> Antioco’s replacement took money away from Total Access and funneled it back to the stores, and Netflix escaped (Hastings would later tell Shane Evangelist, t

> Antioco’s replacement took money away from Total Access and funneled it back to the stores, and Netflix escaped (Hastings would later tell Shane Evangelist, the head of Blockbuster Online, that Blockbuster had Netflix in checkmate). Blockbuster went bankrupt two years later. That's fascinating because I always wondered why Blockbuster got rid of Total Access. It was so much better than Netflix at the time because you could also rent games and not have to wait for anything. It wouldn't have mattered long term obviously but for about 8 more years or so they could have driven Netflix out of business using the capital investment in brick and mortar stores they made over the previous 30+ years. But they totally blew it - wow!