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Amazon sued in Australia after Prime subscribers were made to pay more to remove ads
(www.accc.gov.au)
I smile everytime I read 'Amazon sued'
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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Good. They should have added an ad-supported tier people could opt in to, like everybody else did, instead of changing the existing tier to be ad-supported and requiring people to pay extra to opt out.
Cancelled my over decade old Prime subscription right after they injected ads into it.
I shop less, and still get Amazon shows, ad-free.
Came here to post the same. It was getting expensive but I was hanging on. The ads were the final straw.
Unfortunately Amazon has me locked into their ecosystem with their 5% cash back credit card. After I buy a house, I intend to cancel Prime and cancel the credit card, as I'll be able to weather that hit to my credit score.
Fuck, I hate credit cards.
That’s funny, I literally cancelled my prime subscription yesterday after being prompted to pay to remove ads.
Back to the high seas for me.