The real winner of the streaming wars.

  • papalonian@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I have Amazon prime, so I get access to Prime Video.

    My family phone plan comes with a Free™ Netflix account per line.

    As a student, my Spotify account gives me access to Hulu.

    I can use all of these services at zero additional cost to myself and I still steal acquire it through different legal avenues. It takes an extra 2 minutes to make sure that I have it forever and that it’ll be easily accessible.

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      7 hours ago

      I renewed Prime for the holidays and then realized… I still get ads. Is that a thing? There’s several levels of paid Amazon Prime, but they still want more money by serving you targeted ads!?

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      16 hours ago

      What pushed be over the edge was trying to watch some older shows in Prime and getting absolute dogshit quality. When I sail I get guaranteed 1080p, no ads, instant seek.

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      16 hours ago

      I got amazon prime mostly for the free games, it’s pretty much a steal in my country (if you pay for one year it’s about $1 a month) and I still have to pirate things that are available in the prime video. Why? Because I use Linux and amazon won’t allow me to play videos in 1080p. Only 480p is available.