out-of-touch author that has probably never used redbox, or never understood it.
If your time means nothing, streaming. otherwise
- redbox had a good selection of current movies
- you had to decide in a short amount of time
- you had to watch specific movies in a dedicated time
- the movies were associated with getting out of the house
redbox was good for families. You could go to the grocery store and let your kid choose what movie they wanted to rent. Kids don't have that many choices in an adult world. They got a physical disk they had to play themselves, and when it was returned it was gone.
For couples, they could browse together and take a movie, maybe two home.
I think netflix/streaming is sort of the opposite. Unbounded time picking a movie,
so an endless search for something not-as-terrible, sometimes not even coming up with something to watch. Quickly finishing anything decent (fewer new movies than redbox), then vast quantities of wasted time watching not-decent content.
If your time means nothing, streaming. otherwise
- redbox had a good selection of current movies
- you had to decide in a short amount of time
- you had to watch specific movies in a dedicated time
- the movies were associated with getting out of the house
redbox was good for families. You could go to the grocery store and let your kid choose what movie they wanted to rent. Kids don't have that many choices in an adult world. They got a physical disk they had to play themselves, and when it was returned it was gone.
For couples, they could browse together and take a movie, maybe two home.
I think netflix/streaming is sort of the opposite. Unbounded time picking a movie, so an endless search for something not-as-terrible, sometimes not even coming up with something to watch. Quickly finishing anything decent (fewer new movies than redbox), then vast quantities of wasted time watching not-decent content.