Don_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down18
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-square@aramova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months ago They also had famously bad customer service and made a lot of other very strange decisions about what products they would and would not carry. But but the jingle said ‘Service was state of the art’
minus-square@YeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoThey were WAY ahead of their time, clearly.
But but the jingle said ‘Service was state of the art’
They were WAY ahead of their time, clearly.