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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Why Blockbuster is gaining on Netflix

The retail giant's online DVD service offers one great advantage over Netflix: Instant returns at the store. Trouble is, Netflix won't let you leave.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:49 AM

    It's already been said, but I'll say it again.

    The idea that you can take your ratings data and port it from one competing service to another is completely ludicrous. Since when has any service online ever let you do something like that?

    Can you take your ratings from Amazon and load them up on the Barnes and Noble site? No frigging way! Why would competing sites want to create this sort of interoperability between them? In what universe is Farhad Manjoo living?

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