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I switched from MoviePass last week to AMC's MoviePass rebuttal, called AMC A-List. The AMC program is $20/month, for three movies a week, in any format, with online advanced-booking. With this change, I don't see why MoviePass subscribers would not just switch to A-List if their main theatre is an AMC.

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Stubs A-List is leaps and bounds better than moviepass, the extra $10 is really negligible as well. Being able to book seats days in advance through an app that isn't actively trying to screw you over with GPS limitations is just so nice. The cost of one imax ticket at the metreon more than covers A-List too. It's really a great deal.

Once MoviePass goes fully defunct, why would AMC continue to offer A-List?

Well, either it makes them money to offer it, or it doesn't. If it doesn't, then MoviePass is even a less viable business than everyone had thought.

Perhaps because it's twice the price.

Twice the price for four times as many movies, without blackouts, but only from one theater chain.

And there's a better chance that the rules won't change next week.

Yes, although among my circles of MoviePass-using friends, many had been paying over $20/month recently with various MoviePass upcharges. And MoviePass also still doesn't allow movies that haven't been in the theatres for at least two weeks, no formats other than standard, and annoying $4 surge charges for some showings.

Yeah but you actually get to see movies you want to see... lately this is looking a hell of a lot cheaper than MoviePass' "pay us $10 to see nothing" offering.

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