I wanted to watch (not own) Pineapple Express tonight. Still in the process of passing through my entitled free downloader, I looked for the movie on the legitimate sites first. It wasn't available to stream on Netflix, nor on Hulu. So I checked out Amazon and they had the movie...for $12 (to "own"). But I don't want to own, I want to rent.
If Redbox can rent hard copy versions of movies for $1/night, why can't I stream a movie for a couple of bucks? I want to support the content creators, but not when I have the sneaking suspicion I'm getting ripped off in the process.
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I wanted to watch (not own) Pineapple Express tonight. Still in the process of passing through my entitled free downloader, I looked for the movie on the legitimate sites first. It wasn't available to stream on Netflix, nor on Hulu. So I checked out Amazon and they had the movie...for $12 (to "own"). But I don't want to own, I want to rent.
If Redbox can rent hard copy versions of movies for $1/night, why can't I stream a movie for a couple of bucks? I want to support the content creators, but not when I have the sneaking suspicion I'm getting ripped off in the process.
can I get some of this with three month's salary and still feel underwhelmed?