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Well then the paying customer should punish these merchants by deny them profit.
Personally I already do that by only going to the theatre when I'm really excited for a movie, which only happens maybe once a year, or am invited out by my movie-goer friend (maybe twice or thrice a year).
Last thing I saw in theatres was Late Night with the Devil, and before that was Tenet. It's not hard to wait for a home release.
They certainly should. But unfortunately they don't.
Problem with that for me is that I’ve been boycotting theaters for so long over their prices and loudness and 45 min of advertisements.. that I’m no longer considered a paying customer.. so they don’t care what I want. Same with everyone else who has been put off by their decisions in the past.
At this point I expect theaters to flop before they change their model. I’ll continue not to give them money, but it kinda sucks.
Voting with the money is really the only thing we can do but it clearly doesnt resolve the core issue.
You are right though, many times businesses will not change course but just extract value until model falls apart then blane the customer for not accepting the abuse.