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

  • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    231
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    No you are mistaken with “Or $5 mire to own it”. You own a license to watch for the amount of time the platforms decides to keep it up.

    • Decoy321@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      78
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      Then, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.

      • JackbyDev@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        46
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        On that last post where someone got a refund they gave a full refund as a gift card and an additional 5 euro gift card.

        (Not saying it’s an okay think to do, just in case you’re referencing it.)

          • JackbyDev@programming.dev
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            11
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            It’s a refund in the sense that you can exchange it for an item of equal value. A real refund would be more appropriate, I agree.

              • biddy@feddit.nl
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                The store has a profit margin, so the store values the item significantly less than the sticker price.

              • biddy@feddit.nl
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                1 year ago

                The store has a profit margin, so the store values the item significantly less than the sticker price.

              • JackbyDev@programming.dev
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                1 year ago

                I totally get that, but it is what you paid for it. As long as it is greater than your original payment adjusted for inflation it’s fair enough. It sucks, I think there should be some sort of penalty for not getting proper licensing to let people use it forever (until your company shuts down).

          • Neve8028@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            Usually if you complain you can get a real refund. The other post was Amazon and they usually bend over backwards to make customers happy. Still pretty shitty that you have to jump through some hoops, though.

    • mindbleach
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      19
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      And people will go ‘you didn’t buy it!’ like it doesn’t say “Buy” right fuckin’ there.

      • snooggums@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        “That’s not what it really means. Everybody knows that!” is always their stupid follow up as if being annoyed that labels are blatant lies is somehow wrong.

        • mindbleach
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 year ago

          “The EULA says–” “Fuck EULAs as a concept, because they’re identical to a page in a book saying 'hocus pocus this is a contract and you have signed it.” “… okay but the EULA says–”

      • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        True, but it just says “buy 4k” which for all we know could mean “buy a temporary license to watch the 4k movie”.