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===Amazon Prime (2005–Present)=== | ===Amazon Prime (2005–Present)=== | ||
Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. Moreover, some features of the service, such as free deliveries, are region locked to where you initially subscribed, forcing you to buy another subscription to be able to use the service.{{CitationNeeded}} | Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. Moreover, some features of the service, such as free deliveries, are region locked to where you initially subscribed, forcing you to buy another subscription to be able to use the service.{{CitationNeeded}} | ||
Prime video further only allows for HD streaming on Windows and MacOS which is discriminatory towards paying linux customers even though other streaming services such as Netflix allow HD streaming on linux <ref>{{Cite web |title=Prime Video System Requirements for Computers |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=atv_unsupported_systems_bannerlink?nodeId=GUVGB3QMQRYRERYW}}</ref>. This suggests that this is not a limitation on the DRM side but rather a choice made by Amazon Prime. | |||
===Amazon Appstore (2011–Present)=== | ===Amazon Appstore (2011–Present)=== | ||