Another reason to sail the high seas
Another reason to sail the high seas
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
After the first few times I had apple remove a book from my library, and the only explanation they ever gave me was "sometimes books change, and when books change they are a new book," I just went back to DRM free. If I have to jump through hoops, and still can't keep the content I legally purchased, why would I legally purchase the content?
Instead of giving your money to Amazon to rent this mediocre looking movie that I know nothing about (so this is not a promotion), why not watch it elsewhere (cough cough) and use the same 25 dollars of your hard earned money to support the people who actually worked on the movie and buy a shirt here instead?
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I kind of get the feeling that CEOs and corporations see the writing on the wall in terms of the world, economy, and climate change. We're headed for some really extreme times in history and I think these guys have the mindset to just go full balls and try to scam as much wealth out of humanity as possible before the shit hits the fan. The greed I see from companies these days is very blatant and in your face, they don't try to hide it anymore, it's all very "fuck you, pay me" and it's virtually every company you can find these days, they're all doing everything they can to fuck everyone out of one more penny.
"own it" until we delete it from your account because reasons, but hey, we'll give you a coupon!
$25 to rent and an extra $5 for the illusion you own it!
You don't even own it when you buy it
And buying the movie probably won't give you a file, but instead just the right to stream it from their servers. At some point they'll pull the plug on that and you'll loose access.
You dont own it thenyou just have it available on your account.
And you "own" it only as long as they deem it. https://nofilmschool.com/warner-bros-deleting-purchased-digital-content
I think I'll download the video file for free.
This is ridiculous, but at least Barbie is getting a physical release. I'm actually very willing to pay for media... if I can access it offline and am not dependent on the good will of some large corporation.
Yeah, $5 more to "own" the movie
well google play movies was attractive when it was cheap (wjth regional pricing, i could spend as low as 25 cents to "rent" a movie)
It's always like this on release, give it a few weeks and Amazon will have that 4k version to rent for a fiver. Closer to a cinema ticket and much more palatable.
Good movie though. I enjoyed it quite a bit since feminism doesn't scare me. Grow up people.
With that said, fuck those prices, and fuck fake ownership.
Holy hell
One of the highest grossing movies of all time. They already made back their money and then some at the box office.
That's insane, I saw it at Montreal in the cinema for $14 CAD.
That's two hours of labor at minimum wage in a lot of States. I feel like I'd maybe pay $5 to watch it at home.
Alternatively you can just stream it on himovies.sx . Oppenheimer is still only in "Cam" quality.
To "own" it
I can understand not being interested in the movie or the price point or digital "ownership", but why does it make them scammers to offer the purchase at a price that heavily amortizes down the cost per viewing?
The rental price is on par with two theater tickets and they're not playing games with pretending like the purchase price should be double because you plan to watch it at least twice.
Who the fuck streams or downloads movies in 4k? What kind of uber connection do you people have and do you sit five inches from the television analyzing pixels and crying if one looks to be out of place?
I've seen 4K and it doesn't impress me even a little bit. Boo hoo hoo get glasses I know, I have glasses, I can see, 4K is worthless and probably why all of these internet providers want to destroy net neutrality and have tiered connections. At a proper viewing distance, 1080 is more than enough.