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Blu-Ray, DVDs, and HD-DVD are dead? Not so fast there. :) As tempting as it is, I won't get baited into that particular discussion. My point was that the id
by pius 19y ago
Blu-Ray, DVDs, and HD-DVD are dead? Not so fast there. :)
As tempting as it is, I won't get baited into that particular discussion. My point was that the idea of eschewing viewing the DVDs I already own in favor of renting from Apple is preposterous. As they say in Propaganda, Jobs was "passing from the acceptable to the dubious" with product placement thinly veiled as cool minimalism.
- imsteve 19y agoJust look at what the college down to the first grade kids are doing these days.... disks are dead.
- palish 19y agoLetting 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.
- dcurtis 19y agoWhy? 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.
- palish 19y agoHeh. 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.)
- jmzachary 19y agoBest Buy still sells 3.5 floppy disks. I'm just sayin'.
- imsteve 19y agoThe crafts store still sells sundials.