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I don't know how unpopular it is, but I'd like to be able to buy individual series without having to pay a monthly charge for a platform.
Say $20.00 for the first four seasons of "Slow Horses"
You could watch the first half of the first episode for free, and then have the option to buy.
Not unlike when people buy 'season tickets' for the NFL games.
edit = I have invented DVD box sets. What a genius!!
You can buy it but it's $70, not $40, and only DVD, not BluRay, for some antiquated reason.
Well you kinda can do that on Amazon and Apple, although its more "renting" than buying - I believe. And they don't have everything.
lol!
After I posted I realized I "invented" DVD box sets.
C'set la vie!
Well yeah but you mean digital purchases.
You can "purchase" titles on Walmart's VUDU and Google TV (quotes to account for the possibility of them ceasing to exist, which would then cause you to lose your right to stream-for-free).
I've come to refer to these "purchases" as "indefinite rentals".