There we have the crux of the issue. Stop blaming Amazon or any of the other 'corporates' for obeying the law, in the same way that you obey the law and pay your due taxes, blame the tax system of this and other countries.
Stop demanding that Amazon pay a 'fair amount', start demanding tax...
I never said there were fewer bookshops because people want fewer books. I said the model has changed and as you said 'understandably they default to these cheapest provider'. Indeed people want to go to cafes, Brighton is probably a fine example, as is Leeds of where the independent has a...
There is software out there that enables you to record Netflix and Amazon Video to a computer but have I no experience of it and no idea if you can set it to record in advance.
A quick google search for something like 'recording from amazon prime video to computer' I'm sure would turn up something
Exactly, nobody is going to pay extra tax on their own, neither you or any business, why would they ? What would be fair ? Would paying their legal obligation be fair or some random number depending on whether the Guardian likes your business or not.
No, but I do admire their model and their customer service.
There are fewer and fewer bookshops because the model/world has changed in the same way as there are fewer and fewer hardware shops, or Farriers/Blacksmiths or milkmen that deliver to the door to name but a few.
The Amazon model is...
A huge US corporate that employs 27,500 UK staff. Their wages are then spent in local communities, buying shopping, eating out, maybe even buying a book, having their car MOT'd or serviced. The profits on the places where they spend their money are then taxed and they spend their income and so...
And all done quite legally. How much extra tax do you choose to pay over and above that that you are legally obliged to ? If the answer is none are you a parasite too ?
For anyone wishing to pay extra tax you can pay extra simply by sending a cheque to HMRC, you can even specify where you would...
and neither do the people that you are getting the dodgy streams from, nor do they employ anyone in this country.
Amazon may not be everyone's cup of tea but at least they do employ approx 27,000 people in the UK and pay about 220m in taxes thru' Corporation tax, and employer taxes.
Why not buy a firestick, still available for a short time at £19.99, join at the same time for free next day delivery and presto our 2 games at a tenner each plus the others plus all the Xmas tv and films as well.
For anyone signing up for the free trial just to watch the football, don't wait until the end of the month to cancel. Cancel straight away after you have signed up, within minutes even, you still get the month and no danger of forgetting to cancel.
Can you imagine the uproar if the government 20 years ago, or whenever, had said that we were going to be forced to have a personal tracker implanted in us that will not only track location but listen in on our conversations. Riots on the street possibly.
....and then we all went and did it...