As Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking market
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Nothing stops people from mix matching backup media.
If I lose the series I downloaded versus my family photos, not the same impact.
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I was the infant and have destroyed many discs.
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So basically no,you haven't.
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Looking up the Hutchinson Encyclopedia pictured above: which one of you did this?
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We regularly look at photographs taken at the dawn of photography, and read documents created hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
There is a use case for this tech.
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Disc failure is the verbatim I remember, but I'm glad they're still around. My 2008 car has a 6 disc CD changer, and I have a few retro PCs which rely on CDs too. Yes, I know I can get adapters for CF cards and the like, but doing things the old way is the whole point.
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Ideally you want stories to go with the photos. Your memory will fade. You'll forget some stories. For the stories you remember you'll forget details. Write the stories. The photos are a supplement for your stories.
I write notes on the photos.
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Kinda afraid to even look it up or try it.
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I still burn discs every now and then. Definitely glad to see I don't have to panic buy stockpiles of them now.
