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FLLDL
Also the airline is likely to have a variety of movies/tv shows which I wouldn't have thought to bring. I've actually caught many movies on planes which I wouldn't have seen otherwise. A fuly functioning AVOD system with dozens of movies, games, etc is a huge perk and I avoid certain airlines which don't have it.
Agreed, though for me long haul is anything transpac/transatl. I don't mind a domestic flight without IFE because I can usually keep myself occupied for the 5 or so hours with work/reading a book/listening to music. Longer than that though, I need to add the variety of IFE to the mix.