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MoviePass is rolling out peak pricing, its own version of surge pricing that will charge customers more to see popular movies during what the company considers "high demand" times.
The company is looking to raise another $1.2 billion by selling stock and debt. But if MoviePass wants to survive, it also needs to start losing less money on its subscribers, and fast.
That's where peak pricing comes in. MoviePass was vague on the details when it teased peak pricing in late June, and it hardly cleared things up in an email to users today (July 5).
"Peak Pricing goes into effect when there's high demand for a movie or showtime," MoviePass wrote in its email. "You may be asked to pay a small additional fee depending on the level of demand." Movies currently experiencing peak pricing will be marked with a red circle containing a white lightening bolt; movies growing in demand that "could enter Peak Pricing soon" will get a gray version of the icon.
Source: https://qz.com/1321913/moviepass-peak-pricing-will-charge-you-whatever-it-wants/
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday July 11 2018, @08:21PM
The thing is, they can't even be sure this is happening. What level you browse at is user-configurable. I guarantee you that not everyone is reading at 0/1.
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But the real joke is caring this much about your visibility in the first place, in the echo chamber partisan screamfest that SN has devolved into by now.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"