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Redbox’s disc rentals are over (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ok hear me out, we rent all the media before they disappear. Then once the redbox disappears, there's nowhere to return the disks.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

No, in this capitalist world what will happen is that your account number becomes an asset during bankruptcy and they would sell that to some credit recovery agent who would sue you for some bullshit amount of money

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

That's pretty much what Netflix did.