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>>qainsi+(OP)
This is really just a price increase, given the increasing costs of TV and movie productions (creatives must get paid).

Details:

Amazon Prime currently costs $14.99 each month or $139 annually. (Prime Video can be subscribed to individually for $8.99/month.) The new charge for ad-free streaming would bring Prime to just under $18, and would push standalone Prime Video to just under $12.

>>andsoi+Sq
Hell if it was about creatives getting paid I’d be all for it. But I wasn’t born yesterday and I know that it’s just a cynical ploy to boost some exec’s numbers so they can make their bonus for the fiscal year.

We’ve been down this road too many times before.