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<blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9264434" data-attributes="member: 6921294">Oh, I misunderstood. I suppose anything is possible, but I doubt they go to such drastic lengths, and even if they did what's stopping you from just creating a new account, unless they can block your IP address, which again I doubt. I'm not a lawyer but if I understand a class action suit, it's basically, in this case, a law firm suing Amazon on behalf of every Amazon Prime member, and you really don't have a say in the matter at this point. I could be wrong though. What I was getting at was, for instance, if someone subscribed to Amazon Prime in June of 2023 when the ads weren't present, but at that time the fine print read that Amazon reserves the right to alter the subscription agreement without prior notice to the subscriber. In January of 2024 they decided to add advertisements as part of their streaming services, does the consumer have any recourse or do they just have to live with the ads, pay the $2.99 to go ad free or cancel their subscription and hope for a pro-rated refund, IDK? I've not read the actual filing or the subscription agreement so I'm just guessing and could be entirely off base, but the key is what's in the subscription agreement and whether its legal or not and where.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="R_J_K75, post: 9264434, member: 6921294"] Oh, I misunderstood. I suppose anything is possible, but I doubt they go to such drastic lengths, and even if they did what's stopping you from just creating a new account, unless they can block your IP address, which again I doubt. I'm not a lawyer but if I understand a class action suit, it's basically, in this case, a law firm suing Amazon on behalf of every Amazon Prime member, and you really don't have a say in the matter at this point. I could be wrong though. What I was getting at was, for instance, if someone subscribed to Amazon Prime in June of 2023 when the ads weren't present, but at that time the fine print read that Amazon reserves the right to alter the subscription agreement without prior notice to the subscriber. In January of 2024 they decided to add advertisements as part of their streaming services, does the consumer have any recourse or do they just have to live with the ads, pay the $2.99 to go ad free or cancel their subscription and hope for a pro-rated refund, IDK? I've not read the actual filing or the subscription agreement so I'm just guessing and could be entirely off base, but the key is what's in the subscription agreement and whether its legal or not and where. [/QUOTE]

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