The Expanse TV show has been saved but will Amazon let me watch it?

I can’t say for certain but I suspect I saved the Expanse TV show. I mentioned it was being cancelled and that someone like Amazon or Netflix should buy it. The next day – job done. I guess it could be a coincidence but as the old saying goes: “Take credit where credit is probably due – Plato”.

Either way, it is superb news. Good for you Amazon. I sell my books through them and now can spend earnings watching the Expanse, so kudos.

However, and this may be of interest to those who move to more distant and exotic lands for work or because you are cool, all is not rosy if you live abroad and want Prime. On a personal note, the issue for me is that Amazon has a weird policy that results in a much-reduced output of streaming stuff that I can watch while in Thailand. I remember Netflix doing something similar, where they very slowly added countries and content. But then, overnight, they were suddenly everywhere. That hasn’t happened with Amazon Prime (yet) and I am still waiting for that burst of globalised streaming rights to happen.

I should clarify – I have a UK Netflix account as well as a UK Amazon account. I watch material from both sources via my Playstation in Bangkok. On Netflix they let me watch everything, now that they are established in Thailand. I used to be an Amazon Prime member but there is no Amazon here (you can do international orders from the US), and the result was I can only watch the Amazon Prime “holiday” selection. Which is a painfully small selection. I can buy and watch digital films and TV via the app which is cool but there is no point to go Prime. I guess I am now campaigning for more global dominance from one of the planet’s biggest companies but no longer care.  Which is kind of ironic if you read/watch the Expanse and realise who the bad guys are.

This is not a big deal I guess. I can probably buy the Expanse series digitally and watch it via the PlayStation Amazon app. I just thought, what with my personal success in getting the Expanse series continued, that I would mention it. If you read in the next few days of a change in policy for foreign Amazon Prime members – such as if you have a UK account you can now watch everything rather than the pitiful ‘watch while abroad’ options – you can thank me. Or just visit this site and read my consequent gloat. Either way, it’s all good.