re: Why do the largest movie theater chains hate Movie Pass so much?

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“One of the hallmarks of this business is that it’s built on trust and relationships,”

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That is certainly not how I perceive the business as a customer. I also don't understand how the movie theater owners could believe this to be true. The big studios with what they perceive to be a blockbuster movie make all sorts of unequal demands for percentages of the profits, and guaranteed weeks of availability. The big studio guy might pretend this was a fair relationship but I don't think anyone else would see it that way.

RE: the devaluation argument? That is also nonsensical motivated reasoning. We see all sorts of evidence that piracy is an issue that relates to the substantial prices of movie tickets. People with movie pass are able to see a blockbuster once but more importantly for the smaller movies they are more likely to go see movies that are just not worth a blockbuster ticket price. That grows the pie for everyone concerned.

The movie studios need a Moviepass. Their products are often mediocre and typically worth less than the price they demand. Even though I appreciate some of the production value that goes into a blockbuster movie I don't think I've seen anything revolutionary in this respect since the Matrix came out 20 years ago. Without this service I would just stay home and wait for things to come out at a dollar theater or on a movie channel.