They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won’t last. They’re going full Microsoft Skype mode and it’s only a matter of time.

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    It was either that or they start charging. They’re gonna piss people of either way but at least it’s still free.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I al sways assumed the free version was the loss leader and they made it back with people buying the paid version.

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          Yeah apparently not enough return on that for Amazon. I’m hoping my pihole will deal with the majority of the ads. Prime video ads are served from the same domain as the main content so I can’t block them with this method.

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          They tried to do that, but it’s difficult to make a decent subscription service for what’s essentially a chat app.