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Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video.

In an effort to compensate you for the inconvenience, we have applied a £5.99 Amazon Gift Card to your account. The Gift Card amount is equal to the amount you paid for the Prime Video purchase(s). To apologize for the inconvenience, we've also added an Amazon Gift Certificate of £5 to your account. Your Gift Card balance will be automatically applied to your next eligible order. You can view your balance and usage history in Your Account here:

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

It still comes down to choosing convenience over not being taken advantage of. Building a computer, for example, has many benefits over buying one. It's a matter of what a person places value on.

Why follow corporations' timelines for obsolescence? I'm sure if they could erase the technology of media players from people's minds, corporations would. Best to keep people completely hooked up and dependent on their "services" so they can be milked of their money continuously.

As long as the method and means to play the media is available, physical is my preference. Vinyl, CDs, DVDs. Cassettes and VHS quality over time leaves much to be desired and is the only reason why I wouldn't add them to the list.

These aren't dependent on a network, internet, cloud. Own forever, build and repair.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I prefer digital out of convenience, sure (especially with music - you can't really listen to CDs on your walks). But that doesn't mean "being kept hooked on a service". It is all DRM-less on my hard drives, no company is taking that away. I DO own it forever.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I don't see the disagreement here.

    Digital includes digital optical or video discs (DVDs). DVDs and downloads are preferable to the situation posted by OP which is what I posted in this thread. The choice is convenience or not being taken advantage of and owning your media.

    And an aside, have you never had a portable CD player or minidisc player or mp3 player, nevermind a tape player? Are you familiar with Walkman? Sony still makes that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nope, I am too young for a player like this) And even if I wasn't, it would be impractical compared to a normal player. Imagine carrying several disks with you. Not to mention the podcasts...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, so what is the relevance of this in the context of owning your own media versus being milked for money by corporations and having what you paid for removed at their whim? You'd have to be familiar with common usage of media players up to today to give a knowledgeable comparison on what was and is normal or impractical in that area, let alone the meaning of digital, which you don't appear to be. My point that owning is better than allowing corporate exploitation for convenience sake still stands.

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