Qs Laptop
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2018
- Messages
- 3,545
Saw the thread about commercials invading "Corner Gas" an offering to Prime members on Amazon Prime. I have a beef about Amazon Prime, and I'd like to ask the group if they've experienced anything similar.
About 2 years ago, I saw that Amazon Prime had the The X-Files Seasons 1 through 9 available on Prime Video. Since it had been 10-12 years since I last saw any X-Files episodes I decided to start at the beginning. (If you were a fan years ago, another run through is most satisfying--you pick up on things you missed and the show does not seem dated, except for the gradual use of cell phones in the stories.)
So I watched almost all of the first season's episodes, I think I had two left to go, when I noticed it was no longer available on Prime Video. If I wanted, I could purchase each individual episode for $1.99 (or somesuch.) What??!!
It was not the end of the month when they typically change programming. A couple of days later I asked my son, who was attending college (they get free Amazon Prime accounts) if he had The X-Files available on Prime Video. He said he did.
That got me to thinking--do they have some artificial intelligence monitor what I'm watching, wait for me to get hooked on something and then yank it from Prime hoping I will pay to watch further? It sure seemed like it to me.
Since then it has happened a couple of other times. I will put Prime eligible movies on my Watch List and a couple of days later--not at the end of the month--they will be back to pay per view on demand.
Anybody else experience this abrupt change of programming from Prime to pay in the middle of a series you were watching? Or with things on your Watch List?
About 2 years ago, I saw that Amazon Prime had the The X-Files Seasons 1 through 9 available on Prime Video. Since it had been 10-12 years since I last saw any X-Files episodes I decided to start at the beginning. (If you were a fan years ago, another run through is most satisfying--you pick up on things you missed and the show does not seem dated, except for the gradual use of cell phones in the stories.)
So I watched almost all of the first season's episodes, I think I had two left to go, when I noticed it was no longer available on Prime Video. If I wanted, I could purchase each individual episode for $1.99 (or somesuch.) What??!!
It was not the end of the month when they typically change programming. A couple of days later I asked my son, who was attending college (they get free Amazon Prime accounts) if he had The X-Files available on Prime Video. He said he did.
That got me to thinking--do they have some artificial intelligence monitor what I'm watching, wait for me to get hooked on something and then yank it from Prime hoping I will pay to watch further? It sure seemed like it to me.
Since then it has happened a couple of other times. I will put Prime eligible movies on my Watch List and a couple of days later--not at the end of the month--they will be back to pay per view on demand.
Anybody else experience this abrupt change of programming from Prime to pay in the middle of a series you were watching? Or with things on your Watch List?
