Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square84fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1439arrow-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square84fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarearamova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 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-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 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.