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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. Which movie? by ichimunki · · Score: 2

    Still cheaper to get the DVD from the library, though.

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    1. Re:Which movie? by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Still cheaper to get the DVD from the library, though.

      The problem with DVDs from the library is they're almost always scratched and unplayable.

      Yesterday my daughter took "Minions" out from the library. She started to watch it this morning. Played 45 minutes then stalled out, frozen.

      It's disappointing how much people mistreat library DVDs, but they do...

  2. 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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  3. Re:For how long is the rent? by sh00z · · Score: 2

    Typically, you have 30 days from the rental date to start watching, and once you start, you have 24 hours to watch as much as you like,

  4. I thought I installed uBlock by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Huh. I guess uBlock isn't working. I can still see this ad.

    This is not remotely news.

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    1. Re:I thought I installed uBlock by The-Ixian · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Not only that but you actually clicked on the ad, thought about the ad and then engaged with the ad maker.

      I would call that mission accomplished.

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    2. Re:I thought I installed uBlock by bev_tech_rob · · Score: 2

      Huh. I guess uBlock isn't working. I can still see this ad.

      This is not remotely news.

      The smug is strong with this one..

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  5. Libraries aren't convenient (usually) by sjbe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Still cheaper to get the DVD from the library, though.

    Not really. It would cost me gas money plus time to get there and rent it as well as to return it. I'd probably spend as much or more money in gas. Plus our local library has a modest and mostly old selection and isn't open during particularly convenient hours. To get anything really recent probably is impossible and anything beyond their modest collection would require a few days lead time to get it from another library. Not exactly an impulse decision.

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

    xhamster?

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  7. Amazon link has a referral code by thisisauniqueid · · Score: 2

    Chris Chavez of Phandroid is going to make a killing off of this -- the Amazon link posted in the Fortune article has his referral code in it.