I’m sorry that was your experience, but as someone who loves movies. It made the experience of watching a move so much more than just pressing play. We got dressed, drove to blockbuster & browsed the aisles together or separately picking our own movies. Hoping the movie you wanted was in stock(having a backup in mind) Then we met at the snack section & grabbed popcorn & Buncha Crunch & gummy bears. We stopped & grabbed takeout on the way home & picked whose movie to watch first. It was an experience that has been minimized to browsing Netflix for 25 minutes and still not knowing what to watch, till eventually settling for watching the same show/movie you’ve seen 100x just so you can scroll on your phone 2/3 of the time.
I get that everyone is drunk on nostalgia 24/7 now, but going to Blockbuster video was absolutely not a better experience than what we have now. I was there. You can't lie to me.