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

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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+(OP)
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.

>>andsoi+(OP)
Does it say anywhere if the $139 a year package will show ads?

>>throwu+w
> Hell if it was about creatives getting paid I’d be all for it

I wouldn’t. They already bring in plenty of money to pay creatives more. Just because they’re too greedy to pay them doesn’t justify upping the price for everyone.

>>andsoi+(OP)
I didn't even realize one could subscribe to Prime Video alone. I wonder if it's easy to subscribe for a month at a time like it is with hbo and disney.

>>tunesm+Pc
yes, it is.