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Amazon sued in Australia after Prime subscribers were made to pay more to remove ads

www.accc.gov.au English

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1232739/amazon-sued-in-australia-after-prime-subscribers-were-made-to-pay-more-to-remove-ads

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    Amazon in court for introducing ads to Prime Video using allegedly unfair contract terms
    www.accc.gov.au
    The ACCC has commenced Federal Court proceedings against Amazon Commercial Services Pty Ltd (Amazon AU) for allegedly breaching the Australian Consumer Law by including unfair contract terms in its Prime subscriptions contracts, and later relying on those terms to introduce advertising to its streaming service, Amazon Prime Video.
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    • Ozzy@piefeed.comEnglish
      5 days

      I smile everytime I read ‘Amazon sued’

      • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
        5 days

        Good. They should have added an ad-supported tier people could opt in to, like everybody else did, instead of changing the existing tier to be ad-supported and requiring people to pay extra to opt out.

        • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5 days

          Cancelled my over decade old Prime subscription right after they injected ads into it.

          I shop less, and still get Amazon shows, ad-free.

            • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5 days

              Came here to post the same. It was getting expensive but I was hanging on. The ads were the final straw.

              • Joelk111@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5 days

                Unfortunately Amazon has me locked into their ecosystem with their 5% cash back credit card. After I buy a house, I intend to cancel Prime and cancel the credit card, as I’ll be able to weather that hit to my credit score.

                Fuck, I hate credit cards.

              • Cypher@aussie.zoneEnglish
                5 days

                That’s funny, I literally cancelled my prime subscription yesterday after being prompted to pay to remove ads.

                Back to the high seas for me.

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