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While they're removing most of the most negative changes ('peak pricing' and the pointless 'take a picture of your ticket stub') for people who remain subscribe

While they're removing most of the most negative changes ('peak pricing' and the pointless 'take a picture of your ticket stub') for people who remain subscribed (pray they don't alter it any further), they're keeping their arbitrary blackouts of popular movies, which kills it for me. If I have to drive to the theatre to then get there and discover that MoviePass has decided I'm not allowed to see Movie X then I'm going to stop using it. Currently they implement these blackouts either nationwide (you can't see Mission Impossible on MoviePass at all) or regionally, with showtimes vanishing from the app without warning after too many people elsewhere in your region buy tickets to the movie in question. The problem with the service is inconsistency and never knowing if you'll actually be able to see a movie or not. Also, if you were foolish enough to buy an annual subscription, then you don't get the limitation but you still have had your deal altered with movie blackouts and stub verification.

s73v3r_ 8y ago
" If I have to drive to the theatre to then get there and discover that MoviePass has decided I'm not allowed to see Movie X then I'm going to stop using it." Don't they have the app that shows you want movies you can see?
- gringoDan 8y ago
  Yes, but they aren't integrated with most theaters' systems, meaning you often show up and find out the movie you were planning to see is sold out.
- gergles 8y ago
  Yes, but the availability is not set when you open the app, it isn't set until you check-in, which you can't do until you get to theatre. If you live a 20-minute drive from the theatre... You open the app at home, see your movie listed, then drive there. It is quite possible that by the time you get there MP has decided you can't watch that movie anymore. There's no way to work around this and it makes the service basically unusable.
  - chii 8y ago
    this is why gps spoofing should come as a feature, to prevent apps from doing this sort of baiting of users.

s73v3r_ 8y ago

" If I have to drive to the theatre to then get there and discover that MoviePass has decided I'm not allowed to see Movie X then I'm going to stop using it." Don't they have the app that shows you want movies you can see?

gringoDan 8y ago
Yes, but they aren't integrated with most theaters' systems, meaning you often show up and find out the movie you were planning to see is sold out.
gergles 8y ago
Yes, but the availability is not set when you open the app, it isn't set until you check-in, which you can't do until you get to theatre. If you live a 20-minute drive from the theatre... You open the app at home, see your movie listed, then drive there. It is quite possible that by the time you get there MP has decided you can't watch that movie anymore. There's no way to work around this and it makes the service basically unusable.
- chii 8y ago
  this is why gps spoofing should come as a feature, to prevent apps from doing this sort of baiting of users.