Comments by "Im Caj" (@KratostheThird) on "Amazon revokes the concept of owning books, can edit books you already bought; PIRACY IS THE ANSWER!" video.

  1. Amazon already bans people for leaving critical 1 star reviews and they removed all comments from being used on reviews. They also own IMDB (Internet Movie Database) and they removed their forums in 2017. Why? Nobody really knows.
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  2. @ In the words of a certain individual, "You will own nothing and be happy".
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  3. @ 2025 sucks. Take me back to 2005. At least back then we had a steady balance of digital and physical.
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  4. @ Sadly the Internet Archive has already been compromised so ultimately we will need alternatives if our archives are actually going to be safe for the future. You can no longer be free on the internet.
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  5. I have two clips of Anger Management (2003) with Adam Sandler that I uploaded here a long time ago for entertainment purposes. The Amazon Prime version of the film censored out a line John Turturro made in one of the movie clips I uploaded. My friend brought this to my attention so I had to witness it myself. Sure enough the line was completely removed. I still have the DVD of the classic film with Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. No censorship in it, presented exactly as it did when it was in movie theaters back in the day.
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  6. @ The reason I care about you is because you are in my age group. There are too many people in our age who simply don't know this stuff is happening.
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  7. @ Your only solution outside of pirating is track down old hard copies of his works, which is easier said than done. Thanks to this garbage from Amazon, his books are probably now going to increase in price, knowing that they're editing them to fit a narrative.
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  8.  @PygmalionFaciebat  CDs have only been feasible for the past 35 years or so. Old vinyl records can easily be scratched and the discs are fragile. For DVDs, it's 25ish years. Books, even paperback can last 100 years, if they are well taken care of.
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  9. @ Then you're left with pirating, or looking to the pawn shops and flea markets just like we do with old physical Nintendo games.
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  10. It's not only this, they actually put in disclaimers on video games like the re-released Tomb Raider games that were initially made in the 1990's. They put a disclaimer on The Goodfellas, saying certain dialogue is vulgar and should not be expressed freely. Old British TV shows from the 1970's - 1990's are also subject to this.
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  11. Good luck.
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  12. @ I would rather die than be a slave to all of this. Say good luck to Gen Z and Gen Alpha, because they will need it.
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  13. @ And? I understand the authors have to make money but I will not tolerable eBooks that not only would be taken away from me, but having the inability to access them later on despite buying them.
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  14. @ They're already censoring British slang and other puns for the sake of trying to appeal to modern audiences. A number of old British shows now have disclaimers on them on livestreaming services. It's absolutely unacceptable.
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  15. @ This applies to furniture and appliances too. You're better off buying used furniture from the 1980's and 1990's from a local store somewhere. It won't match newly restored furniture (which is costly) but it will still work better than that garbage furniture you bought on Amazon. I recently replaced a garbage toilet part made with cheap plastic from overseas with a vintage part from the 1970's. The vintage part is easily adjustable, made to last, and can be worked on if it needs metal parts. With the modern plastic, you basically have to throw it away and buy another one. As for movies and shows, pirate if you're a digital only user. Otherwise buy up some DVDs and Blu-Rays. Hope for the best.
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  16. @ I want to ask people this. Do you or anybody else 12 years ago in 2013 ever hear "woke"? Because I used to frequent political forums back then when discussions were often heated and the credibility of America was already put into question (well before this current right wing push). Neither side said "woke". I actually think it started when a certain investment corporation initiated their campaign in 2016 to force all companies that they had their hands in to get mandates. 2016 was probably not the beginning, but that was when this current woke era went full force.
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  17. This applies to all digital platforms. Steam. Sony. Microsoft. In fact you don't own MS Office Suite, you're just paying for a license. With Adobe, you're paying a monthly fee. If your account gets banned, so does your access to use Photoshop or any other program you used from Adobe.
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  18. One of the best things you can do is not bother with corporate.
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  19. This is essentially a trillion dollar corporation. They have all the money and power they could ever want. That's why they're doing this. That's why other book companies from their past (90s - early 2000s) are now just distant memories, to be shared by those who were there to see them.
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  20. Sometimes I wake up thinking we're still in 1990's NYC, when Rudy was Mayor and the city was much cleaner. Then I realize we're in the post modern era, and NYC is now a haven for degenerates, insane cost of living, and businesses packing up to move elsewhere. Sorry, but seeing the Brooklyn Bridge in your avatar I just couldn't resist.
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  21. @ Most of the new stuff is garbage anyway.
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  22. Amazon Prime shows are pure propaganda.
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  23.  @Tenajeh  This is fine. The problem is the wrong people are running things right now.
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  24. @ Yep. There is now confusion if one moves to another country, or returns to their home country. It's all a mess.
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  25. @ Why do you think I'm still using Windows 7? Windows 10 should of been a wake up call.
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  26. I normally say "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it", but in this case, the power players actually do know their history and are repeating it anyway. They are pure evil.
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  27. @ArtwithKrissy We already reached the point where these old but very important books are going to have to be bought at thrift stores, or someone that isn’t going to be infiltrated by corporate forces.
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  28. Almost makes me want to pull out my old SNES.
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  29. You don't own anything digital. Pirating just means taking something you didn't get legally and putting it on your systems. Physical is the only thing you can actually own. And the corporations are trying really hard to get rid of physical.
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  30.  @DeadHorse666  This was how we did it until the 2000’s. Amazon started out by dealing with books.
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  31. And they ban actual people for making 1 star reviews. There used to be review comments, including those from companies that sold their products on the website. I've received free products from such companies. Today you just get kicked off for making a honest 1 star review.
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  32. I have been going the pirate route for a decade now. Saw the writing on the wall. I have old classic Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe films in 1080p and higher. I also have a few more modern films from the 1980's. I have lots of these on DVDs as well. Corporations can no longer be trusted to give us uncensored, free, unedited films and shows anymore.
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  33. I did the same. I spent the last of my Amazon money on Christmas. Since they decided to block anybody from buying gift cards with Amazon money I have had to find a legitimate reason to even bother with them.
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  34. You will own nothing and be happy.
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  35. @ArtwithKrissy Important book, and one many people need to read.
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  36. @ Ridiculous
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  37. The only digital media you actually own is thru piracy.
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  38. Look at what they're doing to cars.
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  39. 2016. People need to look up the man who coined that phrase.
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  40. It's the same with YouTube. You can watch a number of Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson films for free. Paying for their old movies that aren't even in physical form (and no extras or anything else) is something I will never do.
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  41. The 90's were just better man. Too bad for all the kids out there now. It's going to be tough in the coming years.
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  42. They did this to Anger Management, which I uploaded two clips on this website back in the day. They edited out a line where John Turturro says something, so this is definitely censorship 101.
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  43. @ Yes, that does happen, but often times it's just stuff that might be regarded as too offensive, or is no longer relevant to the current times. There are a number of vintage British shows from the 1970s to the 1990s that now have warning disclaimers on them, saying the language and slang can be highly offensive to modern audiences. I suppose All in the Family and Sanford & Son (which was an American adaptation of the UK show Steptoe & Son) now have disclaimers on them because the punchlines and jokes come from the 1970's, a time when racial comedy was popular. Thus, the material according to these corporations must be changed lest there be outrage on social media. Again, these were products of their time.
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  44. Wasn't an issue 20 years ago. But this has been in the works for decades. People are just now waking up because the corporations are more powerful than they have ever been in the past.
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  45. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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  46. @ See Roald Dahl, Dr Seuss, Ian Fleming's classic Bond novels in the 1950's, which he wrote when he was in Jamaica.
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  47. What you're leaving out is those who opposed the narrative were either silenced, or thrown into prison to work death sentences. That is communism. Fascism works in a similar fashion except it's generally one person and it has different alignments with economy.
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  48. 1990s >>>>>> 2020s
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  49. @ You're referring to Jordan Peterson, right?
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  50. Compare the internet from the year 2000. Compare it to our modern internet today. There's a huge difference, and no, it's not just websites having expired domains. There are tons of websites that can no longer be found in search engines.
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  51. The dystopia is already here mate. If you get fired and you can't access a modern Word processor, you literally can't make a modern resume.
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  52.  @biblehistoryscience3530  What if you don’t have money? You need money to get a cheap PC and printer. It’s not as cheap as you think.
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  53.  @biblehistoryscience3530  There’s more to it than just that.
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  54. Do you expect the average person to write their own book? What's interesting about somebody who has worked in a retail store or worked in an office building for 30 years?
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  55. @ That was the plan all along. That's how you get totalitarianism.
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  56.  @walterroche8192  I've known the Internet Archive since it started. It DID WORK, but corporations and politicians infiltrated it. Therefore it is no longer a reliable option.
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  57. @ That act was in 1996.
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  58. As Henry Ford said accurately, "People can have the Model T in any color, so long as it's black".
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  59.  @AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable  The 2000's was the peak of physical and digital coexisting. Things have only gone downhill after that.
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  60. Everything was better 20 years ago.
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  61. Look at what they did to Lord of the Rings, and will probably do to James Bond. These classic works are getting destroyed on purpose.
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  62. The post modern era (2010 onward).
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  63. There's a lot of red tape regarding copyright. I own my copies of the Harry Potter books. They're nobody else's but mine. I do not however own the copyright, so I cannot distribute and sell copies of Harry Potter willingly because I'm practically breaking the law.
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  64. I'm thankful I lived in the 80s, 90s and 00s when none of this garbage existed.
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