Visiting the last Blockbuster on earth and tracing the roots of the Blockbuster failure.

[@MrRidleyDog]

I remember getting my first DVD player and walking into a huge Blockbuster in suburban New York and asking where their DVD section was. The worker said they didn't have any DVDs and that the company was not moving in that direction because they didn't think the market demand would be there. I knew right then that they were doomed.

[@sandhanitizer15]

In a different timeline, Blockbuster became the most popular streaming app.

[@TomGeek1980]

I'm shocked it lasted so long as the Blockbusters I went to they hired idiots who either hardly watched movies or didn't even know how to properly stock a movie. I even went to one Blockbuster where they tried to rip me off.

[@CHEF_CAMARON]

Cant belive that bend oregon actually got to renew their lease and contract! They said a couple years ago that they might not be able to do it! But also the population is getting lasier and lasier so i dont see it lasting too much longer honestly. Also they should have taken the netflix deal when it was offered to them. Edit: also i think anything dvd will be going exstinct pretty soon unfortunately

[@patwilliams7362]

Slow tech? I worked there in 1996/1997 and we could see how many copies of any movie that were available. Maybe you are referencing before then