Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business

Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by thaumasiotes on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:32AM (#35052267)

I dropped prime after "two-day shipping on all orders" had degenerated into "we'll deliver it when we feel like it, and you can't get two-day shipping even if you're willing to pay extra for it".

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by flangola7 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:32AM (#35052609)

What even is Prime without faster shipping?

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by miked85 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:54AM (#35052740)

Prime Video, though that isn't worth the cost.

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by account42 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @03:21AM (#35052937)

Prime Video is the reason I never got prime. Was using it free for a year as a student end when that expired I considered signing up for the free shipping. But then they bundled the Delivery-Prime with the video streaming service which doubled the price if you are not interested in video streaming.

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by thaumasiotes on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @05:10AM (#35053635)

It also used to stop you from seeing ads on Twitch. Not anymore.

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by nostromo on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:58AM (#35052772)

A bad spinoff of Lord of the Rings nobody watched..?

I wish this was a joke, but they did increase the cost of prime to pay for that trash, rather than focusing on what people really use Prime for.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ama...

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by jjeaff on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @04:25AM (#35053353)

I'm annoyed that they keep raising the price to pay for a streaming service I barely use. But I still can get most things next day or two days at most.

And I very much enjoyed the Lord of the Rings series they did. High production quality and pretty good story telling. But I suppose I am easily entertained.

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by mattlutze on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @04:33AM (#35053395)

A tool to get you to do your browsing and shopping on Amazon, so that they can improve your buyer profile and sell it across their network.

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Re:Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business by fortituded0002 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:54AM (#35052738)

My favorite is when I buy something from Prime and it says two day delivery once it ships in two weeks.

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