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Physical Media Is Dead, Long Live Physical Media (hackaday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What I liked about tape and CD, is that it wasn't too difficult to write/record. Before mp3s and filesharing, you could still make a copy, or a mixtape (playlist).

The main strength that physical media has, is that it is completely offline, it is physically at hand, and it can be obscure stuff you will never find online.

[–] Cerbero 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recently got back into minidiscs and it’s great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah. Few things are more satisfying than sliding a MiniDisc into a drive and feeling it click into place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

An HDD/SSD is just as "offline" and easier to write though. No bulky extra equipment required, the capacity is bigger, and you can erase and rewrite over and over. While I underatand how people enjoy CDs as collectables, in a purely practical sense, I don't see much value anymore.

But yeah, I do have some songs from Soulseek that are specifically from a CD release and don't exist in the same form on Youtube)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup, I only buy physical media so I can rip it. If I could buy DRM-free digital media, I would absolutely prefer that. But I can't, so here we are.

If I can't find something on physical media from a first party seller, I have no qualms about piracy, but I do make an effort to legally aquire what I can.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I don't pay for my media now because I'm poor by Western standards, but I did pay for some games unavailable on GOG - bought them on Steam, then downloaded a corresponding DRMless version. Wouldn't want to buy physical media just to rip, because I don't want it to occupy space, so I'd have to throw them out or resell. There are some exceptions, though - wouldn't mind certain CDs as memorabilia.