Stardust Legacy
ElisseStreaming companies are truly sparing no expense to make sure people just go back to pirating shows again.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/prime-video-update-announces-limited-ads
Sirena the Miqo’te@elisse streaming is an absolute mess. And I quit Prime long before this due to the greedy increase of the subscription cost. It used to be convenient for getting household items quickly but now it’s a joke
Bearmine@aceattveg @elisse I’m still addicted to prime two day shipping but maybe it’s time I try quitting again. It’s becoming ridiculous.
@aceattveg @elisse i guess I also have amazons credit card which is a decent deal, so I’d need to figure that out. 🫤
I’m sure there’s a card just as good or better out there, but it’s a pain doing the research and changing over.
@aceattveg @elisse I don’t juggle multiple cards either. I just have the Amazon prime card as my everyday primary and a backup credit card from my bank that I have one subscription on to keep active.
And a Target card because 5% off is a great deal. 
@bearmine @aceattveg In my region we get free next day shipping and it rarely fails, so it's still quite a good deal to have Prime itself. But we don't get credit cards or anything of the sort.
Lyons@elisse every time someone asks if I've seen <latest show> I say "lol no" because there are so many ways I'd rather spend my entertainment time. And shit like this just adds an "ol" to my response.
You see that show on Amazon prime?
lololololol no
Ruth / Anarchae@elisse it's a 🏴☠️ life for me and I still can't keep up with new shows and movies, so streaming seems like a doubly wasteful expense. I used to pay for crunchyroll when I watched more weekly anime (and was employed), and I also used to pay for one of the two of our Canadian sports channels, but I don't even want to look at how much they cost per month now.
Anthony@elisse I've taken the privateer approach, I now buy discs and rip to a Plex server.
Timo Zimmermann@elisse Prime is already at the bottom of my streaming service list. It might just go away completely.
I’m generally okay with a discounted ad based tier to make the services more accessible, but they might consider providing some value and fixing their service first.
When we turn on a show and let the next episode auto play it falls back to 480p and starts to buffer randomly till the stream dies. (Apple TV)
@fallenhitokiri I only have Prime because I get it off Amazon Prime. Otherwise I'd happily not have it. They're definitely not going to get more money out of me with their bad selection and technical issues.
@elisse same here - the only show on prime I actually watch is Grand Tour anyway…