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for books and music, OK, BUT that is not possible with Amazon Video purchases.
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I guess for me it's less bothersome with videos than with books. We can buy videos on DVD if we want to and then it's simple to remove the DRM. But I watch Prime videos and Netflix videos and sometimes rent a video from Amazon and that feels like a rental, not a purchase. I was renting movies long before streaming came along. Or watching them in theaters or on TV with no sense of ownership.
Books are different. We always bought books. We're used to the freedom to lend books and sell them after we've bought them. It's hard not to resent having the suppliers try to take that freedom away from us. I grew up being taught to share things and that always included books. That was in the days before it was possible to share movies.
I'm not sure these are valid logical distinctions but they certainly feel valid and sometimes it's how things feel that matter.
Barry