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MoviePass does allow multiple viewings of the same movie, that was a mistake in TOS wording on their part. there are only so many movies that a given person wo
by michaelchisari 9y ago
MoviePass does allow multiple viewings of the same movie, that was a mistake in TOS wording on their part.
there are only so many movies that a given person would want to see in one month.
True, for the given person you're thinking about. What about a person on disability? A cinephile? A teenager who has the whole summer off?
It's a tragedy of the commons problem. If you have one movie nut who goes to 12 movies a month (not difficult if you live in a city a short bus ride or walk to a theater) then you need 11 users to forget they have it. The outliers have a potential 30x rate.
Not to mention that those outliers could be going to IMAX 3D showings in a major city at a premium theater ($22.75 at the Chinese Theater, for instance), and you've got a $682.50 monthly bill for one user without violating the TOS.
As far as I can tell they're treating this like a gym membership, but ignoring the fundamental difference: Going to the gym sucks, going to the movies is a blast.
This is why I think as the service continues (and the money backing it dries up), they'll introduce more and more restrictions.
- gnicholas 9y ago> It's a tragedy of the commons problem It's actually an adverse selection problem, like in insurance markets. It has some similar features as tragedy of the commons, but IMO it's not as apt a descriptor. Totally agree that they have the problem you describe, whatever it's called. > MoviePass does allow multiple viewings of the same movie I had seen on reddit people say that they couldn't select the same movie twice.
- Kihashi 9y ago> Not to mention that those outliers could be going to IMAX 3D showings in a major city at a premium theater ($22.75 at the Chinese Theater, for instance), and you've got a $682.50 monthly bill for one user without violating the TOS. You can't actually use MoviePass for premium showings (3D, IMAX, etc.). It only works for standard 2D showings.
- michaelchisari 9y agoYou're right, but even just a standard showing at a place like Arclight is $17.75. So a single ticket per month puts them at a loss for that user.