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.

[tswizzlestix]

So, my own 0.02 here:

I was going through, minding my own business, and had no issues while using the app UNTIL it updated claiming to have 'fixed' the issue

The problem is that the 'fix' didn't 'fix' the issue, it simply made it worse. In fact, it made it quite easy to detect which user is using SF. How, you ask?

1. Pull up a show. We'll use 'dish it out (US)' as an example, because it's where I noticed it in SF
2. Now, pull it up on Amazon
3. Notice the differences? Of course you do

Unfortunately, at first, I did NOT, and selected 'download all'.
Within days, I was notified

It's quite obvious by this behavior that I was using something that I shouldn't be. Even an AI detector written by a 5 year old could tell that.

SF is simply not keeping up with Amazon. It's been this way for weeks now, and nothing is being done on their end to fix it. THIS is what's causing the bans. Not my case specifically, but the fact that SF is behind Amazon and refuses to update (again)

[Elgin]

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.

Got SF about a year ago, german region, no VPN, standard subscription (with ads). Got a warning and haven't downloaded anything since. At this moment I just use Amazon to watch rented and purchased movies/shows. Something I didn't do before. I exclusively downloaded purchased movies/shows and never watched them over amazon directly.

[jpp72]

The problem is that the 'fix' didn't 'fix' the issue, it simply made it worse. In fact, it made it quite easy to detect which user is using SF. How, you ask?

1. Pull up a show. We'll use 'dish it out (US)' as an example, because it's where I noticed it in SF
2. Now, pull it up on Amazon
3. Notice the differences? Of course you do

Can you stop playing coy and tell us your epiphany? Clearly, I am not smart like you.

[Stan001]

jpp72 try to Analyze then you will see the issue. I tried 2 other programs and none where able to get the info properly for this show. So again something new Amazon is doing. Amazon seems to change their website more then most other sites combined.

[Germania]

jpp72 try to Analyze then you will see the issue.

What is there to see?


> I tried 2 other programs and none where able to get the info properly for this show

No idea what you're talking about ..

[Stan001]

Look further at the downloads available.

[Stan001]

To prove, it's an Amazon change 2nd program attempt.


3rd program attempt.



But this will need to be addressed by SF as well as the other 2 programs.

[Germania]

Look further at the downloads available.

You can't download "coming soon" episodes them yet anyway ..
.. only 16 episodes are available and all are selectable - so what?