“Video rentals” is a common term in English, so you’ve got it.
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Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 days ago
I’ve never rented or bought any show or movie digitally. Always seemed too expensive and ephemeral. I’m old enough to remember video rentals* so I refuse to pay more than 1€ for anything I can watch in one evening but not keep. 3.99 for a B-movie from 1969 that I can’t even keep? lolno. Gladly pay 3.99 for a DVD though.
* … like, the buildings. Is “video rentals” the English term? Everybody’s always only talking about Blockbuster (which wasn’t even a thing here), never the general category of, uh, libraries for video. Hashtag English As A Second Language
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 days ago
Good to know I’m on the right track. So how would you say (/have said), “there’s a [location that rents out videos] down the street”?
🎵 Donde esta la videoteca 🎶
Shadow79@piefed.social 2 days ago
Is that in € or $?
Anyway, I’ve managed to snag an entire season of a TV show I haven’t seen yet which is ¥999 when it was originally ¥4010 per season (or ¥16040 for all 4) but managed to snag the entire series at ¥3996.
markz@suppo.fi 2 days ago
Close enough for either
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 days ago
€, since I mentioned the currency in the sentence before that :)
Sure, ¥999 for a season sounds very nice but it all stays on Amazon’s servers. Whenever they feel like taking those down, I’d be extremely surprised if they first let you download the files to keep them. And correct me if I’m wrong but don’t you need a Prime subscription to access those digital purchases?