Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters are up in arms after Amazon demanded a 30% slice of any advertising revenue that passes through its FireTV devices.

Amazon demands 30% share of ad revenue from TV networks’ apps::Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters are up in arms after Amazon demanded a 30% slice of any advertising revenue that passes through its FireTV devices. Financial Review said networks Seven, Nine, Ten and SBS had accused the parcels to showbiz company of a “cash grab” and “rent-seeking”. Amazon has set new terms of services that would require…

  • @SPOOSEREnglish
    4•1 year ago

    I want to have this level of belief. After Netflix benefitting from their enshittification, I believe this will just become the new norm and I’ll just be pushed further from societal norms because I’m not willing to shell out for all of this bullshit, while the vast majority of society is. I want to believe these companies will fail in their ventures to treat their customers like shit, but if I’ve learned anything it’s that society will do anything for their shit.

    • phillaholicEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      Large companies will survive. Small ones will fail. A few medium ones with fail too. Amazon doesn’t have to make prime video successful as long as they prop it up with prime shipping.

      • @cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        And the logical conclusion is the further consolidation of power in a handful of massive companies like in dystopian scifi

        • phillaholicEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          Yup, and the solution to the problem already exists. Break them up, or better yet, don’t let them buy each other up in the first place.