Furious Amazon Prime users cancel their subscriptions saying ‘it’s not worth it anymore’ after ‘outrageous’ change

AMAZON Prime customers have reacted with fury to the platform’s latest big change – and some are threatening to cancel altogether.

On Wednesday the firm revealed that adverts will be coming to Amazon Prime Video.

Subscribers have threatened to cancel their subscription

And the only way to avoid them is by coughing up an extra £2.99 / $2.99 every month.

The move will come into action on January 29 in the US and a week later on February 5 in the UK.

It means Amazon Prime Video will now cost £11.89 a month to continue enjoying TV shows and movies without ads.

If you continue with the current £8.99 price, you’ll start to see ads from January.

As expected, customers have not welcomed the announcement and many have taken to social media threatening they’ll quit.

“Im ready to cancel my Amazon prime. It’s not worth it anymore,” one viewer wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Time to cancel Amazon Prime, first they hike the price of membership, now want to charge extra for no ads,” another said.

“AMAZON JUST PUNISHED LOYAL MEMBERS OVER GREED!!!!” a third person yelled.

Meanwhile, a fourth user said: “I’m setting a reminder to cancel my Prime membership. Sure, I’ll miss things but the price is getting out of hand.”

In an email to customers, Amazon said it needed to make the changes to “allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time”.

The company also said it would have “meaningfully fewer ads than ad-supported TV channels and other streaming TV providers”.

How to cancel my Amazon Prime subscription

Amazon allows Prime subscribers to cancel at anytime.

You’ll have access to the full service until the month you’ve paid up for has ran out.

To cancel, start by visiting the Amazon Prime Membership page.

Go to Manage, and select Update, Cancel and More, then follow the on-screen instructions.

How to cut streaming bills with top FREE TV

Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime don’t come cheap – and year on year subscription costs seem to go up.

Fortunately there are loads of free streaming TV alternatives not everyone knows about.

And we’re not just talking about BBC iPlayer and ITVX.

Here are some free alternatives worth trying:

Hidden streamed channels on your TV from Samsung and LG
Pluto TV with more than 100 extra channels
Amazon’s free alternative Freevee
The free streaming service with more than 30,000 movies and no ads – and all you need is a library card

   

Advertisements