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You Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it Forever (www.currentaffairs.org)
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[โ€“] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So presumably the problem here is that DRM in the video is causing it to behave like a subscription rather than a purchase?

It sounds to me like you still only rented it (but I've never used amazon video stuff - I did get a movie from apple/iTunes once and that was very clear on the time -based limitations).

I searched amazon video and its quite clearly pitching itself as another shitty subscription service.

I think once again this comes down to false expectations (and possibly shitty marketing?)

[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 9 hours ago

Amazon is both a subscription and purchasing platform. There's no option to download them, only stream. Purchases are not tied to a subscription.