', the Amazon Prime Music subscription will now contain Advertisements remove download functionality for users. | ||
|Ongoing. | |Ongoing. | ||
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|2023 – Present | |2023 – Present | ||
|Amazon added advertisements to previously ad free subscriptions for Prime Video and Echo Show frames. | |Amazon added advertisements to previously ad free subscriptions for Prime Video and Echo Show frames. | ||
|Continues to occur. | |Continues to occur. In June 2026, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sued Amazon in the Federal Court over the July 2024 Prime Video ads, alleging its Prime contracts with more than one million annual subscribers contained unfair terms that let it add ads and charge an extra A$2.99 per month to remove them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amazon in court for introducing ads to Prime Video using allegedly unfair contract terms |url=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/amazon-in-court-for-introducing-ads-to-prime-video-using-allegedly-unfair-contract-terms |publisher=Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |date=2026-06-30 |access-date=2026-07-05}}</ref> | ||
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|<ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=26 Aug 2024 |title=Amazon charges extra to avoid ads, says "lol jk" & adds them anyway |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=RSi6g5-xUaY |url-status=live |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=RSi6g5-xUaY |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> <ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2 May 2024 |title=Amazon Hikes Profits by Forcing Ads on PAID Prime Subscribers |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=ua_QL9YysHQ |url-status=live |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=ua_QL9YysHQ |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> <ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=28 Dec 2023 |title=Ads on Amazon Prime Video: Paying More for Less? 😒 |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=VLFpU9aqtXc |url-status=live |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=VLFpU9aqtXc |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> | |<ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=26 Aug 2024 |title=Amazon charges extra to avoid ads, says "lol jk" & adds them anyway |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=RSi6g5-xUaY |url-status=live |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=RSi6g5-xUaY |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> <ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2 May 2024 |title=Amazon Hikes Profits by Forcing Ads on PAID Prime Subscribers |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=ua_QL9YysHQ |url-status=live |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=ua_QL9YysHQ |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> <ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=28 Dec 2023 |title=Ads on Amazon Prime Video: Paying More for Less? 😒 |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=VLFpU9aqtXc |url-status=live |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=VLFpU9aqtXc |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> | ||
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Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. Moreover, some features of the service, such as free deliveries, are region locked to where you initially subscribed, forcing you to buy another subscription to be able to use the service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mabood |first=Wasay |date=2023-02-22 |title=Geo-block Content Using Amazon Location and Edge Services |url=https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/geo-block-content-using-amazon-location-and-edge-services/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260415190723/https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/geo-block-content-using-amazon-location-and-edge-services/ |archive-date=2026-04-15 |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=[[Amazon Web Services (AWS)]]}}</ref> | Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. Moreover, some features of the service, such as free deliveries, are region locked to where you initially subscribed, forcing you to buy another subscription to be able to use the service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mabood |first=Wasay |date=2023-02-22 |title=Geo-block Content Using Amazon Location and Edge Services |url=https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/geo-block-content-using-amazon-location-and-edge-services/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260415190723/https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/geo-block-content-using-amazon-location-and-edge-services/ |archive-date=2026-04-15 |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=[[Amazon Web Services (AWS)]]}}</ref> | ||
Prime video further only allows for HD streaming on Windows and MacOS, despite streaming services such as Netflix allowing HD streaming on Linux <ref>{{Cite web |title=Prime Video System Requirements for Computers |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=atv_unsupported_systems_bannerlink?nodeId=GUVGB3QMQRYRERYW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260214133717/https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GUVGB3QMQRYRERYW |archive-date=2026-02-14}}</ref> | Prime video further only allows for HD streaming on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[MacOS]], despite streaming services such as [[Netflix]] allowing HD streaming on Linux.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prime Video System Requirements for Computers |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=atv_unsupported_systems_bannerlink?nodeId=GUVGB3QMQRYRERYW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260214133717/https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GUVGB3QMQRYRERYW |archive-date=2026-02-14}}</ref> | ||
===Amazon Kindle (''2007–Present'')=== | ===Amazon Kindle (''2007–Present'')=== | ||
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Amazon sold physical devices that could displaying photos stored in its Amazon Photos cloud storage through its PhotosPlus service. Less than one year later, it cancelled the service, which [[Retroactively amended purchase|changed the functionality]] of the devices, including showing advertisements every few hours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=21 Aug 2024 |title=Amazon cancels the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition’s main feature — focusing on photos |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225149/amazon-end-photosplus-subscription-echo-show-8-photos-edition |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251216124644/https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225149/amazon-end-photosplus-subscription-echo-show-8-photos-edition |archive-date=16 Dec 2025|access-date=4 Apr 2025 |website=The Verge}}</ref> | Amazon sold physical devices that could displaying photos stored in its Amazon Photos cloud storage through its PhotosPlus service. Less than one year later, it cancelled the service, which [[Retroactively amended purchase|changed the functionality]] of the devices, including showing advertisements every few hours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=21 Aug 2024 |title=Amazon cancels the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition’s main feature — focusing on photos |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225149/amazon-end-photosplus-subscription-echo-show-8-photos-edition |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251216124644/https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225149/amazon-end-photosplus-subscription-echo-show-8-photos-edition |archive-date=16 Dec 2025|access-date=4 Apr 2025 |website=The Verge}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
===All Louis Rossmann videos covering Amazon=== | ===All Louis Rossmann videos covering Amazon=== | ||
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