Thanks to industry consolidation and saturated market growth, the streaming industry has started behaving much like the traditional cable giants they once disrupted. As with most industries sufferi…
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    29·
    1 year ago

    Didn’t they just raise the price of prime too?

    $120 / yr. to $140 / yr. now +$3/mo, so call it $176 / yr.?

    For what was $120 in 2022?

    Glad I noped out at $140.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      48·
      1 year ago

      Price timeline

      2005 - lanuches at $79
      2011 - $79 (includes Prime Video)
      2014 - raises price to $99
      2018 - raises price to $119
      2022 - raises price to $139
      2024 - keeps the price at $139, but introduces ads that you can remove for $3/month

      • silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah the only thing exclusive to prime that is worth more than $5 (one time) is the 80s period show Red Oaks, and it went off air years ago.