Scroll Offers a New Way to Experience the Internet for $4.99 a Month
If you are tired of slow-loading websites and cookies tracking your every move online, Scroll now offers subscribers a different type of internet experience. For $4.99 a month, subscribers can access websites that load twice as fast and that have 80% fewer trackers. Subscribers can also browse and read completely ad-free on 300+ participating websites. Up to 70% of user subscription fees support partner websites, and Scroll keeps 30% to fund their operations.
STATPACK: Amazon Prime
In this Subscription Insider STATPACK, we look at Amazon Prime trends and predictions including analysis on Prime subscribers, Prime Video subscribers, reach, user behavior, shopping behavior and a host of Prime Day statistics. Download the 98-page PowerPoint with 43 charts and graphs (with three embedded excel charts) to access all the data.
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