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Re:Amazon private label brands are quietly taking over Amazo... by eel on Friday October 05, 2018 @10:18AM (#18148297)
The advertising is ridiculous. It used to be that the ads were one or two listings at the top or the bottom of the search results. Now they are top, bottom, side, and mixed in some of my search results and look more similar to non-sponsored listings.

Over the summer I used Prime Video to watch Sneaky Pete, and every episode would start with a 30 second ad for a different Prime show. There was a skip button, but it was hidden, and I could only find it by long tapping.

So I cancelled Prime. I felt silly paying Amazon to display ads at me.

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Re:Amazon private label brands are quietly taking over Amazo... by tokyodude on Friday October 05, 2018 @12:18PM (#18149333)
Searched for "Avengers" on the Apple TV Amazon Prime Video app. Scroll to right through results, after the movies it turns into user videos from amazon product reviews for Avenger merch.
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Re:Amazon private label brands are quietly taking over Amazo... by anonymous5133 on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:37PM (#18151072)
Completely agree. Amazon has grown to be a monopoly that doesn't value customer experience anymore.
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