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Adios, Amazon Prime (discuss.tchncs.de)

I just canceled my Amazon Prime membership, something I was almost afraid of. Phew, it's nice to have that off my back.

I've been shopping less and less at Amazon anyway and barely used prime video, so I'll probably won't even notice the difference.

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[-] hbm@feddit.dk 2 points 31 minutes ago

Done the same a few months back and have resisted buying anything from them since.

Got rid of the contrition from supporting that tool, and I find myself actually buying less now which is a win for me and the planet.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Itt: excuses to keep feeding a psychopath billionaire corpo which we’ve known is bad to everyone for years. Because it’s convenient.

I assume all you guys have twitter and facebook too?

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I would cut it, but it would be even more money with my wife and her Amazon shopping on another site. She is a slave to the corpos, but still hot. Sacrifices I guess.

[-] SrMono@feddit.org 6 points 19 hours ago
[-] guest@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

I want to do the same but still have too many films I own in Prime Video :(

Or is there a way to keep them while still deleting my account?

[-] rraggl@mastodon.nl 2 points 1 hour ago

@guest @cronenthal And like so many pointed out: you don't own those movies. As painful as that realization might be. You bought a license to watch them for as long as Amazon deems it beneficial to their bottomline to offer them. They pulled the same shit with books.

And I too am of the conviction that if buying isn't owning, then downloading isn't stealing.

[-] rraggl@mastodon.nl 1 points 1 hour ago

@guest @cronenthal I for my part decided to buy DVD and Blu Ray again. Many of them are a steal at flea markets etc.

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Cut your losses and don't fall into sunken cost fallacy

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

If you paid for a movie under the impression you were purchasing the movie, and not a license to play it until amazon decided you can't, I'm of the opinion you're 100% justified in pirating the media.

[-] voodoocode@feddit.org 39 points 23 hours ago

"own" No you don't. You have bought the right to watch them as long as amazon allows. Thats also why you cant save them to somewhere else

[-] elgordino@fedia.io 26 points 23 hours ago

Videos purchased in Prime Video don’t require a Prime subscription. The subscription only covers the ‘free’ stuff.

[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 23 hours ago

Just pirate them. Once you bought a license it’s okay to do it, I give you permission

[-] thomasshikari@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

I think if you connect your prime video purchases to something like Movies Anywhere or vudu/fandango, a lot of them transfer over so I think in theory you could delete your account and keep those purchases elsewhere but I’m not 100% on that. But this is one of many reasons why I’m a huge supporter of physical media.

[-] Physnrd@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I use Movies Anywhere and it does that for me. Most things I purchase on Amazon are available in Google Movies, and vice versa. Sounds like not all studios use it, but I haven't had any issues yet.

Their website didn't really explain anything, so here's a wiki link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movies_Anywhere

[-] albert180@piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Just cancel the membership but not your account?
It's not rocket science

[-] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 23 hours ago

But why would you need to delete your account? Just stop giving then any more money. Don't renew your subscription, and watch the movies when you like.

Or, you know.... 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[-] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

Check out https://www.playon.tv/

I've used it before. It's not quick but it works

[-] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Local library?

this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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