Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase.

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We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video.

In an effort to compensate you for the inconvenience, we have applied a £5.99 Amazon Gift Card to your account. The Gift Card amount is equal to the amount you paid for the Prime Video purchase(s). To apologize for the inconvenience, we've also added an Amazon Gift Certificate of £5 to your account. Your Gift Card balance will be automatically applied to your next eligible order. You can view your balance and usage history in Your Account here:

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Welcome to the age where you own nothing! If it's digital and not accessible offline, on your own device, you can lose it on a company's whim. This is one of the major arguments for piracy: it's often the only way you can "own" digital content.

Not like they will encrypt the downloaded version.

So here is the FTFY:
If it’s digital and not accessible offline, on your own device... and can't be played anywhere without the accompanying software (music streaming and youtube for example) ... you can lose it on a company’s whim.

TLDR: If it ain't an MKV/MP4/AV1/FLAC/MP3, it aint real.