Amazon turned off customer’s Kindle account, blocking her from her books (2012)

Post by DarkWiiPlayer » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 9:17 AM UTC

smt88 wrote: post #48

f1refly wrote: post #38

It's always a bit alienating to me when people suddenly wake up with their stuff taken away and are all like "how could this happen to me? why did noone warn me about this? how could amazon _do this to me_?" and then go off on their ways and "buy" the next movie from them (in addition to the amazon prime membership they already pay for that for some reason only includes the 480p version of the movie). It's not like t…

> It's not like they haven't been warned that this would happen. Not only have they not been warned, services like Audible and Kindle are actively marketed to hide that possibility. If they really wanted people to understand that these purchases can be revoked at any time, they'd stop using words like "own", "buy", and "my library". It's fine to hold consumers responsible, but only if companies are transparent. "Buy"…

Post by DarkWiiPlayer » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 9:19 AM UTC

underdeserver wrote: post #69

londons_explore wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd also be fine with the T&C's saying "For any reason, we can terminate the services we provide to you, and we will refund any money's paid with interest". That way, the company can decide to keep the evidence to themselves and not need to go to court, but must forgo all revenue from your account.

All money and interest is not enough. If sign a contract that you will provide me a service and you back out of it midway, I'm usually worse off than if you had declined the engagement in advance. For example, if I contract you to build me a house, it takes six months, and three months in you decide to back out and pay me back with interest, I still have half a house I need to demolish or else I have to find someone…

Post by SifJar » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 9:23 AM UTC

touristtam wrote: post #35

javajosh wrote: post #2

Indeed, and this is why I still buy paper books, DVDs and CDs (and vinyl, when the mood strikes). Heck, I suspect that in the not-too-distant future, old software licenses and media will be valuable, perhaps extremely so if open-source tools are effectively blocked on the major platforms.

I don't see the interest in buying DVDs. Books and Music are two medium one is likely to revisit. Movies/Drama on the other hand? Once it is viewed, are they really that many people that will try to view it again? Do they get the same thrill as for a very good story/music piece?

Post by donatj » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 9:31 AM UTC

Post by pantulis » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 9:35 AM UTC

yreg wrote: post #64

javajosh wrote: post #2

Indeed, and this is why I still buy paper books, DVDs and CDs (and vinyl, when the mood strikes). Heck, I suspect that in the not-too-distant future, old software licenses and media will be valuable, perhaps extremely so if open-source tools are effectively blocked on the major platforms.

My 2013 1Password license ($19.99) proved to be a valuable investment. Unfortunately I'll have to migrate to their subscription sooner or later, I already don't have access to their Safari extension.