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AMC Drops 'Texting Friendly' Theaters Idea (networkworld.com)

Posted by msmash on from the all-sorted-then dept.

netbuzz writes: Stung by a ferocious backlash on social media, AMC Entertainment this morning took to Twitter to announce that it will not be experimenting with "texting friendly" movie theaters, a trial balloon floated only days ago by the company's boss. "NO TEXTING AT AMC. Won't happen. You spoke. We listened," the company said.That escalated quickly.

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  1. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe I'm missing something. I thought the comments on yesterday's article were quite over the top. Why is it so bad to provide a service to someone who wants it? Nobody is forcing you to go to the auditoriums designated for phone-users.

    Just because it's not something you personally like doesn't mean that someone else can't enjoy it.

    (For reference, I'm not personally interested in the movie theater concept, so I don't care one way or another. But if this is something that some people want, why not? It hurts nobody.)

    1. Re:Why? by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'd guess perhaps because it validates this sort of rude, narcissistic behavior rather than shames it?

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      Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
  2. Re: Why not? by omnichad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People are used to pooping, too. They still leave the theater to do it.