First of all WOW. This Esquiire article is really well written. I have a good writer friend who's OBSESSED with Esquire, I also know someone who thinks it's a joke wannabe Playboy publication. I agree with the former, I thoroughly enjoy reading Esquire particulalrly for articles like this one detailing the fall of the mighty movie rental company, Blockbuster.
That said, I've never gotten into Blockbuster. I've tried to use it once when I needed to rent something right away, but I ended up buying it. Sidenote: I was doing a class project on the American Dream as seen through the lense of Titanic (ha! I know. Ridiculous.) Double Sidenote: WTF kind of movie rental store doesn't have Titanic in stock, I mean it's only the great movie of our time. No sarcasm there, I'm 100% serious.
Anyway back to Blockbuster. I'm pretty sure that Netflix, the wildly popular online movie rental site, has a lot to do with Blockbuster's demise. I'm a Netflix subscriber, even though I now live in Trinidad where the service isn't even available. The draw lies in their ability to suggest similar movies based on my tastes. Yes, I know that they're using my info to sell shit to me, I know. I know that the internet is an information sucking monster. But I guess I don't mind when my info is used to make life better. On the other hand when Facebook does it, it's really annoying, sometimes terrifying and never of any obvious benefit to its users. Ok, I'll stop now because if I start complaining about Facebook I may never get back to work.
Ciao!
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