Amazon is sticking ads in Prime Video shows and movies unless you pay more

ThePirateBay is not sticking ads in BitTorrented Video shows and movies no matter how little you pay

This is the last straw for me. I stopped pirating when streaming was reasonably priced. I now pay more for streaming than I paid for cable. No. I will now pirate what I want to see. If you don't want me to pirate your content, make it easily available for a reasonable price. I already pay for no ads in Amazon Prime. Adding ads and then expecting me to pay to not see them is just plain greedy.

edit: not -> now

My family spends quite a lot of money each month on streaming services, eBooks, and audio books.

If it was just me, I could be happy enough with free stuff: eBooks and audio books from my local library using Libby app; 4 free movies a month from my local library using Kanopy; Free movies on Tube with advertising.

And inexpensive options: Libro.fm for a great deal on DRM free audio books.

I wonder how they're going to handle watch parties. Do the people that pay more have to wait for the other people to watch ads? Does the whole watch party get the ads level that the watch party creator has? Do they just show ads to everyone in watch parties?

Appears like extortion.

[dupe]