Amazon Facing Massive Lawsuit: Prime Video Accused of Misleading Subscribers

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Remember when streaming was championed as a cheaper, ad-free alternative to traditional cable?

Those were the days.

Those days appear long gone… and Amazon Prime Video may be the first to pay the price for this at least based on a potential lawsuit that the tech titan could be facing.

According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon was filed on Feb. 9 in a California federal court.

The source of the grievance? Money and ads.

The lawsuit alleges that Amazon misled Prime subscribers by including an additional fee to watch movies and television shows on the service without ads.

The issue arose when Amazon made the controversial decision to flip all Prime subscribers to their ad-supported tier.

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