Played around a little bit over the weekend with renting a movie on YouTube. And when I say “played around,” I mean clicked about three times and had “Reservoir Dogs” available for 24 hours for just $1.99. No muss, no fuss. And best of all, no third-party app or download to do it. Watching full-screen wasn’t quite as good as on a DVD (never mind BluRay), but for the price, it wasn’t bad at all. And even better was how easy it was.
Point is, YouTube (at least to me) has already proven itself as a viable streaming movie rental service (look out, Netflix). How long until we see such service on an Android smartphone? Let’s get that done, Google. Check it out for yourself at YouTube.com/store.