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Re:Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (... by llampx on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:59AM (#23583967)
I think Netflix was geared for streaming from the start, and renting DVDs by mail was only their strategy to get off the ground.
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Re:Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (... by xref on Saturday June 20, 2020 @12:23PM (#23584758)
Not sure about that, Netflix began in 1997 but didn’t start streaming for 10 full years until 2007. Even then it was after Amazon had launched their streaming service. None of that makes them sound like visionaries in the streaming evolution they just executed well when it did happen, as opposed to Blockbuster’s competing service which failed to execute.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Netflix

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