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Apple Makes 'The Interview' Available on iTunes
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Where do you live that films are $7-$8 per person? Even in Eastern WA they are now $11/adult.
Late to the party, Apple. Rented it last week on YouTube. Was a painful experience getting it to work on my TV; would have been much happier renting through iTunes. You snooze you lose. And they hate us cause they ain't us.
My local Theatre is $7.50 before 6pm, $9.50 after (additional $3 for 3D).
And all seats are Luxury seating that you can reserve in advance (all seats are numbered and assigned), they also have a bar with beer on tab or get a glass of wine, order speciality food and they bring it to your seat.
Yeah I had to do it on a computer then go into YouTube on the Apple TV.....plus I prob would of bought it for $15 from iTunes where I only rented on YouTube
This movie doesn't even deserve 5% of the generated hype, if it wasn't for my curiously just to check what the fuss is all about i never would have considered watching it.
I don't care about the movie either, but as a kind, Capitalistic middle-fingered-type gesture towards the North Korean little man in charge... I'll buy it.
I watched it drunk at 2 AM on YouTube. It was fun, it almost made me like Kim Jong Un in a certain way (if he's against that movie for real, he really has no sense of humor... okay, you're right, everybody knows he really has no sense of humor).
It was far from what I'd call a good movie and it was pretty expensive for a rental though, but then again less expensive than if it has been out in theatres.
It was far from what I'd call a good movie and it was pretty expensive for a rental though, but then again less expensive than if it has been out in theatres.
Sony really are are slow learners. Unless you're in the US you can pirate it for free, but are prohibited from paying for it.
Who exactly is the territorial restriction on this supposed to benefit?
Who exactly is the territorial restriction on this supposed to benefit?
Companies don't just shut down.
Apple has people working over holiday who could make these kinds of decisions at a moment's notice, if necessary. Apple willfully decided not to because of fear of the "terrorists".
They played it safe and now they're late to the party as anyone who has already seen it has rented or purchased it from Google or Microsoft, or has torrented it.
Apple could have gotten a nice chunk of that "Interview" pie. Now that ship has sailed.
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Hackers have no physical attack capabilities. They are remote, not physically present. No one took that seriously. They were clearly empty threats. But theaters got nervous due to liability issues and affecting Xmas shopping in malls. The hackers were laughing I'm sure.
Not sure why Apple waited. They should have jumped on the opportunity. They could have signed up a lot of new users to iTunes if they got an exclusive. Once again, Eddie Cue fails.
Oh I hope so. I don't know why they don't offer everything all at once - theatrical release for the cinema folk, bluray+DVD and Streaming all on day 1. There's no way I'm going to the cinema again (used to go once a month since I was a kid but I've noticed people talking more and more during them. So I just get films on bluray instead). If anything releasing everything at once would force cinemas to improve things on their end to make it the best option they can.
Loved the movie. Awesome comedy - if you like Rogen/Franco stuff.
Haters gonna hate and ain'ters gonna ain't!
Haters gonna hate and ain'ters gonna ain't!
Unfortunately, Apple waited long enough, especially over the Christmas holiday, that many people went through the trouble to figure out how to rent a movie on YouTube to work around what they wanted. Kind of like the android debacle, Apple pushed people to investigate alternative options when iOS wasn't available on Verizon.
Way to go, Apple! Make it available one day after I already gave $5.99 to Google to see it via YouTube.
BTW and FWIW, that worked out to about $1.50 to $2.00 per laugh. I (literally) only laughed 3-4 times. Most of it was just plain stupid.
My recommendation is to wait for the $1.50 RedBox rental or the (inevitable) Netflix streaming.
Mark
BTW and FWIW, that worked out to about $1.50 to $2.00 per laugh. I (literally) only laughed 3-4 times. Most of it was just plain stupid.
My recommendation is to wait for the $1.50 RedBox rental or the (inevitable) Netflix streaming.
Mark
(Apple follows the crowd)
...a few days later...
Apple is so predictable.
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I agree.
No, not at all.
iTunes Connect shuts down every year like clockwork. I have never heard of anything getting approved during the shutdown. Only prescheduled changes go through. I'm sure they could have scrambled people for an emergency, but it's also completely plausible that they don't see Sony's vacillation as an emergency.
Not a day goes by that I'm not 100% thankful that people from MacRumors don't actually own stake in or run a major company.
Apple isn't run by emotion. It's run by the almighty dollar, just as every large corporation in the world is. Sony was releasing a movie on Christmas. Regardless of what kind of movie it was or who it was from, Apple missed a major change to profit on the release of something.
Google was there. Microsoft was also there.
Believe me, it didn't come down to someone at Apple letting their emotions take control and saying they didn't feel Sony's predicament was worthy enough of an immediate release. That's just ridiculous. They were playing it safe.