Streaming services like Hulu and Amazon Prime Video are implementing price increases for ad-free viewing. Hulu offers a $8 per month plan with ads and a $18 per month plan without ads, prompting frustration from customers. Amazon Prime Video is also raising prices, with an additional £2.99 per month charge for ad-free viewing. Creators and customers express discontent with the shift towards commercials in streaming, likening it to traditional broadcast TV.
Subscribers will have to pay an extra £2.99 per month if they want to watch the streaming service without adverts https://t.co/5HoHB7iJhO
Amazon customers have been warned of an incoming price increase for Prime Video subscribers https://t.co/5HoHB7iJhO
That comic book villain Jeff Bezos is now charging customers for Prime Video to be ad free, in addition to having to pay for Prime!
Commercials Are Streaming's New Norm, and Creators Aren't Happy: "It's Almost Worse Than Broadcast" https://t.co/rIJX9f7JvG
current Hulu prices: $8 a month with ads. or $18 a month without ads. they'd rather make me watch ads than take a free $10 a month. so how much do they make from the ads I watch?