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The incentives are misaligned. Netflix, Amazon, Disney et al, aren't interested in showing me what I want to watch for a purchase price, they are after my attention, and to divert me to their most profitable revenue stream (Netflix in house creations etc). My attention is not for sale, I'll buy content if it is sold in a manner that is attractive to me in a consumer friendly model, Louis CK selling his standup specia…
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When do you return Amazon stuff? I have returned online clothes purchases from other stores but I'm pretty sure I've never returned anything I bought from Amazon. Basically because I buy "things" from it, and I end up doing so much research before buying that I'm always happy with the purchase.
I buy and research multiple products in parallel. You can’t beat my system. Jeff Bezos hates me.
You make think that you're sticking it to the man, but you're actually screwing the little guys.
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My household has one streaming service at a time. We have lists (shared reminder lists in iOS) that we make for whenever a friend mentions a good movie - it goes on the Apple TV list, or Disney plus list, etc. then once enough films build up (can take 2-6 months sometimes) we purchase a subscription and watch all those shows for one month.
I'd love a website I could enter my account info for these streaming sites and turn each one on, one month at a time, with a click of a button. This would attract the ire of streaming companies though.
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At least Adobe DRM is trivially easy to break. Right click in the Adobe software and it has a "open document storage location" option. Then drop that DRM loaded PDF into Calibre and you get a free and clear PDF in your library. At that point I go back to the library and hit the return button.
Why not get a DRM-free epub off the net in the first place?
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Prime is free shipping _both ways._ Non-prime returns cost money. [1] That makes buying much more risk-free. I haven't paid for return shipping on an Amazon purchase for years. I don't know that I return enough to compensate for the ~$120 annual cost (I guess it's going up to $140?), but it does get me faster (and more to the point, deterministic) shipping as well, _and_ the other benefits like Prime Video. Overall I…
Hmm, I've definitely returned defective items before and never been charged shipping. I wonder if that has changed or if it doesn't apply to defective items. (The help page for amazon.ca for "Defective Item?" fails)
I don't know the full policy, but it makes sense they would cover the returns of an item that items that are DOA.
Piracy is theft. Full stop.
When you pirate, you are stealing from someone else. Big bad corporation, or small mom-and-pop shop...
They worked to create those bits. If we're not paying, we're stealing.
The reasons why don't matter.
After getting called on it, I never did it again. If I can't afford the solution I want, I work to find something that I can afford.
As an aside - I would rather pay for a product, rather than get a free version of something and BE the product.