FREE he Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

[luisfsanc]

Google Play offers downloads of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for free in HD.


Link to Google Play

[Greg613]

Thank you for the heads up!

[Scarface32]

With Google, there is always a price. "Free" means I need to give up some data, a payment method (such as credit card info) that Google can then use however they want.

[Smithe]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

With Google, there is always a price. "Free" means I need to give up some data, a payment method (such as credit card info) that Google can then use however they want.

Which is why I passed on this offer as tempting as it is. Though I suppose you could go down to your local store and buy a gift card to apply and redeem with. Assuming such things are sold for Google Play. I don't know if they are.

[Evil]

Originally Posted by Smithe

Which is why I passed on this offer as tempting as it is. Though I suppose you could go down to your local store and buy a gift card to apply and redeem with. Assuming such things are sold for Google Play. I don't know if they are.

Yeah, this is where I'm stuck at too. I've seen $10 Google Play cards at stores like Target and Best Buy but I think you have to set up a Google Wallet account to use those. And I don't know what's involved with that.

[Groo The Perverted]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

With Google, there is always a price. "Free" means I need to give up some data, a payment method (such as credit card info) that Google can then use however they want.

Good point. I mean it's not like you don't already give up information in practically all assets of your life already. Better safe than sorry and refuse a free movie.

[Groo The Perverted]

Originally Posted by Evil

Yeah, this is where I'm stuck at too. I've seen $10 Google Play cards at stores like Target and Best Buy but I think you have to set up a Google Wallet account to use those. And I don't know what's involved with that.

I've redeemed multiple of these free albums over the past month or so, and every single one simply goes through the checkout and bills me $0.00 for each one, meaning no charge on my card.

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by Groo The Perverted

Good point. I mean it's not like you don't already give up information in practically all assets of your life already. Better safe than sorry and refuse a free movie.

picture of an overrated hag being obnoxious

seriously, you're criticizing people for not wanting a free download of one of the world's most seen films that would in turn cost them the freedom of their information, which many large sites have shown to be a traded commodity more than a secret. to boot, this is a gimmick for exposure for a service no one uses (think google plus), on top of a hook to make you buy the other 2 flicks.

PLENTY of reasons to say no thanks.

[Scarface32]

It would have been nice to have on Google Play, but not at the cost of my credit card info. It's bad enough that they forced Google Plus upon you, if you wished to continue to use YouTube.

Plus I already got the extended Triology on iTunes for free about 3-4 years ago. Someone I knew gave me his digital code after buying the BD set.

[estrus]

Good God you folks over analyze EVERYTHING!

Honestly, I'm not criticizing, I just find it amusing to watch unfold. Take a step back here and think about what you are talking about....

• If one never uses Google Play then this is pretty useless.
• Most people will already have it in one form or another already.
• As others have stated, it's free.
• If you feel weird putting in payment info, then well... don't.

A month ago I would never had given this a second thought. However last week I made the switch from iPhone to Galaxy 5. As such, I'm now a new Google user. I added this but it told me I needed a payment method, so I linked my Paypal account. I would have had to have done this eventually anyway.
I now have my first movie in my account, so I appreciate the OP.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by Evil

Yeah, this is where I'm stuck at too. I've seen $10 Google Play cards at stores like Target and Best Buy but I think you have to set up a Google Wallet account to use those. And I don't know what's involved with that.

Buy card, scratch for number, go to play.google.com or Play Store on phone, Tap Redeem on website or tap Menu then Redeem on phone, enter number.

Done. No need to set up a or deal with Google Wallet anymore.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

It's bad enough that they forced Google Plus upon you, if you wished to continue to use YouTube.

I deleted my Google Plus and have no problems using YouTube. Google used to require a G+ profile if you wanted to comment on videos. That requirement was removed after extensive negative feedback.

[Groo The Perverted]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

seriously, you're criticizing people for not wanting a free download of one of the world's most seen films that would in turn cost them the freedom of their information, which many large sites have shown to be a traded commodity more than a secret. to boot, this is a gimmick for exposure for a service no one uses (think google plus), on top of a hook to make you buy the other 2 flicks.

PLENTY of reasons to say no thanks.

Try to dial back the bitterness there, pal, as well as the sexist throwaway with the replacement to the image I had posted.

If you don't want the movie, fine, no problem. I didn't grab it either. But then I'm not hiding behind some lame attempt at tin foil hattery with "oh noez, they will have access to my account and I'll suddenly be charged for everything even when I beg them to stop!" (yes, exaggeration/hyperbole).

It's like the people who started ranting and raving about how the Facebook messenger was going to hijack all your options and assets for seemingly nefarious reasons, unaware apparently that there is a legit reason for damn near everything. Can't connect your calls without access to your mic, can't take pictures/do face time or whatever, without access to your camera, and the list goes on.

IN our lives we give up our info to everyone, particularly if we are online. Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, etc.

Either live as a hermit off the grid in a bunker somewhere, or stop complaining about a service that is not charging your account, it just requests a billable entry as does most other services. Sony is the same way. You can't add a PS+ membership without a debit card, even if you have zero plans on using it.

It's called ease of use and you don't have to keep entering the same info over and over and over.

I understand the desire to keep info safe, and in this world we live in now that has made Person of Interest look incredible prophetic considering where we are now as opposed to where we were when that show first started (seriously, it's creepy), I absolutely get that. I just think some take it a bit far, considering how much of our privacy we willingly give up regularly.

[Groo The Perverted]

Originally Posted by estrus

Good God you folks over analyze EVERYTHING!

Honestly, I'm not criticizing, I just find it amusing to watch unfold. Take a step back here and think about what you are talking about....

• If one never uses Google Play then this is pretty useless.
• Most people will already have it in one form or another already.
• As others have stated, it's free.
• If you feel weird putting in payment info, then well... don't.

A month ago I would never had given this a second thought. However last week I made the switch from iPhone to Galaxy 5. As such, I'm now a new Google user. I added this but it told me I needed a payment method, so I linked my Paypal account. I would have had to have done this eventually anyway.
I now have my first movie in my account, so I appreciate the OP.

Pretty much. I never use Google Play, at least not at the moment, however I have grabbed all the freebies that I have seen recently music-wise (Deadmau5, Ludacris, etc) just in case one day I get an Android tablet or something. Plus I already had my google wallet thing set up because that's what I use to pay for my blog domain name.

[AZBrowncoat]

Originally Posted by Groo The Perverted

Pretty much. I never use Google Play, at least not at the moment, however I have grabbed all the freebies that I have seen recently music-wise (Deadmau5, Ludacris, etc) just in case one day I get an Android tablet or something. Plus I already had my google wallet thing set up because that's what I use to pay for my blog domain name.

Not to derail the topic, but can't GPlay music be downloaded to a local PC and then played back via your favorite music player (ie added to iTunes)? ...you don't need an Android device AFAIK

https://support.google.com/googlepla..._topic=2450399

Download music from your library

Some Google Play products and features aren't available in all countries. See what's available in your country
You can download music that you previously uploaded to Google Play, as well as any song you purchased from Google Play, using your computer.

Using the Google Play web player

Visit Google Play Music on your computer.
Hover your mouse over a song in your queue or an album.
Click the Menu Menu icon > Download.
To select multiple songs in your queue, hold down the Shift key and select another song in the list to select a range of songs.
You can download each track from the web two times.

*Please note that if the group of songs you select contains songs that have already been downloaded twice, these songs will be skipped and you will be prompted to use the Google Play Music Manager instead.

Using Music Manager

Launch the Music Manager.
Download and install Music Manager.
Select the Download tab*.
Click Download my library' to download all your music, or 'Download free and purchased' to only download music purchased from Google Play.
*Please note that if you have never used the Music Manager to upload music, you will not see the Download tab. This option appears once you've gone through the upload flow.

Contact Google Play support

[Greyman]

Originally Posted by AZBrowncoat

Not to derail the topic, but can't GPlay music be downloaded to a local PC and then played back via your favorite music player (ie added to iTunes)? ...you don't need an Android device AFAIK

https://support.google.com/googlepla..._topic=2450399

Yes this is true. I have downloaded Google play music and put it into iTunes and uploaded it to Amazon. No issues.

Also you can also put in a prepaid credit card with $1 balance to get all the free Google music and movies if you want to protect your real credit info.

[jbloggs]

Good god...I think I was just blinded by all the tin foil hats in this thread.

So I presume everyone who is concerned have never used their CC# at Target, Home Depot, Sony (PSN), and many other retailers that have been hacked with millions of CC# & user info stolen. You guys should try looking yourself up on sites like Spokeo and Zaba Search. The truth of the matter is Google already knows more about you that you do.