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Now that we have the options of hundreds of channels, more digital, cable, and satellite systems than you can shake a stick at, DVRs, and on-demand, advertising embedded in our entertainment has become passé. I either record my TV so that I can forward past the commercials, tune them out, or watch shows that don’t have them. However, that’s not making money for advertisers.
Amazon Prime Video started including ads in its programming earlier this year, and now it has announced that it is adding even more. No matter how you look at it, Amazon continues to bring in cash, with every subscriber. It announced last year that it would begin running limited ads in its Prime Video programming.
If you didn’t want to see the ads, though, you could pay an extra $3 each month. That means Amazon got more money, regardless of your wishes. Either it is taking a straight $3 cut from you, for the pleasure to not have your entertainment interrupted with ads, or it is getting advertiser money by forcing you to sit through its commercials.
There is a third option, one that has fed-up subscribers dumping the subscription and flocking to a competitor. And now that it has announced even more ads are arriving on its streaming service, it could be losing even more subscribers. Good to know ? Which one is for you: streaming or downloading ? Amazon announced that it is adding even more ads to the service.
And these ads may not be so easy to get rid of. And once again, it’s sucking even more mon.
