Amazon Argues Users Don't Actually Own Purchased Prime Video Content -
- Thread starter MarvinTheParanoidAndroid
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Come on, goy! Subscribe to our streaming services and use our cloud! Physical media is obsolete!
Marissa Moira
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But based Gaben with a monopoly would never betray us users. I mean there's no way his successor could be some political blue hair with an ideological axe to grind and wanting excessive overreach?
One of the main reasons I still have a bluray collection. Setting up a media server isn't hard. I highly encourage it if you have a large collection and want to compact it a bit.
Digital has its place for rentals. (And digital copies that come with stuff is a nice little bonus) But always keep it in mind.
Digital has its place for rentals. (And digital copies that come with stuff is a nice little bonus) But always keep it in mind.
Still not as bad as John Deere claiming they still own your tractor and you only purchased an unlimited license to use it.
Stasi
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Kind of. I have a lot of media on my laptop, installed gerbera which is a free upnp media server and streamed to the roku in my living room over the home network. Worked OK though got rid of the roku because the ads on youtube were annoying me and now have a mini windows pc hooked up to living room tv, still works the same and I can play the media on my laptop over the network.
There are probably more sophisticated and better solutions but worked for my limited needs.
A dynamic OS that requires constant updates and teams of people to solve security flaws does not compare to a static mp4 file.
I'm sick of this "licensed, not sold" crap.
Software EULAs have been doing that since at least the '00s.
Software EULAs have been doing that since at least the '00s.
Unless they're constantly changing the video, though, there is absolutely no reason to view it as a service. Or not to just record it whenever you watch it, much as you would on TV. Trying to turn static content into a "service" is bullshit. It is not how consumers view it when you buy an actual product. The more they pull bait and switch like this the more people will just take to the high seas.
The Real SVP
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If you tell someone you are selling him your bicycle, and then make them sign a contract which states that you are actually only renting it out you are committing fraud. Especially if you then congratulate them on having bought the bicycle and keep on referring to the transaction as a purchase.
Sure your victim should have been reading the contract more carefully, but that does not make you less guilty or your actions less deceptive.
Unfortunately it makes them legal, though. You are presumed to have read a contract you signed (or clicked through), even though judges like Richard Posner have openly admitted even they don't read this shit.
The Real SVP
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No, it does not. Misrepresenting the details of a contract is very much illegal. Just like pressuring people into signing contracts without reading them, or using deceptive language in them.
The times I don't pirate are usually out of convenience and also because my wife doesn't understand torrents and is too nervous for me to show her how it works.
If I had a media server though it'd be constant anchors away.
Samson Pumpkin Jr.
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but bruh, they're private corporations, they can just *do* that. As a firm believer in the constitution of the United States I must say that this is perfectly in line with my values
MarvinTheParanoidAndroid
This will all end in tears, I just know it.
True & Honest Fan
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At first I read this as "The more they pull bait & switches like this the more people will take it in the ass."
Probably because that's the truth.
This is more like walking into a bookstore, purchasing a book, and then the bookstore owner trying to tell you it's actually a lending library and you have to give the book back on his say so.
Dandelion Eyes
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Wasn't it Amazon that removed e-books, that the readers had presumably "bought", from their e-readers, and then completely got away with it?
Yeah... I think I know what's gonna come out of that, namely: nothing.
Yeah... I think I know what's gonna come out of that, namely: nothing.
Stasi
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Yeh I remember hearing about this.
There was also steam/rockstar pulling songs from GTA games via updates. I don't give a shit about your license expiring, why are you forcefully downgrading my game so I have a worse product than what I paid for.
Give me top hats but I really hate streaming. I want to own physical media, or at least have a personal digital copy that cannot be taken away from me. I don't want to pay like $50 a month for multiple streaming services just so I can have access to a handful of shows. And what happens when Netflix decides to drop that show or movie? You pay $15 or so a month to get access to make 2 or 3 shows or movies you like while being uninterested in everything else.
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