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2025: Amazon forced customers to buy paid subscriptions and prevented them from canceling them. Now the company will pay $2.5 billion for this
The American company Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion in fines and compensation for forcing the connection of an Amazon Prime subscription without the consent of customers. The US Federal Trade Commission has accused the tech giant of misleading millions of users and making it difficult to cancel a paid service. Of the total amount, $1 billion is a fine, and $1.5 billion will be directed to compensation to affected customers. The agreement between the regulator and the company will be valid for ten years. This was reported by Bloomberg in September 2025.
The court found Amazon's actions illegal. The company collected customer payment details until the full disclosure of Prime's subscription terms. Users did not understand that they were subscribing to a paid service. The regulator insists that Amazon deliberately hid information about the cost and terms of cancellation.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Amazon and its three executives in 2023. The regulator accused the company of violating the law on the protection of online buyers. The claims concerned deceptive practices in signing subscriptions and creating artificial barriers to their cancellation.
As part of the agreement reached, two Amazon executives - Neil Lindsay and Jamil Ghani - were banned from Prime-related activities. The third leader, Russell Grandinetti, was suspended from participating in the case. Restrictions on the activities of top managers will be valid for the entire term of the agreement.
Amazon Prime represents a key part of the company's business model. Subscribers spend more money and shop more often than users without a subscription. Program participants pay $139 per year or $15 per month for various benefits. The service includes discounts on delivery, access to the streaming service and other bonuses.[1]
2023: Prime Video Service Popularity Map by Country
2016: Expansion of broadcasting to more than 200 countries
Starting December 14, 2016 online movie theater Amazon , Prime expanded its broadcasting, covering over 200, countries of the world including. Russia content You can watch the streaming service on some TVs Samsung LG and with the function,, Smart TV computer as well as in a special for and. mobile application Android iOS
Connecting to Amazon Prime gives the user a week of free viewing, during which you can refuse the service services free of charge. When registering, you must specify the card number, so that after seven days the money will be debited from it automatically[2].
A subscription for Russia will cost €2.99 monthly for six months of Amazon Prime. Subsequently, you will have to pay €5.99 each month for viewing.
The user can control traffic consumption by selecting the quality of the video when watching. In addition, you can turn on auto mode, in which Amazon Prime will independently select the best streaming settings, taking into account the location, provider and device for viewing the viewer.
Amazon Prime has IMDB's X-Ray service, which allows you to find out the names of the actors playing in the episode, the names of musical compositions and interesting facts about the film or series.
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