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Google and Amazon Will Let You Rent a Movie for $0.99 During the Holiday (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the movie-time dept.

Holidays are the time when many of us get some extra time to catch up on all the good movies and TV shows that our friends wanted us to watch, but we never did. To make things enticing for people, Amazon and Google are prepping for lowering the rent this holiday season. From a report on Fortune: Google and Amazon -- which have been jostling to compete with Netflix in video streaming -- have announced a new online promotion for the holidays. Google Play will allow viewers to select any movie available on the streaming service to rent for $0.99. Amazon Video will allow viewers the same using the promo code "MOVIE99." The catch: Users can only get one movie per account. Both services offer an extensive list of titles, including this year's Suicide Squad, Bridge Jones's Baby, and Finding Dory among others.

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  1. What a bargain! by The-Ixian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only $.99 for a movie rental. A movie rental! Oh, Zoidberg, at last you're becoming a crafty consumer!

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  2. Re:I've got better plans for my cash by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 3, Funny

    xhamster?

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