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$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

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[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper@feddit.de 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Renting a DvD / Blueray was like 7$, going to the movies is 10-15$, why TF is this platform so expensive??

[–] joemo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

Barbie was released on July 21, 2023. It's still showing in theaters.

It should get cheaper on the "normal" timeline for these things, which would be what 9 months? A year? From release.

[–] Upsidedownturtle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's pre release. You can often get streaming copies prior to the street date, but it's generally quite expensive.

[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 3 points 1 year ago

It’s not the platform. The movie is that much on them all. In a few months it will drop to $6 - 7 for rental.

Renting a DVD or video game was like $3 at its peak here. There was a video store that had older movies that they would let you rent 5 movies for 5 nights for 5 dollars.

[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's for people who don't want to wait a few more months to pay $5.99 instead.

corporate greed.