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MoviePass Brings Back Its Unlimited Movie Plan (techcrunch.com)
The subscription plan that made MoviePass explode in popularity is coming back. If you're willing to pay for a full year (via ACH payment), "MoviePass Uncapped" will cost the same as the original unlimited plan, namely $9.95 per month, and will allow you to get an unlimited number of 2D movie tickets. TechCrunch reports: Now, you may be thinking that this kind of deal is exactly what got MoviePass into so much trouble last year, to the point where it nearly ran out of money and began announcing new pricing plans and restrictions on a seemingly constant basis. However, the company's announcement today includes multiple references to its ability to "combat violations" of MoviePass' terms of use. And those terms do say that "MoviePass has the right to limit the selection of movies and/or the times of available movies should your individual use adversely impact MoviePass's system-wide capacity or the availability of the Service for other subscribers."
So if you're a heavy MoviePass user, the plan may not be truly unlimited. In addition, you'll only be able to reserve tickets three hours before showtime, and you'll need to check in to the theater between 10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts. Worth noting: the $9.95 per month rate is available only if you pay for a full year, otherwise it will cost $14.95 for a limited time. The regular price will be $19.95 per month.
So if you're a heavy MoviePass user, the plan may not be truly unlimited. In addition, you'll only be able to reserve tickets three hours before showtime, and you'll need to check in to the theater between 10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts. Worth noting: the $9.95 per month rate is available only if you pay for a full year, otherwise it will cost $14.95 for a limited time. The regular price will be $19.95 per month.
Are those guys still going?
I thought they would have run out of other people's money by now.
Limited time only, though, so act now, order today, send no money, Offer good while supplies last, two to a customer, each item sold separately, Batteries not included, mileage may vary, all sales are final, Allow six weeks for delivery, some items not available, Some assembly required, some restrictions may apply.
George
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So, about the same price as Amazon Prime or Netflix but without any confidence that MoviePass will still exist in a year. No thanks.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
1. Sell annual subscriptions for $120 each in March.
2. Pay big bonuses to C?Os in April.
3. Declare bankruptcy in May.
4. Profit!!!
That's what I thought when I read TFS.
Another possibility is that they don't go belly-up, but rather restrict access: unlimited no longer equals unlimited
Probably using the new definition of "unlimited" popularized by ISPs/telecoms.
Not the company I would want to give direct access to my bank account.
Right -- for very small and randomly changing values of unlimited.
Thanks, but you've got a negative brownie point score. You'll have to try MUCH harder than that just to reach zero. I'd say change your name to MovieAss so the consumer knows exactly what they're getting. Truth in labeling, don't cha' know?
If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
Pre-pay for a year in advance, with fine print stated in the OP's post. I wonder if "we are short on funds, therefore any of your usage of the pass impact's MovePass's system-wide capacity, therefore no more movies for you this year, and no refund either".
It sounds like company's last ditch effort to get some capital, hoping most people who buy it will never use it. It didn't work before, so what exactly is different now?
After three movies, the frame rate gets limited to 6 Hz and audio gets limited to 4 KHz.
Someone get these idiots a dictionary.
Only pay to watch movies which are worth watching and then you won't be locked into a subscription or watching garbage to justify that decision. It'll work out cheaper both financially and in terms of your time.
Oh no, I paid my property taxes in advance! What if my house washes away.
Your house is more likely than MoviePass to still be around in a year's time. Although, with that said, everyone expected them to go belly-up before year's end last year. In hindsight, I wish I had bought a Movie Pass a year ago seeing that they are still around today.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Bruce Springsteen wrote 57channels way back. Seems little has changed, for me at least. Have Netflix, Amazon prime, and OTA with dvr (tivo) , and I barely watch an hour a day, and still find little content on the three sources.
Would love to hear from a subscriber what I'm missing (I'm not being snarky).
Yeah, we have Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I personally watch less than an hour a day on average- but my kids watch a lot and so does my wife. Hulu probably gets the most use followed by Netflix. We rarely watch anything on Amazon and would probably cut it, but we use it for the free shipping mainly anyway.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Maybe they want you to check in 10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts do ensure you'll watch all the preshow commercials. Previously, I expect regular users always arrived late to avoid the commercials.
It's the Verizon/Comcast version of "Unlimited" You can use it any way you like as long as it's how we say.
I used MoviePass for a year, I just canceled my account two weeks ago.
At first it was great, unlimited (one per day). Then you could not watch the same movie twice, then it became 3 movies a month, I stayed with them, still a good deal.
These last 4 months has been horrible. For the $10 plan each day you have a limited selection of what you can see ( https://moviepass.com/movies/ ). On top of that, VERY often (9/10) you load the app and it says "No movies today" at all the theatres around you. I've read since I'm on the east coast, I'm luckier than those on the west coast. Sometimes you would check the app, see a movie playing nearby, and when you got to the theatre, it was no longer available. I even tried mid-day weekday shows. Hit or miss (more miss).
Ahh well, it was fun while it lasted.
-=Down Syndrome in Maine
Stop putting limits on the definition of unlimited. It should have an unlimited number of definitions.
We should be so lucky that they'd use a fixed definition of unlimited.
My honest reaction to the article was, oh no, we're starting the huge parade of different offers every other week *again*?
TFS says you can only purchase tickets at most 3 hours before the showtime and must show up between 15 and 30 minutes before the movie starts. I like to buy tickets at least a week out so I can coordinate schedules, not to mention avoiding block busters being sold-out. Seems like the left-over hotel rooms sold for cheap on third party sites.