Subj : Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
To   : Gamgee
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Apr 02 2024 09:50 am

 Re: Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
 By: Gamgee to MRO on Tue Apr 02 2024 07:59 am

Ga> What if you don't have an internet connection?  When would that be, you
Ga> ask?  Well.... for starters:  When there's an extended (a week) power
Ga> outage.  Yes, that happens where there are hurricanes.  Or maybe you're
Ga> out camping in an RV in the boonies.  There are plenty of other situations
Ga> where physical media is handy.

Yep.  Sometimes streaming services remove content that people want to watch (I've been seeing people complain about this more and more lately).  And sometimes you can run into buffering issues with streaming services, if there's a server issue somewhere or if too many people are trying to use the service at the same time.

Nightfox

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