Warning email from Amazon - the story continues

[y2jerichool]

No issues for me ever since I got SF over 2 months ago. Germany region, no VPN, standard subscription (with ads) and strategic download habbits.

Could it mainly be a region thing? Most here seem to be U.S. with the issues.

[Germania]

Germany region, no VPN, standard subscription (with ads)

Same fo me and never >80 dl/day (mostly <10) and never AppleTV+
Add-On and I received the warning mail at the end of July
btw: op's affected account is in PL

My two non-EU accounts always use VPN and different countries
and have never received a warning so far.
(All three accounts were already in use prior to the SF “fix”)

[phelings]

What a con.
Despite having been a SF customer long before they started selling it one module at a time and when there were no restrictions on how many downloads you could do, SF once again expect me to shell out to get the increase to 200 a day pack.

Fortunately I rarely download in quantity from Amazon but downloading too many per day is either problematic or it isn't.
Since when were downloads restricted to ensure Amazon don't get funny about it but then suddenly its fine if you want to pay another $60.
Scam

[Brave New World]

Over on the reddit forum someone posted a message today saying they created an amazon account last week, did some downloading and this week the account was banned. They said nothing about how much they downloaded nor what version of SF they are using, but the bans are still happening.

[Sebastian001]

And who says he doesn't use crack? I don't know if it makes a difference.

[0xFeedBeef]

And who says he doesn't use crack? I don't know if it makes a difference.

Look at it from the adversarial perspective: if I were Amazon, and lost my way of detecting downloads, I, too, would be spamming all socials and forums with tales of lost accounts...


Not saying it's what's happening, but just saying there are other explanations...

[bestellu]

At least most people here only got a warning. I, on the other hand, was banned when the ban wave started. I wish I had gotten a warning too.