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Why does Amazon make me rent/buy movies on my phone or computer rather than directly….
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:32 pm
On my streaming device…..it’s infuriating and we just don’t rent content from them anymore because of it. It instructs me to go and rent the movie on my computer and then log back in and watch it on my NVIDIA shield. It’s intentionally making it harder to rent movies and I don’t know why they’d do it. Maybe to force me to buy a fire stick instead?
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:34 pm to jlovel7
I would imagine this could prevent somebody from spending your money if they hack your Amazon TV account
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:35 pm to jlovel7
I can rent movies from the Amazon app on my Roku 

Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:36 pm to jlovel7
Yeah I don’t have this issue on my Samsung tv.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:37 pm to nosaj
I have to do the same. So I just don’t either.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:37 pm to jlovel7
Probably to avoid paying the 30% that Apple and Google want them to pay if the transaction is done through the app.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:38 pm to jlovel7
Whaa? What kind of streaming device are you using?
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:52 pm to shutterspeed
It’s only through Apple products, because apple takes 30%
Posted on 2/8/23 at 8:00 pm to jlovel7
Works fine on Roku and all my smart TVs.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 8:36 pm to jlovel7
I know what OP is talking about and it depends on the streaming device. On our old Apple TV is gave me frickin fits
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