I thought Redbox competed with Netflix back in the day? Instead of getting a DVD mailed to me, Redbox would spit one out in person. Anyone remember this?
it was a different segment. Redbox was more like holloywood video or blockbuster - new releases are more prominent. for the past 3 years though you couldn't tell by looking, but there haven't been many new releases so the selection has more old releases. Netflix (dvd.com) had tv shows, and a rather large back catalogue of dvd releases that weren't available on any streaming services, nor brick&mortar, nor redbox.
In that both services were relatively easy to use to get DVDs, they're similar.
