That has no effect on MoviePass. As per the article, what’s “interesting” (for certain definitions of interesting) is that MoviePass pays the theatres for the full price of the tickets for each user.
> The largest theater chain in the US instead described MoviePass as as an existential threat. “That price level is unsustainable and only sets up consumers for ultimate disappointment down the road if or when the product can no longer be fulfilled,” the company harrumphed.
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The problem here is in the at the moment. MoviePass trains consumers to see the experience of going to the movies as effectively worth nothing. That is very bad for theaters, because when MoviePass goes away they will be left with a product---with small margins---that consumers see as incredibly expensive.
"Heads I win, tails you lose."