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Lol, this is the first one that I'm mildly inconvenienced by participating in. Wheel of Time S3 comes out somewhere in there doesn't it?
I can wait.
Just pirate it.
Arrr matey. Its the breakdown of society 'if the people running society aren't following the rules, why should I?' especially a giant corporation, and especially a giant corporation that sides with Trump. So yes, pirate it. Fuck 'em.
The thing is, I really don't want them to cancel it. I've been signing up for it and then cancelling my subscription when it's finished, and then pirating it anyway. I just want them to see it as valuable, so they don't try to squeeze 14 books worth of content into one shitty finale because it's not making them money.
that is the wrong mindset for a boycott. no amazon period from now until forever. if shows go under so much the better. take your show business elsewhere.
Yes, I can see how you might not want to boycott a company if you're worried about them not making money because of it.
Oh please, that's not even close to what I said. I just don't want them to cancel a show I like and you're all acting like I'm swinging from Bezos' dick. You're all rabid.
The world is on fire and you're worried about your favorite TV show? Come on dude. These boycotts will not work if we can't even sacrifice the bare minimum. And yes, a TV show is the bare minimum.
No, you come on. You're are misrepresenting what I actually said. If you actually read my post, you'll see that I plan to participate in the boycott regardless. I made a throwaway comment about how it would be "mildly inconvenient" that I'd miss the opening, but also that I would do it regardless.
So what, I'm not even allowed to acknowledge that Prime has stuff I'm interested in? I have to boycott it, and deny that it holds any value whatsoever?
That's bullshit. It's entirely possible to both acknowledge that there are decent Amazon produced shows AND think that the company is evil as fuck and want to boycott them.
And here you've encountered first hand why these protests don't work.
No, you've gone too far in the other direction now. The protests can work. Your other comments show that you seem to think it has to be all or nothing, but Just because it's not bankrupting Bezos in one fell swoop, doesn't mean it's pointless. If we even make a dent in their metrics, they'll notice.
My issue here is that everyone seems to be misinterpreting me as whining about not wanting to participate because I'm gonna miss my show. When what I actually said, in effect, was "Damn, I'm gonna miss my show. Oh well."
The fuck is wrong with the threadiverse today, gods damn!
Fuck that show. Fuck the Halo show. Fuck each and every company that just buys a name and thus a built-in fan base and mutilates the original IP beyond recognition.