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You can rent on many of the streaming services for like $3, which blows a hole in the “it’s just effort” argument.
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y ago
You can rent on many of the streaming services for like $3, which blows a hole in the “it’s just effort” argument.
- pineconewarrior 5y agoacquiring currency requires effort. Considerable effort, for some. One can click on a torrent link way faster than they can earn $3 Plus, this rental will not be available in all locales, for every video, etc
- dj_mc_merlin 5y agoThat's Amazon AFAIK, I don't know of any others. It's a step in the right direction but the price is still too high (it's usually $4-$5 in my experience). I only get to watch it once, not keep it, and I pay you double what I used to pay Blockbuster? No thanks.
- brewdad 5y agoBlockbuster new releases were $3 in 1990 dollars ($6.60 today). This was in a mid-sized town in the midwest, not Manhattan or LA. Blockbuster was also far less convenient.
- dj_mc_merlin 5y agoFair, I forgot about inflation.
- petefromnorth 5y agoYou still have to find which service it's available on, enter payment information, download an app... And even then if you're not in the USA the selection is distributed across more apps, and lots of content isn't available easily even if you want to pay.