# So we can't rent movies anymore?  How'd that happen?

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**Created:** [May 25, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-cant-rent-movies-anymore-howd-that-happen/623087 "2012-05-25T18:21:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-cant-rent-movies-anymore-howd-that-happen/623087/121 "2015-05-03T13:20:08Z")

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Thanks to the Korean hackers, we got to watch a movie online almost right away, rather than being forced to wait. At first it was rent or buy, then after a while it was on Netflix. (you still pay, just not as much)

I can rent all kinds of movies now online, from many sources. Even on Youtube. But I have no idea if I could physically rent a movie anywhere except Redbox, in the actual world around me

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**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-cant-rent-movies-anymore-howd-that-happen/623087/122 "2015-05-04T13:29:12Z")

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> [@Panthan](#):
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> I miss browsing around the video store and loading up on those microwaveable buckets of popcorn. The stores around me kept closing until the nearest is too far to bother.

We loathed doing that. Such much nicer to sit at home and pick out movies that will be shipped to us and that we don’t have to worry about returning any time soon if we don’t want to. Having to return movies was such a pain in the rear.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-cant-rent-movies-anymore-howd-that-happen/623087/123 "2015-05-04T16:33:41Z")

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> [@turo](#):
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> But the truth is these companies are in the business of making money and that can make you greedy, it’s human nature. **I some what see the pirating as a way of balancing out this greed** until they remember who they are providing a product for. Keep your customers happy and in turn your stock holders and your bank accounts will be happy too. I don’t think it works the other way around. I would love to know everyones thoughts on my question and my OPINIONS. Again sorry for length.

So you think that piracy is the safety valve for inflation? Interesting concept.

Do you condone squatters taking over your backyard, when property values are going up in certain regions?

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