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A bit tangential. But I have posted what seems to be a shady practice by Amazon's Prime Video. A few days ago, I was watching Goodnight Mommy (2014) on Prime v
by programmertote 7y ago
A bit tangential. But I have posted what seems to be a shady practice by Amazon's Prime Video.
A few days ago, I was watching Goodnight Mommy (2014) on Prime video (I'm a prime subscriber). I stopped before I finished the movie and went to sleep. But this evening, I decided to resume the movie, but Prime wants to charge me $3.99 to rent it.
This is not the first time I have noticed this. There were a couple of other movies that I returned to watch in a matter of a couple of days and Prime decided to start renting it.
What's worse, a couple of days after seeing them asking for $3.99 to rent that movie, the video became available again for free for me to watch!
I feel like it could either be coincidental (i.e. Prime taking the movie off for rental) or by design. Regardless, I lost my faith in Prime a little after repeated experience like that.
- dleslie 7y agoI noticed similar behaviour in Amazon Music, and the described behaviour in Prime Video. There does seem to be the appearance of bait-and-switch.
- jitix 7y agoI had the same experience watching Mr Robot season 3. I just waited a week and it came back to watch for free. Seems like a classic bait and switch and probably shady.
- programmertote 7y agoSo it's real. Thanks for confirming my experience!
- not_a_cop75 7y agoCould this same effect not be produced by a limited number licensing arrangement?