However, “renting” movies on digital platforms is far worse than the real deal.
Things are not quite as good as they used to be!
The rental version of the DVD did not have all the special features stripped out.
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Instead, you have to buy the movie outright if you want access to all those goodies.
Am I a little miffed?
I do not like that!
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I’m not getting any extra convenience from the 30-day window to start playing the film.
With a physical rental, I could watch the movie over and over during the rental period.
It didn’t evaporate shortly after I started playing it.
Although they did actually have a go at makephysical DVDs that fade within 48 hours.
The only real result was that you had to pay extra money on top of the original rental amount.
Effectively, you could extend your rental and just pay for it when you return the movies.
No such luck with digital rentals.
They “return” automatically.
Yes, that was a thing we had to deal with kids!
However, what I really miss about it all is the social aspect.
I like talking to people about movies, and that includes the people in the store looking for movies.
