Netflix has thousands of videos in its mammoth streaming catalog. Yet, picking just the right show for a given night isn’t the chillaxing experience it should be. Indeed, the busy Netflix interface…
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Peacock’s with-ads plan will soon be the priciest of the big streamers
Time for another price hike, this time from Peacock, and it’s a big one. Starting July 23 for new subscribers, Peacock will raise the price of its ad-supported Premium tier to $10.99…
Got Comcast or Spectrum? I threatened to cancel my Internet and saved $275
Last week, I secured my lowest price for Spectrum internet in years. All it took was a call to Spectrum’s retention department, which is where you end up after telling the automated…
And just like that, Max is HBO Max again
It’s official, folks: HBO Max is back. Streamers woke up this morning to an update that replaced the “Max” on their apps with “HBO Max,” putting an end to a rebranding exercise…
Got Comcast or Spectrum internet? Now’s a great time to threaten you’ll cancel
Last week, I secured my lowest price for Spectrum internet in years. All it took was a call to Spectrum’s retention department, which is where you end up after telling the automated…
Amazon sets an end date for its standalone Freevee app
Nearly eight months after Amazon announced it was phasing out its ad-supported Freevee streaming service, the standalone Freevee app is still widely available. Now it appears the app’s days are numbered. On…
It’s not just Prime Video: Max shows 50% more ads now
When HBO Max launched its ad-supported plan in 2021, it promised no more than four minutes of ads per hour. Now, it’s quietly backtracked. A support page for Max’s Basic with Ads…
Getting sick of all the Prime Video ads? Amazon quietly doubled them
If you’re already fed up with the amount of ads you see on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service, there could be a reason. Amazon has quietly begun running twice as many…
YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads
It’s fairly easy to block the constant, incessant advertising that appears on YouTube. Google would prefer that you don’t, or pay up (quite a lot) to make them go away. Last weekend,…
Amazon is quietly doubling the number of ads in Prime Video
If you’re already fed up with the amount of ads you see on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service, we have bad news. You may soon be forced to watch twice as…
