Amazon announced its plans for the ads in 2023 and thenrolled out the changes in January.
The filing also says Amazon marketed Prime Video for years as being “commercial-free.”
This “harms both consumers and honest competition,” the lawsuit said.
Prime memberships costs $15/month, but that scales to $18/month to avoid ads.
For comparison, Max’s ad-free option costs $16/month and Netflix’s ad-free tier costs $15.50/month.
Prime Video will host the upcoming adaptations of Fallout and God of War.
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