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People used to buy DVDs or blu-rays for $10-20. But of all the ones I have, there's probably only a handful that have been watched more than once. That's what
by Philip-J-Fry 5y ago
People used to buy DVDs or blu-rays for $10-20. But of all the ones I have, there's probably only a handful that have been watched more than once.
That's what the renting system is built off. The fact that most people only watch a film once.
I couldn't care less about whether I own a copy of a movie. All I care is that I can watch it when I want to watch it. That's a different issue though, not one of disposable income, but of licensing and content availability.
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- bluedino 5y agoChristmas is a good example. A couple years ago I threw out all of my DVD's. We watch the same ten or so movies every holiday season. Now we scramble to find them on streaming services and pay $3-5 each to watch. At one point I had them all downloaded on a portable HD (along with others) but it failed, and why back up what you can just re-download?
- Consultant32452 5y agoI don't understand why the major streaming services don't have the good Christmas movies. They all have these new "made for TV" quality awful movies they push really hard. It's A Wonderful Life A Christmas Carol Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (old animated version) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (old animated version) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Home Alone Miracle On 34th Street Elf White Christmas There's tons of GREAT Christmas movies. On any given Christmas season Netflix might have 1-2 of the greats. Same for Amazon Prime. I'm confused because it seems like an easy win for these streaming services. Is licensing them really so expensive?
- xwolfi 5y agoImagine you re a tv station with a license. I think you re ready to MURDER to keep some of these exclusive, must be their last easy butter these days. Last time I watched tv I did the whole vpn + american tv package thing and I just was appalled at the sheer amount of unwatchable content (ads)... I pity these things, how did it even work in the first place?
- lostlogin 5y agoChristmas without a Die Hard?
- stjohnswarts 5y agoNot a christmas I want any part of.
- Trex_Egg 5y agoI agree with the points that you are making, which makes the high quality entertainment cheap or affordable at scale.