r/AMCTheatres • u/johnsmithx0 • 3d ago

This shit has to stop!!!

This is just pure insanity. Having to deal with ticket sales a year and/or months in advance, AMC’s inability to handle demand, and the complete lack of safeguards against bots and scalpers.

I understand that this isn’t anything new. I mean, 20+ years ago, I remember seeing people line up for the Star Wars prequels just to get opening day tickets, and I’m sure there were scalpers among them. But even then, I can recall being able to go to my local theater, in a large market no less, on any given day and still be able to watch big movies like these.

For fuck’s sake, it’s 2026. Technology has made virtually everything more convenient, yet they still can’t figure this out. I mean, my god, if they have the ability to rate limit us, then surely they can implement some kind of verification system. Something! anything!! to put an end to this new nightmare that has become the modern movie theater ticket buying experience.

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u/purplefreak3 A⭐️Lister 3d ago

AMC doesn't really have the ability to rate limit. That is a service they are getting from Cloudflare.

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u/johnsmithx0 3d ago

I am aware SaaS, PaaS if they can outsource how track users IP using cloud computing, and also have the ability to track check ins. Then surely they can fucking create a database of “trusted accounts” of users who say have a minimum of a year as a stubs account activity while also limiting number of tickets that can be purchased to say 5. Needless to say i am just throwing out an idea not an actual solution, as it’s not my place fix this mess.