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Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase.

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:

parsiuk ,

You know where Amazon (and any other company for that matter) can't pull content from? My Jellyfin instance. Yo-ho-ho!

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

True. But your jellyfish instance only really works for you and a few trusted friends/neighbors. I would still like a comprehensive library that I can browse and select from at a moment's notice.

The infuriating nature of Amazon / Hollywood / IP law / etc, is that these two combined goals are inimicable to the profit motive. I can't have access to a big public library of continent, because that means someone else won't be able to collect the real-time maximal market-rate from me to access it.

Shit happens. Tech breaks. You forget where you leave things. People outside your social circle (people you'll never know existed) will want access to that same media at some future date. And Jellyfin doesn't get them that.

parsiuk ,

But your jellyfish instance only really works for you

Yes, and that's the whole point of it. It works even if my internet access goes down, and kids are screaming for their cartoons. Peace of mind.

gapbetweenus ,

Digital goods are just not physical goods, you don't really own them - which also mean you can't really steal them.

RanchOnPancakes ,
@RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world avatar

If you can't save it, its not yours. Sail the seas.

fubo ,

Remember, streaming only has a business model as long as it has a better user experience than piracy. That's why iTunes took off in the era of Napster. When a streaming service's user experience drops below that of digging up pirate treasure off a shitty ad-ridden torrent site, that service is not long for the world.

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Companies issuing refunds in the form of gift cards is just straight-up insulting

ericisshort ,

And it may be illegal in some states to not offer the customer an actual refund.

Carter ,

£5.99 refund. Quite clearly not in the US.

dansity ,

Sssh.. Everyone lives in default country

meco03211 ,

Default country is best country.

dalekcaan ,

Take me down to %DEFAULT_CITY where the grass is %DEFAULT_COLOR and the girls are %DESCRIPTIVE_ADJECTIVE

odium ,

I know they probably actually meant the States of the US, but...

They did say states with a lowercase s. 'States' = regions within a country, 'states' = can mean countries. Technically they aren't defaulting to the US.

looeee ,

£ is from a country that does not have states

roofuskit ,

But it IS a state. Sorry if you're not a native English speaker but just because your vocabulary is lacking doesn't mean they are wrong.

snail_hatan ,

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/5c7a9d27-b6c5-46fb-a9f2-30c74153fb6f.jpeg

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