Amazon deserves to be called out for swindling users

Amazon deserves to be called out for swindling users
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series cost the company US$1 billion but failed to attract much critical or popular acclaim.
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By Dave Lee(Bloomberg Opinion) – In June 2023, a California man named Wilbert Napoleon renewed his yearly subscription to Amazon Prime at the recently increased price of US$139 (NZ$224). Part of that deal, as heavily advertised, was Amazon’s promise of “unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming” of entertainment through its Netflix competitor, Prime Video.But by January, Amazon had reneged on part of the deal. It announced that Prime Video would no longer be commercial-free unless subscribers – even existing on...

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