RIP Blockbuster video

[renz20003]

The last of the stores set to close in the coming days.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/us/last-blockbuster-america-trnd/index.html

Someday I will tell my kids and grand children "Back in my day we went to the store to rent movies, and we were glad too!"

 

[Ichinisan]

Russell Crowe and John Oliver couldn't save that one in Alaska

 

[Exterous]

And yet there are still like 10 Family Video stores in the detroit metro area

 

[purbeast0]

OP did you even read the article?

 

[SKORPI0]

At its peak in 2004, the company boasted its 9,000 locations. But as Netflix, Redbox and other video-on-demand services began to pop up, the business struggled to compete in an age that favored digital. After all, some argue, why go to all the trouble if you can just rent a movie from your couch? Blockbuster gave in and declared bankruptcy in 2010, and its remaining 1,700 stores were bought by Dish Network in 2011. After that, things kept going downhill. In 2013, the store said it would shut down 300 stores and cut 3,000 jobs. The remaining Alaska stores will officially shut their doors for good on Sunday, but they will reopen on Monday for inventory sales that will run through July and August.

Probably because streaming/fast internet in that area is not available. A lot of internet providers have a GB/month cap too, so you're limited to how much you can stream.
So in those cases maybe it's cheaper for them to rent?

 

[brianmanahan]

Someday I will tell my kids and grand children "Back in my day we went to the store to rent movies, and we were glad too!"

you still got time, drive to bend oregon and rent something

 

[BoomerD]

you still got time, drive to bend oregon and rent something

Good Idear...I'm only a couple of hours away atm...nah...fuck that. RedBox is just down the street...even here in nowhere, Oregon

 

[frozentundra123456]

Well, there is now Redbox. Pretty much the same thing except it is all automated. Also, my daughter lives in a small town in Ohio and they have Family Video. It is too bad about Blockbuster, (and the mom and pop video stores) though. Jobs and small businesses being lost.

 

[renz20003]

OP did you even read the article?

Nope

Heard it on the news when I was half awake this morning. Pasted the first link I saw on google.

 

[whm1974]

I thought Blockbuster Video went under a long time ago. Where I live it's building is now and has been Family Video for some time now. And of course there is Red Box.

 

[purbeast0]

Nope

Heard it on the news when I was half awake this morning. Pasted the first link I saw on google.

Then the news didn't read the article either.

 

[13Gigatons]

We use to walk 10 miles in a Blizzard to rent a movie.....you kids have it easy.

 

[esquared]

There's actually a twitter account for the "Last Blockbuster" store:
https://twitter.com/loneblockbuster?lang=en

Some funny stuff there.

 

[Ken g6]

I've never rented a movie for money. I usually go to the local library and get movies for free!

Recently I have watched some movies on Amazon Prime, but those weren't any extra money.

 

[Thebobo]

I wore out the rental stores, it was awesome when I got my first player a Sony Betamax with wired remote. People would come over just to watch movies on my whopping 23 inch TV.