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    Prime Video’s ‘Shop the Show’ feature just got bigger – and I fear it could ruin some of the streamer’s best shows



    • Amazon has expanded its ‘Shop the Show’ feature for Prime Video shows
    • It lets you see and buy products from the movie or show you’re watching
    • But will this mean more product placement in Prime Video originals?

    Amazon has brought its “Shop The Show” program into its US app, enabling you to easily find products related to specific movies and shows – and it’s just upped the number of shoppable shows to over 1,300.

    The idea is simple enough: let’s say you’re watching The Boys and want to buy some tie-in merchandise. Simply open the Amazon app, search for “Shop the show” and you can then find an organized collection of products related to the hit show.

    I’m not going to pretend that I’m immune to wanting the odd bit of merch, but I do worry what this means for future Prime Video originals. Because I think the temptation to stuff them with sales opportunities in the form of ever-more-annoying product placement is going to be impossible for Amazon to resist.

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    Want to know where to get this coffee mug or that tee? Shop the Show could help (Image credit: Amazon)

    Why I worry about Shop the Show

    A phone showing the Amazon's app Shop the Show feature

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    I’m worried about combining shows and selling because every time a streamer attempts to make more money from its users, which of course is what Shop the Show is designed to do, it makes the service worse.

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