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Re:Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes an... by irrational on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @10:55PM (#17914715)
Really? I wonder how it will compete with Redbox? We rarely watch movies (we don't even have a Netflix subscription), but when we do it is a spur of the moment thing so we just run around the corner to redbox and grab something. Waiting for a movie in the mail? That's so 2010 ;-)
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Re:Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes an... by scarface74 on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @12:29AM (#17915037)
Netflix still has almost 3 million DVD subscribers. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/250940/quarterly-number-...)

They compete by having a larger library.

But before you get too smug, the idea of going to Redbox to get a physical disc is not exactly cutting edge compared to just clicking on a button and renting a movie on demand from your cable provider/Apple/Amazon/Google/Vudu.

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Re:Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes an... by irrational on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:15PM (#17921037)
Sorry if I came off as smug. Wasn't my intent. We typically spend about $1-2 a month on Redbox. Any streaming movie rental would be at least four times that amount.
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Re:Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes an... by scarface74 on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @05:16PM (#17921996)
Usually $3.99-$5.99.

I’m lazier than I am cheap.

But honestly, most of my movies fall off the back of a truck onto my Plex server.

And I was just giving you hard time about being smug.....

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Re:Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes an... by ThePadawan on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:51AM (#17915340)
> We rarely watch movies (...), but when we do it is a spur of the moment thing so we just run around the corner to redbox and grab something (...)

I find it fascinating that this is core idea that made Netflix so successful, they just rely on much lazier customers than you!

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Re:Evernote lost its CTO, CFO, CPO and HR head as it eyes an... by skinnymuch on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:43AM (#17917365)
Their library was far bigger than any storefront. Even if you never used the more rare stuff, it was a selling point.
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