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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: More free games on Prime!
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:56:40 -0400
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 08:25:49 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

>On 06/08/2024 16:09, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 10:00:12 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 05/08/2024 18:57, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>> I am confused as to which client you mean: Amazon's or GOGs? Perhaps I
>>>> am misunderstanding your complaint?
>>>>
>>>> In any event, the Amazon client can't show you GOG games because GOG
>>>> isn't allowing Amazon to directly link accounts, likely for privacy
>>>> reasons.
>>>
>>> It's the Amazon client, so my complaint is that in the same way that the
>>> Amazon games website allows you to claim a GoG game by giving you a code
>>> I'd like that also implemented in the Amazon client. I don't see why
>>> that requires any linking of accounts.
>> 
>> Oh, I see what you mean now. Yeah, the Amazon client is pretty
>> lackluster. The only time I ever use it is if I actually want to
>> download/play the Amazon games. Whenever claiming the titles, though,
>> I go directly through the website (https://gaming.amzon.com ).  Not
>> only does it lack linking, often entire games offered for free on the
>> website just don't show up at all when using the client.
>> 
>> But, again, this doesn't really surprise me. Unlike pretty much every
>> other client on the market, the Amazon client doesn't have a
>> storefront. That means there's no way for you to actually BUY anything
>> from Amazon using it. Thus, its development is very low on their
>> priorities; it's a cost-center, not a revenue generator. At least if
>> you go to the Prime Gaming website, you're only one click away from
>> Amazon.com and spending more money.
>> 
>
>For the first few months I didn't even realise how it worked and naively 
>thought that the website and client would show the same games!

I mean, that's how it SHOULD work. At the very least, with the offers.
I can forgive the Amazon client for not showing games on
Epic/GOG/Steam that have been claimed on those clients. That an added
level of complexity that would be hard to deal with. But if your
website is showing one thing, and your client is showing another,
that's just bad design.

Then again, I don't think anyone ever accused Amazon of good web
design.  Unless you're one of those six-letter Shenzhen firms whose
goods it constantly promotes whenever you look for any product.
Because is there any company as trustworthy as Zhabri or Ooxnez or
Jootoo*?












* Names picked at random... I've no idea if these are actually
companies selling on Amazon. But I wouldn't be surprised.