[papito]

If you want your mind blown - "Who really killed Blockbuster Video?"

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-really-killed-bloc...

It's amazing that Blockbuster had Netflix on the ropes, until one notorious activist investor showed up and basically gave Netflix the win.

One man is responsible for creating a completely different timeline when it comes to video streaming. Very similar to how we would be living in a different reality if GM's ahead-of-its-time EV1 was not mysteriously disappeared in the 90s.

[actionfromafar]

Or if BBC would have gone ahead with video-on-demand from an array of LaserDisc players distributing to optical (analogue!) fiber in London.

In the 80s.