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Coventina

(27,217 posts) Tue May 26, 2020, 04:27 PM May 2020

Argh!!!! True Blood is no longer free on Amazon Prime!

I was in the middle of season 4, and POOF! Suddenly I have to buy it!

Apparently, HBO took all their programming back from Amazon, as they are going to set up their own streaming service.

This is the downfall of streaming. To get what you want, you have to subscribe to umpteen different things.

Also, all the classic James Bond movies went away as well. I was working my way through those (got set to watch "Thunderball" then....nope!)

I wouldn't normally care about such things, but...
It's difficult for me and my husband to agree on things to watch, and these two, True Blood and James Bond, were things we actually COULD agree on.

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Argh!!!! True Blood is no longer free on Amazon Prime! (Original Post) Coventina May 2020 OP

Amazon must do that frequently Hokie May 2020 #1

I noticed that... REALLY annoying. hlthe2b May 2020 #7

I know the feeling........ MyOwnPeace May 2020 #2

Seems if you are paying $120/year for PRIME that you ARE paying for it. hlthe2b May 2020 #8

For vets, it's $80 a year for Prime. Kaleva May 2020 #15

The Same Thing Happened to Me with the Sopranos utopian May 2020 #3

I'm sorry to hear that. I watched True Blood all the way through Glorfindel May 2020 #4

One of the best openings on tv: IcyPeas May 2020 #5

yeah.. I'm glad I already re-watched "Deadwood"... It is gone too. hlthe2b May 2020 #6

That was something I knew back when the first person I knew cut the cord jimfields33 May 2020 #9

Sorry to hear. You've seen the best of it though. JDC May 2020 #10

Same as it was before the lockdown, then. Iggo May 2020 #11

HBO Max starts tomorrow. Yavin4 May 2020 #12

Ugh, I'm sorry. area51 May 2020 #13

My wife and I were watching Boardwalk Empire on Prime and now we have to buy each season Kaleva May 2020 #14

Hokie

(4,288 posts)

1. Amazon must do that frequently

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:29 PM

May 2020

I was watching The Closer episodes in order again and they started charging mid way through Season 3.

hlthe2b

(102,458 posts)

7. I noticed that... REALLY annoying.

Reply to Hokie (Reply #1)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:40 PM

May 2020

MyOwnPeace

(16,946 posts)

2. I know the feeling........

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:30 PM

May 2020

I worked my way through "Justified" and was going to go again, but its gone - well, I "could" pay for it!

hlthe2b

(102,458 posts)

8. Seems if you are paying $120/year for PRIME that you ARE paying for it.

Reply to MyOwnPeace (Reply #2)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:42 PM

May 2020

Kaleva

(36,371 posts)

15. For vets, it's $80 a year for Prime.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #8)

Wed May 27, 2020, 02:18 PM

May 2020

utopian

(1,093 posts)

3. The Same Thing Happened to Me with the Sopranos

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:30 PM

May 2020

Watches Season 5, episode 1, and the next time I was asked to pay for HBO. Very frustrating.

Glorfindel

(9,740 posts)

4. I'm sorry to hear that. I watched True Blood all the way through

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:36 PM

May 2020

several years ago and had planned to watch it again in the future.

IcyPeas

(21,927 posts)

5. One of the best openings on tv:

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:38 PM

May 2020

I watched all seasons. The earliest ones were the best IMO.

RIP Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette)

hlthe2b

(102,458 posts)

6. yeah.. I'm glad I already re-watched "Deadwood"... It is gone too.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:40 PM

May 2020

Ditto "Six Feet Under" (although that might not be a good choice right now).

Increasingly, the "a la carte" tv selections via streaming, only means we will now pay MORE than we did for cable.

jimfields33

(16,048 posts)

9. That was something I knew back when the first person I knew cut the cord

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #6)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:47 PM

May 2020

Such boasting. I said if you think this will save money in the long run, it won’t. I still have cable and will as long as they offer it. Eventually cable will be like the home phone, basically free but the internet alone will cost 200 a month. That time is coming soon.

JDC

(10,137 posts)

10. Sorry to hear. You've seen the best of it though.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 07:36 PM

May 2020

Iggo

(47,580 posts)

11. Same as it was before the lockdown, then.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 10:40 PM

May 2020

HBO was temporarily streaming "free" with Prime, #duringtheseuncertaintimes.

I started watching Veep a couple of weeks ago, but I knew I'd never make it before they yanked it.