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Isn't this similar to the last-ditch effort Blockbuster tried while in its death throes?

I remember them taking on Netflix with the idea that it sucked to wait for another movie in the mail, so just come into the store and pick up a new one!

Not surprisingly, it turned out people hate going to stores more than they hate waiting.




I am not talking about digital goods.


Neither was I.

For many years Netflix actually mailed DVDs (physical goods) to your home.


right, but I mean things that can't ever become digital. not media products, just physical goods.

and yeah I used to get netflix DVDs to my home. and hit blockbuster for many years before that. there was no possible good ending for blockbuster!




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