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Amazon.com defeats lawsuit by Prime Video subscribers over commercials
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action over decision to begin showing commercials on its Prime Video service unless subscribers paid a $2.99 monthly opt-out fee.
Subscribers who paid $139 a year for Prime Video said Amazon had led them to believe the service would remain ad-free. They said the ads amounted to a price increase that breached their subscriber agreements and violated Washington state consumer protection laws.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein in Seattle concluded, however, that the ads were a "benefit modification" specifically contemplated and authorized by Amazon and the subscribers. The change went into effect in January 2024.
