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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

"effort to compensate" my ass.

I call it fraud.

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[-] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I'd rather have my money back, if you remove something I paid for. Luckily I'm not using Amazon Prime Video

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[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the age where you own nothing! If it's digital and not accessible offline, on your own device, you can lose it on a company's whim. This is one of the major arguments for piracy: it's often the only way you can "own" digital content.

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[-] Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It's just a long term licence to watch it

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[-] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

After over a decade of giving up on physical media, I'm now back to collecting it primarily because of this major issue with streaming services.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

You will own nothing and be happy about it!

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Richard Stallman already talked about this Here is the article: https://stallman.org/amazon.html

[-] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Google is just as bad, trying to do the right thing and support the movies we love, and now Google has locked all my movies so only I can watch them. I can still load them on the telly in the lounge, but I specifically bought them to be shared amongst my kids, who now can't see them. They make it impossible to follow their rules. It's become impossible to buy digital. I'm tempted to go apple and try Apple store, for all my purchases. I just want it all in one place and to actually own what I purchase. They're talking out both sides of their mouth. On one hand they lambast you for taking a copy of something, but if you buy a copy they can take it away at any time and you don't own it. There is no contract where money is traded for a product.

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I mean... yeah? That's one of the main reasons why you want to have your own Plex (or, Jellyfin) library, that way you control what media you have and it can't be taken away from you at any second.

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

This is why I don't buy digital media (other than games).

I pay the fee to stream but I won't give them more money to "buy" their movies or "rent" them.

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

you've never purchased anything digitally, from any of these motherfuckers, just rented them for sometimes what turns out to be an extremely long time, and sometimes not. step right up folks, one born ever minute.

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[-] JdW@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the way it has been working for quite some time with all digital distribution networks.

The shocking thing here is that you get compensation, Apple e.g. has never done that, in the past they did not even send a notification if they deleted something from your library.

Yes, the whole concept is scummy. But Amazon at least tries as best as they can in the context of licenses from third parties...

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[-] NullaFacies@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Of course they’re able to.

They’re a digital platform. Unless something is DRM free, this shit is likely to happen at some point.

[-] dicepils@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago

That's bullshit

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