Re:MacBook Air
by imsteve on Tuesday January 15, 2008 @06:14PM
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Just look at what the college down to the first grade kids are doing these days.... disks are dead.
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Letting people rent movies on USB sticks may work. They could rent out several movies at a time, and you wouldn't need to keep track of them separately. They could also throw in a few random free movies, too. And since the sticks are ordered en masse, they'd probably pay for themselves within a short amount of time. It's something Blockbuster could try to stay in the game, at least.
Why? The internet is a much better and cheaper alternative, and it offers the enormous upside of instant gratification.
Software might come on USB sticks for a while in the future, I think, but eventually even that will be delivered digitally. Valve has done this insanely well with Steam.
Heh. I didn't say it was the best way, just that it was a way. And I was only referring to movie rentals. (It doesn't make sense to deliver software via USB, since it seems like CDs and DVDs will always remain cheaper than USB sticks. The dynamic USB drive isn't an advantage for software.)
Best Buy still sells 3.5 floppy disks. I'm just sayin'.