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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 (3 children)

I still don't get how a consumer can't just pay (fantasy hypothetical world) $10, and what they watch/view is recorded.

  • Streaming company takes their cut, distributes the rest to content producers proportioned based on what was watched.
  • Producers take their cut then distribute the rest as residuals.

I lied. I do know that the current contract infrastructure doesn't allow for this.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because of the shareholders take all the benefit without contributing actual work. Just capital. And the same shareholders don’t want to take risks. But you can’t make a movie without money upfront. That is the whole problem.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    What?! You union guys don't work on promises that you'll get paid, maybe, sometime in the future and exposure? /s

    (Also, I definitely should have put a joke about film there but not in the proper frame of mind to make a good one.)

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