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Physical Media Is Dead, Long Live Physical Media (hackaday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Every media is physical. The question is, where is it located.

A properly backed up and sorted digital collection is superior to a bunch of disks laying around, at least if we don't consider the pleasure and pride some collectors take in having exactly the latter. But when we allow this data to be stored in a place we don't own, real and serious problems arise.