Overview
- Landgericht München I ruled that Amazon's January 2024 email about introducing ads and a €2.99 per month ad‑free option wrongly implied the company could change contracts unilaterally.
- Amazon was ordered to send a corrective letter to customers and to refrain from similar communications, though the decision is not yet final.
- The court found Prime Video’s ad‑free experience constituted a key value of the service, and Amazon’s terms permitted changing titles, not the ad model.
- Amazon said it disagrees with the conclusions and is reviewing the judgment for possible appeal.
- The ruling bolsters ongoing collective actions, including a Saxony consumer group’s profit‑skimming claim seeking at least €1.8 billion and a mass claim with roughly 150,000 registered consumers; ads have run by default since February 5, 2024 unless users pay €2.99 monthly.