Updated:09:24 AM CEST Apr,21
(new)
66 lottery login
91 club
okwin
bdg game
55 club
(c) 1998-2026 Gameguru Mania
Privacy Policy statement
|
Amazon's Prime Video Cash Grab: Features Sliced One by One - briefly|
| (hx) 12:30 AM CEST - Apr,10 2026 | | Amazon has executed a multi-phase monetization strategy on Prime Video over 26 months, first inserting ads into the $139/year service, then charging $2.99/month to remove them, and now restricting 4K streaming while hiking the ad-free tier to $4.99/month as "Prime Video Ultra" starting April 10, 2026. Analyst Aakash Gupta estimates this could generate $1.8 billion in new annual revenue at just 15% uptake, helping offset Amazon's projected $3.8 billion in 2026 sports rights costs, including its NBA and NFL deals. The incremental changes are designed to minimize cancellations, as most users tolerate small degradations like resolution drops until noticed on larger screens. Critics call it classic "enshittification," extracting value without adding new content. Prime members face higher costs for features they previously enjoyed for free.
|
|
last 10 comments: | lorcro2000 | (12:36 PM CEST - Apr,10 2026 ) | Yarrrr, mateys!!
... erm, I mean, that's a crying shame, yeah that, enshittification is awful. |
|
| Sabot | (08:10 AM CEST - Apr,11 2026 ) | | I wish they would ad adverts into real life going to and at work. Imagine I can’t do anything for two and a half minutes every 20minutes :lol: |
|
All comments
|
|
Add your comment (free registration required)