• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Date set for major change to Amazon Prime viewing experience that has people cancelling their subscriptions

Home> Entertainment

Updated 16:49 2 Jan 2024 GMTPublished 16:50 2 Jan 2024 GMT

Date set for major change to Amazon Prime viewing experience that has people cancelling their subscriptions

The announcement left some customers unimpressed

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

The date has been shared for the big change to Amazon Prime Video that had customers vowing to cancel their subscriptions.

In case you missed it, the streaming giant, which is home to original content including The Boys, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and Clarkson's Farm, announced a fairly controversial move last month.

Customers were sent an email alerting them to ‘an update on Prime Video’, which detailed that for the first time ever, the streaming platform would be including adverts on shows and movies.

The email went on: “This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership.”

Advert

However, if customers want to remain ad-free, they will be asked to stump up an extra £2.99 (or $2.99 in the US) for the privilege.

Amazon Prime produces immensely popular series like The Boys.
Amazon Prime

As you can imagine, the news went down like a lead balloon with subscribers, with some vowing to cancel their subscription once adverts were included.

In a post on Reddit one angry Prime Video customer wrote: “This is bull s**t if you have an existing annual membership - they shouldn't be able to change it until your current membership renews.”

Another said: “And I just cancelled. Got a refund for the rest of my year's subscription.”

Advert

Taking to X, a fellow disgruntled subscriber added: “Absolute f**king gall of adding adverts to a subscription I already pay for, then adding that I can pay more on top of my subscription to get rid of them.”

Customers were emailed about the upcoming changes.
LADbible

A second commented: “I hope the news of @AmazonUK adding adverts to Amazon Prime is not true. Been a customer for many years but will that will end if i have to sit through ads.”

Someone else penned: “So, that's me getting rid of Amazon Prime then. Limited TV and movie offerings and now adverts.”

As yet, nothing has changed with Amazon Prime, but our friends in the US will start to see adverts while streaming from the 29 January.

Advert

Meanwhile, in the UK, it’s a little bit further out, with Amazon telling subscribers the adverts will be shown from 5 February.

The decision follows a similar move from Netflix, which introduced a lower-priced tier for customers who were happy to sit through ads.

Featured Image Credit: Amazon Prime

Topics: UK News, TV and Film, Amazon Prime

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
3 hours ago
4 hours ago
  • Steve Granitz/WireImageSteve Granitz/WireImage
    2 hours ago

    Charlie Sheen makes plea to Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer following Netflix documentary

    After Sheen crashed out of Two and a Half Men, Cryer said he didn't know if he could 'get in business' with him again

    Entertainment
  • YouTube/Giant Live StrongmanYouTube/Giant Live Strongman
    3 hours ago

    ‘The Mountain’ sets huge new deadlift world record

    Is he the strongest man to have ever walked God's green earth?

    Entertainment
  • Instagram/Daisy May CooperInstagram/Daisy May Cooper
    3 hours ago

    Daisy May Cooper explained brutally honest reasons behind weight-loss as she shares major transformation

    The star said she 'ballooned' before This Country

    Entertainment
  • Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentKevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
    4 hours ago

    Scarlett Johansson addresses kissing co-star on lips during red carpet after her husband shared response

    Colin Jost previously admitted to not seeing his wife's co-star as 'the biggest threat'

    Entertainment
  • 'Jeremy Clarkson effect' is causing hordes of people to make major life change
  • People cancelling Amazon Prime subscriptions over major change coming in two weeks
  • Contestants stunned as comedian does ping pong show as part of strip tease in new Amazon Prime series
  • What Brits need to know about today's major change to Amazon Prime which will affect your viewing experience