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So, they are trying to speed run the failure of McDonald's experiment with Redbox. Instead of creating a massively successful brand that eventually gets bought up and run into the ground by Christian nutjobs, the Christian nutjobs are starting a video business to crater on their own.
Redbox wasn't a failure. It was actually quite profitable in its day. It just got outclassed by streaming, as did every physical media rental service. I don't know if Netflix even sends discs out anymore, if they do I'd bet money that it's severely less than what it once was.
Sept 29, 2023, the last DVD to go out was True Grit.
I looked it up cause I remember reading about it ending fairly recently.