• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    So, they are trying to speed run the failure of McDonald’s experiment with Redbox. Instead of creating a massively successful brand that eventually gets bought up and run into the ground by Christian nutjobs, the Christian nutjobs are starting a video business to crater on their own.

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      2 months ago

      Redbox wasn’t a failure. It was actually quite profitable in its day. It just got outclassed by streaming, as did every physical media rental service. I don’t know if Netflix even sends discs out anymore, if they do I’d bet money that it’s severely less than what it once was.

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        2 months ago

        Sept 29, 2023, the last DVD to go out was True Grit.

        I looked it up cause I remember reading about it ending fairly recently.