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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by ethbro on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:18PM (#17056740)
The moat is network effects + revenue sharing with theaters.

If that happens, how is a second business going to overcome MoviePass (who would then have the additional revenue streams)?

If it's a risky play to do first, then it's even riskier to do second.

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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by TheCoelacanth on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:52PM (#17056840)
That sounds a lot like saying that their moat is that their business model is too stupid for anyone else to try it.
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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by ethbro on Monday May 14, 2018 @03:23PM (#17068598)
You're not wrong.
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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by koolba on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:38PM (#17056798)
A theater chain could easily do it. Imagine if they come out with “AMC pass”. They’ve got the network and prime locations.

I bet they’re waiting for MoviePass to go belly up first. No point in having to compete with a company that’s literally throwing money at them (paying full price x3-4 per person per month to AMC).

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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by gergles on Saturday May 12, 2018 @09:56PM (#17057005)
I guess they could, but they don't seem to want to. Cinemark's competitor gives you ONE movie (non-premium, non-3D, etc.) a month for $8.99.

Watching the ad for it preroll every time before a movie I've 'paid for' (with MoviePass) coming on has become a running joke between me and my partner that only people who are such luddites that they've never heard of MoviePass would remotely think it was a good deal.

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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by organicmultiloc on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:42PM (#17056814)
Every theater chain already has passes, and has for a couple years now.

None of them are halfway as good of a deal as moviepass is.

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Re:MoviePass has changed people’s moviegoing habits by atomical on Saturday May 12, 2018 @10:51PM (#17057145)
Imagine when most of their revenue comes from MoviePass. They can't flip a switch overnight.
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