• thejml@lemm.ee
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      30 days ago

      I’ve had properly stored, professionally pressed, official DVD and CDROM’s suffer bit rot, become in playable and in one case explode into shards in my DVD-ROM drive. And it didn’t take decades, most were <7 years old. Don’t be so sure you have decades.

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        30 days ago

        I buy thrift store dvds, they still seem to work… Mostly

        I see your point. I was mostly cheekey few comments up. I aint that commented to back up but i prolly shoulf start while these things can be had physical with a license

        Otherwise gonna be a lot o yarring into the high sea winds.