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[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 37 points 1 week ago (9 children)

They've been switching from tapes to optical storage long before Elon. The money figure is made up, however.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (7 children)

optical? is that supposed to be more durable? last i knew cds and dvds had a pretty miserable shelf-life

[–] TrustedFeline@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

last i knew cds and dvds had a pretty miserable shelf-life

They last pretty long when not exposed to your car floor or living room shelves

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

unless you're stamping them, the chemical dyes used in dvd/cd-r/rw degrades fairly quickly iirc

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, there are cd's from the eighties and nineties that have started shitting the bed already, which in the grand scheme of things is very quickly

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