Latest shift and price increases on TV streaming and ads on internet forums

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Apologies for my whine here:

We watch various TV shows here n there..  For us the Prime Amazon charge with included video and music was a good value for our needs.  Now Prime Video has increased fee via the addition of "limited ads" , of course for an additional fee of $3.00  you can remain "ad free". 

Motor Trend is merging with Discovery + and of course the fee is higher.  Now it will be more $ to watch some of these automotive shows.

A couple of the home repair TV shows have become tied to increased fees.  We stopped watching them. They want 7.99 here, 9.99 for another streaming... I signed up for a small package on Prime Amazon to watch the Home repair type shows.. After the first week, I learn the fine print is the popular shows are additional $ fee for current content for 20 to 25 dollars per season.  So , I cancelled that package.

Increased ads on various internet forums has reduced traffic on the forums.  The Hotrod forums I visit , the traffic has dropped by  a huge amount.

I stopped listening to local OTA radio because of the near constant ads they put forward.  If I listen to the radio I use Prime Music on my phone.. Which I am waiting for fee increases on that too.

[jaybee]

The streaming services are working hard to recreate the old Cable TV packages in order to boost revenue. It's not pretty.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I cancelled my Motor Trend subscription on Amazon Prime video near 2 weeks ago... I checked the Discovery +  section and nothing there was interesting enough to spend more money to keep the few automotive shows I watched on Motor Trend.

Then: Amazon bills me the $ charge for Discovery+ on the switch over date when the Motor Trend sub ends, and the merge to Discovery+ happens. I worked on cancelling the Discovery+ and a refund.

   Its always something.