Comment on Redbox’s disc rentals are over

• db2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s

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• residentmarchant@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Seems like it could be converted to a vending machine pretty easily if you could add your own OS

  Already has security, waterproofing, payment processing stuff, and a screen to choose your item.

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  • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?

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    • Zier@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh hey, what about... movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.

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    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You could use it to sell decorative coasters.

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      • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Postage paid coastcards. Postcards on a coaster. Tailored to your location.

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• BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was talking to one of the repair guys working on one near me and he told me they already ran Linux, so they’re one step ahead of you

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