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> Netflix very much had a dominant position in DVD rentals at its height. Is this true? My recollection being a netflix DVD customer is that brick and mortar
by Darrengineer 4y ago
> Netflix very much had a dominant position in DVD rentals at its height.
Is this true? My recollection being a netflix DVD customer is that brick and mortar rental stores were dominant until netflix streaming upended the DVD rental dynamic. Would love to see some data on it though!
- scarface_74 4y agoThere is a long story about how just when it looked like the combination of BlockBuster brick and mortar + mail in was about to deal the killing blow to Netflix, Carl Icahn came in and snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory. https://hbr.org/2011/04/how-i-did-it-blockbusters-former-ceo-on-sparring-with-an-activist-shareholder https://hbr.org/2011/04/how-i-did-it-blockbusters-former-ceo... https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/22/how-netflix-almost-lost-the-movie-rental-wars-to-blockbuster.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/22/how-netflix-almost-lost-the-...