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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5595609" data-attributes="member: 8835">I was not the one saying renting was inconvenient.  I found it trivial to visit the Hollywood Video that was next to the grocery store that I was next to every other day or so.  I simply chose not to enter.  I argue that digital rentals SHOULD be CHEAPER.To sum up, I think paying $4-5 is too much to rent a movie.I think paying $10 is too much to watch a movie at the theatre.Just as I think that cheaper to produce CDs should have cost less than cassettes, but the industry kept the prices high so they could get a better margin.Just as I think SMS cost schedule is a wallet rape scheme by the telcos to use what is significantly less drain on their network than the typical voice call.  Let alone that someone is attacking your bank account with every text they SEND to you.I also think tethering fees are another form of wallet rape as technically, you paid for the data plan, so whether you watch porn on your phone or on your laptop via tethering is the same quantity of bytes transferred across their network.As such, I don't use SMS (I made AT&T block them arriving).  I don't generally rent videos (barring Netflix which is basically $10 for 8 discs).  And I recommend others do the same.  Because these companies charge what the Market Will Bear, so the Market needs to say No to force a lower price.Does my reasoning make sense?  Probably not.  If I think something is wallet rape or stupid, I am not obligated to participate.  Since this is a forum, it is the forum for voicing why I think something is wallet rape or stupid.  If you sit down on the plane next to me and pay for your tablet movie, I should keep my mouth shut because that's polite.Incidentally, you probably own a tablet.  Why wouldn't you use yours?  And in 2 years time, why wouldn't you give your mom your old tablet when you replace it with a new model?*  I'm not talking literally here, maybe your wife called dibs on it.  But the principal with smartphones and tablets is, this stuff is moving in and the % of Haves will grow rapidly.  Many of the Have Nots will settle for late model stuff.</blockquote>

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