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>>meetpa+(OP)
I never imagined that a service that ships DVD via mail would one day buy Warner Brothers. It is amazing how innovation and focus can change the game. Someday a new startup will piggy bank on Netflix and probably buy it later.

>>srames+n3
More like how did these companies drop the ball so bad. Most notably Sony which produced TVs, Computers, DVD players, Media Centers. They owned a movie studio and record label. They also have in house expertise with cloud content distribution via PlayStation.

Unfortunately for them around the time of Netflix's ascent they were embroiled with all kinds of financial issues but still the mind boggles

>>djtang+t6
> Most notably Sony which produced TVs, Computers, DVD players, Media Centers.

The answer to that one is simple: they were bad at software.

Apple and then Android killed the market for all those hardware devices and physical media.

>>jimbok+tQ
Maybe but they were still good enough to in house a whole bunch of dev - console OS, games, mobile OS, various forms of content distribution...

>>djtang+Lz2
Not good enough.

Apple and Google were much, much better at it.