Amazon Prime Video in South Africa – What you get

[ScottulusMaximus]

This is via a telkom mobile hotspot so there is no chance of my smart dns service interfering with things.

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Yes via the free trial, not on a subscription. I'm suspecting the article was also written with access only to the trial.

Prime Video has not been released in SA.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Nah it's amazeballs

S1 to S4? You mad

Clearly the writers had no clue what coherently to do with the plot.

 

[alqassam]

With a subscription or the free trial?

Cheap subscription valid for 4 months

 

[bwana]

Yes via the free trial, not on a subscription. I'm suspecting the article was also written with access only to the trial.

Prime Video has not been released in SA.

Of course it has. Years ago.

EDIT: December 2016 to be exact. https://techcentral.co.za/amazon-prime-video-launched-in-sa/70712/

Are you using http://primevideo.com to access it?

 

[cpu.]

I subscribed for the expanse.

Going to cancel now and rather use the cash for YouTube premium which is a blessing to watch without ads

Youtube Music, with the option to jump uninterupted (with good internet connection) between audio only and video, is great too.

 

[alqassam]

Youtube Music, with the option to jump uninterupted (with good internet connection) between audio only and video, is great too.

Indeed playmusic is included as well

 

[alqassam]

S1 to S4? You mad

Clearly the writers had no clue what coherently to do with the plot.

S4 was a build up season. Setting the scene for the next book

 

[Kosmik]

S1 to S4? You mad

Clearly the writers had no clue what coherently to do with the plot.

I think they did it really well. Cibola burns is a major ground layer for the third arc. It's just the start of the second.

 

[backstreetboy]

With VPN set to US:

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VPN off:

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EDIT: and it's the same for every show listed in the article.

That looks like Amazon Prime not Video prime. Go to www.primevideo.com...

 

[Gravedigger]

I subscribed for the expanse.

Going to cancel now and rather use the cash for YouTube premium which is a blessing to watch without ads

Depends on what platform you watch YouTube on. On mobile, I use Youtube Vanced. Further I use Adblock for YouTube. I heard some people still get ads on their YT Premium

 

[Johand]

The Expanse(probably the only TV show that is better if you also read the books), Picard, The Boys. But movie selection, app etc is terrible. It would be great if one could filter out all the Bollywood stuff.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Of course it has. Years ago.

EDIT: December 2016 to be exact. https://techcentral.co.za/amazon-prime-video-launched-in-sa/70712/

Are you using http://primevideo.com to access it?

That looks like Amazon Prime not Video prime. Go to www.primevideo.com...

Well there's my problem... Didn't know that existed.

Profile was set as US based which then freaked out cos I was trying to access it from SA and locked down the content.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

I think they did it really well. Cibola burns is a major ground layer for the third arc. It's just the start of the second.

Good if you appreciated it, but for me, it felt it started out as one thing, then it became a biological weapon just to be retconned into something else.

 

[rh1]

Delete and recreate your payment method. How I did it.

Of course your account should have a RSA location and not USA...

I contacted thier support function, and an assistant walked me through the steps.

 

[alqassam]

Well there's my problem... Didn't know that existed.

Profile was set as US based which then freaked out cos I was trying to access it from SA and locked down the content.

Yes that's the site to use.

No use getting Amazon prime in sA

 

[rh1]

Depends on what platform you watch YouTube on. On mobile, I use Youtube Vanced. Further I use Adblock for YouTube. I heard some people still get ads on their YT Premium

No ads unless I am use a web browser and not signed in. Across various devices.

 

[alqassam]

Also much better with my young kids, not having ads

 

[SykomantiS]

Delete and recreate your payment method. How I did it.

Of course your account should have a RSA location and not USA...

I recently did just that and my location is most definitely S.A. (don't have and have never had a VPN).
There's a charge for R169 and then an additional charge for R4.65 (forex adjustment fee)) on my SB card, so what gives?

 

[alqassam]

I recently did just that and my location is most definitely S.A. (don't have and have never had a VPN).
There's a charge for R169 and then an additional charge for R4.65 (forex adjustment fee)) on my SB card, so what gives?

I'm paying usd2.99 a month

 

[elriconess]

The content is wack compared to the US Amazon Prime Video, just like Netflix.