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MercuryLS

Banned

• Feb 22, 2012

• #1

Aren't kind of missing out on a huge market by ignoring the success of stuff like Netflix and Spotify?

Only Apple could do all 3 for one monthly fee as well. Imagine being about to stream/download unlimited music, movies and tv shows for $20 a month. I would jump on that in a second. They've got an insanely deep library of content that they could really do amazing things with, seems like a wasted opportunity.

 

DR3AM

Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #2

no

 

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jagowar

Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #3

They would be nowhere close to 20/month for such a package.... the spotify/zune music pass run 10 bucks for music alone and that is much cheaper to get than tv/movie content. If they ever do such a plan it will be closer to $50/month.

 

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ajf009

Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #4

It seems like the tv & movie owners don't want or like that though, seeing how Netflix is doing

 

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border

Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #5

I think it they just believe they can make more money selling movies than they can a monthly subscription.

I'm not sure how true that is. In the last year I've spent probably $200-300 on video subscriptions (Hulu, Netflix). I've spent $0 on buying digital movies. And maybe I've spent $15-20 on digital rentals.

 

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NawidA

Banned

• Feb 22, 2012

• #6

I don't know why people keep asking things like this? You do know that Apple/Netflix/Hulu/Amazon doesn't actually own this content and that Netflix/Spotify make pennies compared to actual sales?

 

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Alphahawk

Member

• Feb 24, 2012

• #7

Given how many movies on itunes don't even allow rentals. I'd imagine that the chances of a subscription plan are almost zilch.

 

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Cheebo

Banned

• Feb 24, 2012

• #8

They don't have the ability to do that. They don't own what is on the iTunes store. It'd make no sense to do that. There is not a lot of place to makey money in that market. Netflix barely scraps by. Better to make a lot on hardware and let companies like Netflix and Huli make services like that.

 

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andycapps

Member

• Feb 24, 2012

• #9

Sounds nice in principle. Would take some major changes in studio politics for them to agree their entire catalogs to be shared for a portion of a $20/user fee. And being able to stream any movie is just too good to be true. Much less for music.

All of the above will happen at some point, but we're years away from it.

 

RubxQub

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• Feb 24, 2012

• #10

Would I want one? Of course!

Could they get one? Not easily, and not likely.