A lawsuit accusing Amazon of misleading Prime subscribers by charging them an additional fee to stream movies and TV shows without ads has been dismissed.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein on Friday found that the e-commerce giant previously disclosed that the bundle of Prime benefits is subject to change. She said that Amazon “never promised subscribers” that its service would remain ad-free.
“In contrast, both the Prime Terms and the Video Terms repeatedly reserve to Amazon the right to modify, add, or remove benefits associated with memberships,” Rothstein wrote.
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Amazon last year pivoted to making its ad tier the default for its over 100 million subscribers, which instantly turned the service into a streaming-ad juggernaut and the largest ad-supported subscription streamer. Users were required to pay an additional $2.99 per month to watch without ads.
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