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“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (16 children)

I'm old enough to remember people lying that compact discs were practically indestructible.

I think the early rounds of those trying to get people to switch to the format were motivated by the fact that tapes were easily recordable by everyone.

[–] adb@jlai.lu 16 points 2 weeks ago

Prime motivation was getting the clients to buy their whole collection a second time.

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