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>>qainsi+(OP)
Dumb. You pay for Prime. You pay extra for Prime Video. You now pay even more extra for Prime Video to not show you ads.

This is a company worth $1.5 trillion dollars (with a founder worth $175 billion dollars)....yet they can't help themselves but triple-dip? Yeah, no.

Arr, matey, I hear the high seas calling.

>>NickC2+N4
What does Bezos' worth have to do with this? If you're suggesting he cover the cost for everyone, why would he do that? To prevent subscription loss maybe, but the whole point is that the increased prices make up for the lost subscriptions, so the move makes financial sense without a Bezos intervention.

Or is the idea that Bezos should subsidize Amazon with his billions out of the kindness of his heart? At that point, aren't there better, more worthy causes than this for Bezos to give his money to?

I tend to wince when people suggest that, because a CEO is wealthy, therefore the company ought to operate in some specific way. Those two things are unconnected, as it's rarely a direct compensation that causes the CEO to be as wealthy as he is.