john on Nostr: You're right about a lot of stuff but this? What are you exactly missing? The brand ...
You're right about a lot of stuff but this?
What are you exactly missing? The brand or the experience of walking to a store?
If it's the brand it's seriously on them, they had a chance in late 90s/early 2000s to be the first in the space. They botched it. Lookup Enron-Blockbuster deal: https://www.shortform.com/blog/enron-blockbuster/
All it needed was DivX ;-) codec to make it work on back-then broadband and computers. The library was there (Blockbuster) but the "suits" style distribution sucked.
As for the store experience - I've been to video rental stores in 90s and early 2000s though not inside Blockbuster - what made it so much better than smaller operators? What I remember was the annoyance of handling overpriced physical medium which deteriorated in quality as it changed hands. KYC to even sign up, security deposit, late fees, high rental fees...
What are you exactly missing? The brand or the experience of walking to a store?
If it's the brand it's seriously on them, they had a chance in late 90s/early 2000s to be the first in the space. They botched it. Lookup Enron-Blockbuster deal: https://www.shortform.com/blog/enron-blockbuster/
All it needed was DivX ;-) codec to make it work on back-then broadband and computers. The library was there (Blockbuster) but the "suits" style distribution sucked.
As for the store experience - I've been to video rental stores in 90s and early 2000s though not inside Blockbuster - what made it so much better than smaller operators? What I remember was the annoyance of handling overpriced physical medium which deteriorated in quality as it changed hands. KYC to even sign up, security deposit, late fees, high rental fees...