2013-04-26, 14:41
I agree with others, this is bullshit and worthy of a class action lawsuit. They may think they have their asses covered by their Terms of Service, but we users need to stand up for our rights. Media companies are headed down a dark road when they try and limit which devices can play back videos.
In this case, XMBC was able to play Amazon videos without issue for quite a while, and now Amazon decided to "Fix a bug" aka prevent us paying users from watching our purchased videos on XBMC just so we will be forced to buy yet another set top box. Amazon can take their Kindle TV Set-Top Box and shove it up their ass. I've purchased many tens of thousands of dollars from Amazon over the last few years but this is the final straw.
If a class action lawsuit isnt possible I suggest we all vote with our wallets and stop supporting companies that shit on their paying customers. Amazon claims to support open source and then turns around and basically tell us more advanced users to take a hike -- while I'm listening and will be taking a hike with my wallet to another company that respects me.
Goodbye Amazon.
In this case, XMBC was able to play Amazon videos without issue for quite a while, and now Amazon decided to "Fix a bug" aka prevent us paying users from watching our purchased videos on XBMC just so we will be forced to buy yet another set top box. Amazon can take their Kindle TV Set-Top Box and shove it up their ass. I've purchased many tens of thousands of dollars from Amazon over the last few years but this is the final straw.
If a class action lawsuit isnt possible I suggest we all vote with our wallets and stop supporting companies that shit on their paying customers. Amazon claims to support open source and then turns around and basically tell us more advanced users to take a hike -- while I'm listening and will be taking a hike with my wallet to another company that respects me.
Goodbye Amazon.