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smelendezyesterday at 11:24 PM1 replyview on HN

Exactly — they should have just offered a lease until the end of the licensing agreement: “Pay $X today and watch this movie as many times as you want through June 2026!”


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CamperBob2yesterday at 11:29 PM

When this was originally tried under the OG "DIVX" brand name, everybody (including me) threw a fit.

Some warned that everything would work that way eventually anyway, and everybody (including me) blew them off.

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