Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?

Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by throwawayboise on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:36PM (#29786460)

Does anyone use it? I am thinking that people are so accustomed to immediate online gratification that waiting a day or three for a DVD in the mail is just not something a lot of people will do anymore. That means you are going to have to think ahead about what you want to watch, and plan a time to do it, rather than just flopping down on the couch and surfing to find whatever catches your eye.

And many people don't even have DVD players anymore. I don't.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by dhosek on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:30PM (#29787209)

I do. There are a bunch of movies I have on my list that fall into the one day I want to watch this category. I do have the cheapest plan because they closed the Chicago-area distribution center and it was hard to get enough DVDs per month with shipping times for anything more generous to be cost-effective.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by cercatrova on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:42PM (#29786562)

I don't personally as I don't even have a disc drive in my house but when looking online, people in rural areas use it apparently.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by jcadam on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:14PM (#29787011)

Makes sense considering the state of rural internet in many places.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by drusepth on Monday January 03, 2022 @08:56PM (#29790171)

>And many people don't even have DVD players anymore. I don't.

The only reason I do is because gaming consoles double as DVD players now. I assume that's a leading force in why others might have DVD players, too.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by bombcar on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:51PM (#29787473)

RedBox provides all the new DVDs nearly instantly, and for anything older it's often pretty cheap to buy them used on Amazon.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by scottlamb on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:54PM (#29786735)

> Does anyone use it?

I think film students and the like. It's become a niche product, not a mass-market one.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by shaneprrlt on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:12PM (#29786979)

Back in the day, people had these things called "lives" with irl friends and loved ones. Back then, watching a movie was a special thing you did that brought people together, they didn't need to binge 10 hours of content every night. A few movies a week was plenty.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by cercatrova on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:34PM (#29804781)

But you can do the same thing with your friends with streaming services? How would that relate to whether or not DVDs are niche?

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by bcrosby95 on Monday January 03, 2022 @07:09PM (#29789006)

Part of why it's niche is they basically abandoned that line of business. Remember that they even tried to spin it off into its own separate company, and only changed their minds after a huge backlash.

Many companies fail to adapt and stick with old business models. Netflix did the exact opposite and took their dvd business behind the barn and shot it in the head.

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