i noticed the same thing today. seriously, how cheap and pathetic can verizon get? it's one thing to claim to have more movies, it's another when most of them are PPV only.
It's going to be a tougher sell for me to recommend to my friends/family to switch.
This is the one area where FIOS is extremely lacking, IMO.
I believe we had the PLEX movies for free OnDemand with Comcast Digital. I think we also had IFC and Sundance as part of the channel lineup too instead of them being stuck in the Starz/Encore package.
The picture quality is better with FIOS, IMO, so it's just a matter of determining what you want most.