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by chaostheory 1613 days ago
> The difference is that the Disney “vault” stores information. It can be a simple RAID array. Storing information is ridiculously cheap and easy compared to storing physical goods.

Yeah, I know which is why I mentioned "warehousing costs" and "actual scarcity".

I still feel that there's an opportunity here, where everyone wins. Collectors and fashionistas get access to something extremely rare, the fashion houses get to keep their existing marketing image while being able to have a "new" offering, and there's less waste.