I'd spend bitcoin on leisure stuff actually, like cinema tickets and such - they're cheap and an experience (it's also likely they're being bought with profit from crypto if you've been here a while since we're at an ath).

Itll probably extend the audience of crypto a bit if they advertise it as a payment method on their website too (but not much) - amc were one of the pump stocks too so the owners might be used to those risks.

Whats the reason most of the companies prefer the integration through a third party than direct acceptance. This shows they're into business and not into making use of the bitcoin. Here it is PayPal, in most other it is possible to see bitpay who leads in providing similar services. AMC is open for business and they doesn't have the plan of accumulation.

The thing is that Bitcoin has become so popular, and many people also use the coin as a payment method, so these companies are trying to make things more convenient for their customers that are Bitcoin users and would want to harness the possibility of making payments through Bitcoin, they are also extending their customer base by alluring individuals that love to make payments with Bitcoin, and will most likely patronize the company that accepts Bitcoin and this establishments know it, thus they want to stay ahead of competition.

Having said that, these companies do not really care about Bitcoin, neither do we who love Bitcoin care about them, we're just important to each other, they accepting Bitcoin would gradually take the coin to mass adoption, and on the other hand, Bitcoin can help them attract more customers and make more profits, so just like that, both parties win and everyone is happy. Mind you that Bitcoin is also volatile, so they wouldn't also want to take the risk of keeping their money in the network as they prolly aren't knowledgeable about the network and would not be able to handle the pressure of a plunge/correction period.

Actually the reason might be it's more expensive and complicated then it looks to be on the surface.

They may never have done ANY of the back end payment network work. It might have always been through someone else. If their online booking engine payment processing always ran payments through another company brining it into their own system may not have been and never will be worth it.

It's also a big security savings. If YOU don't take the payments directly you eliminate all the liability of everyhing.
PayPal gets hacked and leaks a ton of CC info and PII not their problem.
PayPal gets hacked and leaks a ton of info about who has crypto not their problem.
Their main CC processor has a breach...still not their problem.

Easier integration and no stress. We as Bitcoiners may not like that. As a business I could see the upside.

-Dave

I'm not from the US, so I haven't heard of the company before, but then I read it's the largest cinema chain in the world, so this is great news! Recognizing Bitcoin as a good investment is one thing, but recognizing it as payment is another. Then again, for now they only accept cryptos via PayPal, so it's not really a full support of cryptocurrencies yet. Perhaps it's only step one, though, and if enough people show interest, they'll introduce a crypto payment processor at some point.
Since PayPal works in a very limited way in my country and thus isn't popular here, I've been meaning to ask: PayPal allows crypto payments in the US, so how does it really work? Can you pay with cryptos via PayPal at any store that accepts PayPal or does the store has to support crypto payments specifically? I guess the answer to this question means a lot to assessing how significant the AMC move is (and if there were any move at all).

Disappointed. Where is shiba and doge? A meme company should also accept meme currencies. Still a good move but I expect them to widen the payment options. These are not the only crypto out there. They will probably realize that meme coins have a huge fanbase and make the necessary adjustments. Even if they add only doge, that would be enough 

I see a great opportunity for film lovers to get to know and get used to crypto, and this inauguration also cannot be separated from the impact of Paypal accepting crypto as one of their newest services.  Moreover, seeing that the AMC segmentation is young people, this positive impact will be felt by the crypto market.  Like yesterday, there was news in my country that said the stock market was starting to be quiet from retail transactions and allegedly due to the impact of crypto right now.

So still not really including anyone else new or widening access then, if it's only payments via PayPal (which itself actually still doesn't even have a physical Bitcoin wallet). So this is giving more business to them and PayPal, and not making any impact at all on Bitcoin network.

Still, could be fun to see all this Bitcoin-via-PayPal users next year once (if) the actual network-interacting wallet rolls out.

Maybe people might not patronize it much but it's really nice to see bitcoin and crypto getting adopted in other industries other than financial firms. It's a good feat and I'd love to see it as more and more industries go full crypto. I don't mind paying for movie tickets with bitcoin though. People even get access to theaters these days via NFTs. How much more bitcoin.

These kinds of things have happened in the past where industries such as this one are beginning to accept bitcoins as payment and they're the one who makes it popular to the others. Good news like this will make increase the market movement and the liquidity of bitcoins will run smoothly in the crypto market. It has been pleasing to watch such kinds of news where they highlighted the fact that bitcoins are one of the things to give their companies a boost when they announce accepting it as payment.