I don't know that "cheap" is quite the word you're looking for. There are plenty of folks on (extremely,) limited budgets (students, oldsters on Social Security, the disabled. . .) who live alone or isolated, can't get to a theater, and on top of an already expensive monthly subscription fee simply cannot justify forking out $20 for a on…
I don't know that "cheap" is quite the word you're looking for. There are plenty of folks on (extremely,) limited budgets (students, oldsters on Social Security, the disabled. . .) who live alone or isolated, can't get to a theater, and on top of an already expensive monthly subscription fee simply cannot justify forking out $20 for a one-person, one-time play of a reasonably current film (cough, cough, Tar.) If that means waiting until it comes to the free or "cheap" subscription lineup, (or for those without the bandwidth to stream it online,) so be it. Poverty begets piracy.
There's nothing wrong with choosing not to buy or rent something and waiting for it to be on streaming or on VOD for cheaper than that initial $20 window! There IS something wrong (morally, ethically, financially) with downloading something for nothing when it is not legally available for download.
I don't know that "cheap" is quite the word you're looking for. There are plenty of folks on (extremely,) limited budgets (students, oldsters on Social Security, the disabled. . .) who live alone or isolated, can't get to a theater, and on top of an already expensive monthly subscription fee simply cannot justify forking out $20 for a one-person, one-time play of a reasonably current film (cough, cough, Tar.) If that means waiting until it comes to the free or "cheap" subscription lineup, (or for those without the bandwidth to stream it online,) so be it. Poverty begets piracy.
At the moment Tar is on Peacock which is ~ $5 plus you get access to Poker Face.
With Peacock now a person has access to newer Universal and Focus films, and a month of Peacock costs about the same as one online video rental.
There's nothing wrong with choosing not to buy or rent something and waiting for it to be on streaming or on VOD for cheaper than that initial $20 window! There IS something wrong (morally, ethically, financially) with downloading something for nothing when it is not legally available for download.