To rent a movie from 2005, I need to pay 4 euros. A standard with ads Netflix subscription is 5 euros or lowest tier without ads 8 euros (so 1,25x or 2x the price for unlimited access). I’ve encountered this multiple times. I’d be open to paying, but it just doesn’t add up for me. So what do I do? Sail the seven seas. Nonetheless, I find this “business model” really dumb, because I have a hard time imagining many if any people going for it.
Btw, fyi, if you have Netflix with ads, watch it in a separate window. While the ads do stop if you change tabs, it doesn’t detect separate windows, so you can do sth else while the ads play.
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They can get a lot of $1 or $2 rentals from me, or nothing. Guess they get nothing.
yeha that’s why I “rent” movies from 1337x and torrentgalaxy
How much do you think people paid in the '90s to rent a movie?
For old shit, 99 cents, for a new release like $5-7. You also got unlimited watches for that 1-2 day period.
OK, so in 2023 dollars that’s $2.33 to $16.48. Most digital rentals also allow unlimited watches within 24-48 hours.
Things haven’t changed much.
Digital doesn’t require physical tapes or dvds though which results in significant savings.
*should result in significant savings, but doesn’t seem like it turned out that way
New releases weren’t nearly that much.
I think it’s a bit of an unfair comparison because rental places had more overhead. Location, employees, physical media purchases/storage, etc etc
Good point. Digital should be at those same prices, if not cheaper.
How much do you think it cost to rent a movie. They were cheap.
And if you wanted to keep it you just paid the full price.
I think it’s a bit of an unfair comparison because rental places had more overhead. Location, employees, physical media purchases/storage, etc etc
They made DVDs in 2005. Still do in fact.
