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Blockbuster CEO: I Wanna Be Like Apple

Impresssive article willing to state what "some" would think obvious (but clearly not the CEO of Blockbuster) and build upon it. Sounds like two drunks trying to cure themselves. As the author states, they have no innovative talent where Apple is loaded both inside and out. There is no "second" to Apple; it is cool in a very special way, as google is. Both suffer from being on the wrong side of Clayton Christiansen's The Innovator Dilemma (I refer to a lot, but I don't think too much), simpler and cheaper wins. Netflix doesn't "punish you" for being late; that's why I use them. Our local video stores closed first; Blockbuster not yet--but traffic is lousy (parking lot observation). CC is a weak alternative to BBY. CompUSA went out which gave their business to both. But this doesn't hide the weakness of both with mass merchants selling more and more tech, downloads, direct to consumer, and so on and so on.

In my opinion, they will die alone or together, doesn't much matter. The consumer has moved on.