Amazon's FAST service seemed redundant after Amazon launched the Prime Video ad tier in January. With the subscription tier making money from subscription fees and ads shown on Prime Video with ads, it made little sense for Amazon to continue with Freevee, which only has the latter revenue stream.

Amazon is phasing out its free, ad-supported streaming service, Freevee. All the shows and movies will go to Amazon Prime Video. The platform already offers a mix of content, including rentals, purchases, free ad-supported television (FAST) channels ...

Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand.