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14 pointsnikhilpandit10 comments

There are still too many free options that will compete with this 2.99 price tag (e.g. torrents). I think they should lower that price, or move to a small subscription-fee model.

Personally I prefer the iTunes-like $2.99 pricing model. I don't watch movies regularly enough to make most subscription plans worth it. Hence why I don't bother with Netflix either.

I'm probably the long-tail of the market, though, but I do hope they find a way to segment without without shutting people like me out.

Then, for you, it would probably be easier to torrent the few movies you do watch. YouTube is going to have a decent collection (and it will grow), but the best selection is on bittorent sites.

Q. Is this global?

A. No. This service is available to US YouTube users only.

QED

Didn't WB take a big dive in its latest earnings report? Google should have left those creeps bleeding.

Google's new movie partnerships are an attempt to avoid spending money to get Hulu on Google TV. Google TV is still a flop even if this works out. Apple TV is about half the price, runs iOS, and supports iPad Air Play.

"Earth Girls Are Easy" still not em bed-able: http://avsquid.com/totally_80s

"runs iOS" is pretty meaningless when there are no apps.

Apple TV is cool but it's pretty much just NetFlix or buy content from Apple. (Or blacked-out sports if you are into that.)

Apple TV can be easily hacked to run XBMC: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/20/xbmc-comes-to-the-new-app...

As for no apps, at $99 bucks Apple is easily taking a loss on Apple TV to get market share. As soon as Apple is ready, it would not be difficult for Apple to enable iTunes and apps for Apple TV.

why not just do that now to help them get that market share, and some profits from the app store sales to boot?

It's basically a $229 iPod touch with no screen, no battery, no camera, and no sensors, so they don't have to be losing money on it.

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