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Re:Turning Off Autoplaying Previews by creeble on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:29PM (#22261594)
And you sometimes can't even rent movies that you saw on Netflix as recently as a couple of years ago.

"Page Eight" was a great little spy movie with Bill Nighy and Rachel Weisz on Netflix. Now you can't rent from anywhere, for any price afaict.

How does this optimize revenues for the studios?

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Re:Turning Off Autoplaying Previews by pjc50 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:35PM (#22261628)
The only thing I can think of is a mind share argument: they want you to watch the latest blockbuster instead. The Disney Vault is the cynical endpoint of this line of thinking.
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Re:Turning Off Autoplaying Previews by dredmorbius on Friday February 07, 2020 @04:55AM (#22264544)
Howso?
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Re:Turning Off Autoplaying Previews by dublinben on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:30PM (#22261986)
This movie may be available through Hoopla in association with your local library.[0] It appears to be distributed in the US by PBS which doesn't have the best streaming availability.

[0] https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10085700

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Re:Turning Off Autoplaying Previews by getpost on Thursday February 06, 2020 @10:41PM (#22263032)
It’s on Amazon, in the US at least, free with Prime.
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