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As Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking market (www.techspot.com)
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[–] mostlikelyaperson 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, tapes just don't have the same longetivity as an archive grade optical disc, but it's probably fine for your collection of porn and pirated movies.

[–] mostlikelyaperson 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases

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

Most likely. Things like photos you want to live forever though, you never know what people will be interested in in the future.