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MplsP said:

AppleInsider said:

Despite what FaceBook posters are claiming....

Seeing something on Fakebook instantly makes the likelihood of it being true less than 10%

Unfortunately, seeing something on Facebook makes the likelihood of people believing it over 90%. 

I will likely be checking out Fitness+. We have a small home gym that we already use several times a week.

What I would really like to see is more home fitness equipment that supports GymKit. I’ve been looking for a “spin” bike with GymKit for years and they just didn’t exist. At least Peloton now offers it and at a fairly reasonable* $2500. When I’m on our treadmill and using my watch after just a couple of miles the distance the treadmill shows is slightly higher than the distance the watch shows. GymKit takes care of those little discrepancies. Having GymKit equipment and Fitness+ could be really cool.

*$2500 is reasonable when you consider the lowest price I’ve found for GymKit equipment is about $8000, but it’s much easier to find stuff in the $13,000 - $15,000 range.

caskey said:

aderutter said:

A $5 saving is pathetic and hardly likely to drive take-up.

I don't think a 15% discount is anything to sneeze at. It's better than nothing.

I used to work in retail. One of my co-workers commented one time on how odd it is that during the “tax holiday” weekend people would come out in droves and every store in the mall would be packed. He said, “I don’t get what the big deal is. If we put up a sign that said ‘everything 6% off’ people would think it was weird and wouldn’t care, but tell them that there’s no tax and they go crazy!”

When Apple presents a new A-series chip there is usually a chart showing the performance increase over the previous chip. Do we know how much of that increase is attributable to Apple’s chip design and how much is attributable to a new process node?

spock1234 said:

Xed said:

spock1234 said:

I don't understand the value calculations including the cost of a babysitter. Why would the kids not be at the theater watching the movie with you? What kind of parents would leave their kids at home with a babysitter while the adults went off to see a Disney movie? 

You know parents can have more than child, right? And that one or more children could be of the age for seeing a live-action movie like Mulan while others might be too young? Please tell me you’re not the kind of asshole that takes an infant to a movie theater because you’re too cheap and/or impatient to have someone stay home.

No, I am a different kind of a$$hole.   

You missed the point of my post entirely. I was highlighting the absurdity of hiring a babysitter in order to watch a kids movie. You also seem to think that your situation is typical, instead of a minority case. And, you completely ignore the value of watching a movie at the theater, with the huge screen and superior sound. When movie theaters start using 65-inch screens and cheap sound bars, you can re-start your calculations. 

Until then, You do you! Just don't use the babysitter cost to justify the price of this movie on Disney+. 

I was the one that first mentioned in this thread how this is a good value when you consider, among other things, not having to pay for a babysitter. I also mentioned that I wouldn’t do it for Mulan but would for other movies. Neither I nor @Xed has said we would hire a babysitter to watch a kid’s movie, but rather reference the model in general. In fact, @Xed specifically said, “I hope other follow suit sooner rather than later because I do want to see Tenet, Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, and many others.” None of those are “kid movies” and I would also pay extra to see those as first run movies in my home.

BTW, Mulan isn’t even the first to do this, it’s just that’s it’s through Disney+ instead of iTunes.

If it helps to put things into perspective, yes, we have a 110” screen, 4K HDR projector and Atmos in a dedicated theater room so I realize that it’s different for us than someone who has a 55” TV in their living room.