Amazon is retiring its Freevee service, it’s been announced, as it seeks to bolster its main Prime Video streaming platform.

Against the backdrop of streaming services wanting a slice of your income every month, there’s also been the quiet rise of those happy to give you things for free – albeit in exchange for watching adverts. In an era where streamers have prioritised listing movies and TV shows that their numbers indicate give them some sort of response, these free services have picked up the slack and given us a deeper catalogue of stuff to browse through.

Tubi is one such service, and Ryan’s found a whole host of genre films available on it here. But Amazon also has offered Freevee – formerly known as IMDb Freedive, then IMDb TV – a useful option that’s offered films and shows for no upfront charge.

Earlier this year, however, Amazon itself...